Off Topic Australia on fire

Amy-0 you are awesome.

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Take a look at Mogo Zoo which is in my local area. It is a great zoo! The NYE fire went through the zoo and the staff stayed and fought the fire off to save the animals. Many of the animals were put into the zoo keepers house to shelter.

https://www.9news.com.au/national/m...nditions/45cfe609-2c0e-47aa-9a51-1a7b57b41eef
https://www.facebook.com/mogowildlifepark/
https://www.facebook.com/mogowildlifepark/

They have a go fund me to raise funds to help care for all the injured wildlife people will be bringing them after the fires.
https://www.gofundme.com/f/mogo-zoo-fire-recovery

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The Salvation Army is doing a lot of the disaster and evacuation work down here https://www.salvationarmy.org.au/

Port Macquarie Koala Hospital fundraiser https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-thirsty-koalas-devastated-by-recent-fires

And of course NSW Rural Fire Service https://quickweb.westpac.com.au/Onl...pplier_business=DONATIONS&action=EnterDetails

And Victorian Country Fire Authority https://www.cfa.vic.gov.au/about/supporting-cfa
 
cudgee said:
Mate, that is a fantastic thing to do, it sometimes takes a disaster to realize the amount of good in people. The amount of good people on Bladeforums knows no bounds. The good Karma bus will stop and pick you up, when you least expect it. You have a good weekend my friend.:cool:;):thumbsup:
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If by karma you mean Busse, then I'd say you're 100% correct lol. The $100 shop credit to match my donation is super nice of them!
 
Amy, Currawong & sixplymaple,

Thank you for motivating me to donate! I gave some money to the NSW Rural Fire Service, and plan on donating some to the Salvation Army also.
Others, if you can afford something, please do what you can to help. I will continue to pray for relief from the fires.

Gene
Ohio, USA
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gk4ever2 said:
Amy, Currawong & sixplymaple,

Thank you for motivating me to donate! I gave some money to the NSW Rural Fire Service, and plan on donating some to the Salvation Army also.
Others, if you can afford something, please do what you can to help. I will continue to pray for relief from the fires.

Gene
Ohio, USA
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Awesome man! All it takes is the first person to start the trend. Doesn't it feel good to help out others?

I feed the homeless in Trenton NJ every year and love it. Makes me feel good about myself.
 
Leonardo63 said:
Currawong Currawong Hey brother, need a checkin from you! Just like if you were on an ankle monitor from prison release.
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I'm coughing and I'm spluttering but I'm still here, Thanks :). Yesterday I watched a pyro-cumulus rise up on the left, a pyro-cumulus rise up on the right, and smaller smoke plumes come up directly in front of me just a few km away. But, nothing hit except smoke.

With all the terrible stuff that happened yesterday (it was an extraordinary and awful day) here is a bit of good news. :):):) .........

Two very close friends of mine survived !! The pics that started the Whisky thread were taken at their place in the bush. All predictions were that the fire could sweep across their place yesterday, and it went in that direction and then stopped short. Their place, which is packed to the brim with wallabies, Laphroaig, goannas, Lagavulin, rainforest pigeons, Aardmore... you get the idea... still stands. My mate filled up his Troopie with all his guns, fishing gear and cans of baked beans and was ready to go... just like the apocalypse lol.
Laphroaig-2.jpg


My other very good mates were also right in the firing line. Michael is the custom knife maker who helped make a sheath for the Alpha Dog 6 I posted in another thread. The fire stopped a few blocks away from their place on NYE - it was close!! And it was supposed to come at them again yesterday. Many of their neighbours panicked and left for the evacuation centres. My friends stayed if for no other reason than looters are patrolling all these areas and emptying people's houses at the moment. Michael was a colonel in the Australian Army before he retired, and head of an Engineering Corps. He has seen action (the engineering corps fixed your tank while taking fire, and then shot back, then built a bridge, then resupplied you with guns... so... good under stress). I pity the looter that turns up there. Anyway, their place (including the knife-making workshop) also survived, another minor miracle. Here he is with his belt grinder showing me how to shape a kydex sheath...
sheath.jpg


The mate I go pig hunting with is a cattle farmer and logger/firewood producer. He has been clearing the heck out of his property in preparation for the fire coming his way. One of my regular gigs is to work for him splitting firewood out in the bush block. Below is where he bulldozed a zone around his heavy machinery. In the foreground is the log-forwarder we use for firewood, which has a huge machine-operated chainsaw at the end for sectioning the logs. Behind that (in orange) is the splitter that I use, basically a feeder belt leading into a 1 metre square inch-thick guillotine that splits the sections. It is hard work, I man-handle about 30 to 50 tons of wood a day and have to watch my fingers the entire time :). In the background is the excavator set up with a claw for loading the logs. The farm burned.... But, the machinery survived!! .... The piles of firewood logs did not however :(. Anyway, we can always fell more.
firewood.jpg


A lot of other people, however, lost their homes yesterday, and whole towns and villages are still under imminent threat. This region will need a few more miracles in the coming month.
 
