I'm still being disconnected frequently but in the wake of what's happened this week, it's not a big deal.
On Saturday, I had 15 birds sheltering under the apple tree. If I went out to check their water they flew into the heat so I just surrounded the tree with containers of water. They almost burrowed into the grass to stay cool. My eyeballs felt as though they had dried up after trip to rescue a cutting in a pot in the corner of the yard. That corner was like the Sahara desert, I could see waves of heat rising.
If my eyes were like that in just a few minutes then I feel for the firefighters out in it for hours. I have nothing but admiration for the men and women who put themselves in harm's way. When the fires are out, the images will start to crowd in and they'll need a different courage to continue with their lives. They all deserve the respect of the entire country.
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I'd almost welcome the heat mirages back to wipe out the horror.
So very, very sad.
Not a good week in the annals of Ozzie history, Witchy. I only hope they catch the idiots who started it, although I can't imagine what sort of justice they could possibly metre out to them that'd make ammends.
All of a sudden, my tolerance for being vague about exactly where in Oz my blogging friends may dwell is unsatisfactory. Guys like Davo don't always answer right away on the best days...now there's nothing to do but hope they show up.
And me whining about too much snow...I better shut up.
Its unbelievable that it can be so calm around my house, and quiet but not all that far away really so much tragedy is happening
There's no birds around here at all. They seem grounded.
Meanwhile I'm tickled to hear that Miss O'dyne has climbed onto a train and will soon be joining that other old heiffer Miz Panz in “Larrikans End”. And hey, poor town, what a sight that'll be. Formidable? Oh my golly!- most formidable pairing since Boris Karloff and Lon Chaney!
Brian, if the idiots are caught, they should be made to get in there amid the mess they've made and help with the cleaning up, aiding the people they've harmed, rebuilding for the homes they've destroyed, etc etc etc. not only for this, but for every fire in their area for the rest of their lives.
Just shoot them.
Greensmile, I'm in bushfire Victoria but Davo is in the neighbouring state of South Australia and as far as I know is okay. This is a mad country, cyclones and floods at the top end and flames and drought at the bottom.
Jayne, I can't believe the way whole country towns disappeared.
Fleetwood, can you imagine looking at a wall of flame 30 metres high and coming straight at you but ahead of that is the radiant heat. That's what got to me, that things weren't burnt, they were melted.
Therese, it's still touch and go in a lot of places and it all depends on the wind.
River, that would be an invitation to a lynching I'm afraid. The police are being very careful with the investigation, they want to be sure they have the right bastards.
Rh, the feathered ones are back in force, they know the hand that feeds them.
Caroline, you need one of those venting things at the top but I'm like you, I need to see sky. In an emergency I'd like to know it was there.
No, with a venting thing at the top the fire would suck the oxygen out.
Having enough space to provide sufficient oxygen for the short time you'd be in there would be the go, I think.
Helen, you're right about the oxygen and I think a lot of people will be building something like this even if it isn't in the building code. Anything that shelters against the radiant heat.
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