[SOC] Bushfires

Thu, 5 Dec 2002 16:03:16 -0500

Wow Ian.  I am so sorry.
Be safe.

Bill C
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ian C. Purdie" <[email protected]>
To: "Flying Pigs" <[email protected]>; "SOC" <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, December 05, 2002 3:02 PM
Subject: [SOC] Bushfires

>
> Well Sydney's in for it - once again.
>
> Combined weather conditions of high temperatures [late 30C - 90F],
prolonged
> ongoing drought and a low pressure trough causing high winds of 80 kph [50
mph]
> have firemen working flat out.
>
> No one can remember a worse combination of conditions.
>
> At 8.30 yesterday morning my brother-in-law rang [he lives on 5 acres at
> Kenthurst, on the northern outskirts of Sydney] to say the fire controller
had
> just rang to tell him to expect the absolute worst. The fire in the valley
> behind was totally out of control.
>
> At 11:30 Carolyn came in crying saying Meryl had rang her to say it looks
100%
> certain they will imminently lose the house and everything [they've been
> through this before and are very well prepared people] She was worried
Johnny
> my have a stroke or heart attack over the stress of fighting for his
property.
> Their four sons had returned to help,
>
> By noon they were under continual water bombing by helicopters with trees
> exploding all around, John has a clearance line of 100 metres all around
his
> house for safety and the lawn, nearly green in the morning, was erupting
in
> flames with spot fires everywhere. Flames were about 100 metres [300']
high.
>
> Thankfully they just survived, others were not so fortunate.
>
> Overnight winds rose to gale force levels propelling fires, they're to the
west
> of Sydney as well as the southern Sydney suburbs, further north-east.
>
> I'm 100 km [60 mile] north of Sydney and we're now cut off. The freeway is
> severed, rail line severed and old highway severed.
>
> Locally we haven't had much fire activity -YET.
>
> Still want to come and live in Australia?
>
>
> 72/73's
>
> Ian C. Purdie
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