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gk4ever2 said:
Amy, Currawong & sixplymaple,

Thank you for motivating me to donate! I gave some money to the NSW Rural Fire Service, and plan on donating some to the Salvation Army also.
Others, if you can afford something, please do what you can to help. I will continue to pray for relief from the fires.

Gene
Ohio, USA
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Good on you. The generosity on here is awesome to see.
 
Currawong said:
Amy-0 you are awesome.

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Take a look at Mogo Zoo which is in my local area. It is a great zoo! The NYE fire went through the zoo and the staff stayed and fought the fire off to save the animals. Many of the animals were put into the zoo keepers house to shelter.

https://www.9news.com.au/national/m...nditions/45cfe609-2c0e-47aa-9a51-1a7b57b41eef
https://www.facebook.com/mogowildlifepark/

They have a go fund me to raise funds to help care for all the injured wildlife people will be bringing them after the fires.
https://www.gofundme.com/f/mogo-zoo-fire-recovery

***

The Salvation Army is doing a lot of the disaster and evacuation work down here https://www.salvationarmy.org.au/

Port Macquarie Koala Hospital fundraiser https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-thirsty-koalas-devastated-by-recent-fires

And of course NSW Rural Fire Service https://quickweb.westpac.com.au/Onl...pplier_business=DONATIONS&action=EnterDetails

And Victorian Country Fire Authority https://www.cfa.vic.gov.au/about/supporting-cfa
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Thank you so much!!!! Much appreciated we are donating right now. Currawong YOU ROCK.
Amy-0 and Mr 0
 
Currawong said:
I'm coughing and I'm spluttering but I'm still here, Thanks :). Yesterday I watched a pyro-cumulus rise up on the left, a pyro-cumulus rise up on the right, and smaller smoke plumes come up directly in front of me just a few km away. But, nothing hit except smoke.

With all the terrible stuff that happened yesterday (it was an extraordinary and awful day) here is a bit of good news. :):):) .........

Two very close friends of mine survived !! The pics that started the Whisky thread were taken at their place in the bush. All predictions were that the fire could sweep across their place yesterday, and it went in that direction and then stopped short. Their place, which is packed to the brim with wallabies, Laphroaig, goannas, Lagavulin, rainforest pigeons, Aardmore... you get the idea... still stands. My mate filled up his Troopie with all his guns, fishing gear and cans of baked beans and was ready to go... just like the apocalypse lol.
Laphroaig-2.jpg


My other very good mates Lyn and Michael were also right in the firing line. Michael is the custom knife maker who helped make a sheath for the Alpha Dog 6 I posted in another thread. The fire stopped a few blocks away from their place on NYE - it was close!! And it was supposed to come at them again yesterday. Many of their neighbours panicked and left for the evacuation centres. My friends stayed if for no other reason than looters are patrolling all these areas and emptying people's houses at the moment. Michael was a colonel in the Australian Army before he retired, and head of an Engineering Corps. He has seen action (the engineering corps fixed your tank while taking fire, and then shot back, then built a bridge, then resupplied you with guns... so... good under stress). His place is full of knives and guns, so I pity the looter that turns up there. Anyway, their place (including the knife-making workshop) also survived, another minor miracle. Here he is with his belt grinder showing me how to shape a kydex sheath...
sheath.jpg


The mate I go pig hunting with is a cattle farmer and logger/firewood producer. He has been clearing the heck out of his property in preparation for the fire coming his way. One of my regular gigs is to work for him splitting firewood out in the bush block. Below is where he bulldozed a zone around his heavy machinery. In the foreground is the log-forwarder we use for firewood, which has a huge machine-operated chainsaw at the end for sectioning the logs. Behind that (in orange) is the splitter that I use, basically a feeder belt leading into a 1 metre square inch-thick guillotine that splits the sections. It is hard work, I man-handle about 30 to 50 tons of wood a day and have to watch my fingers the entire time :). In the background is the excavator set up with a claw for loading the logs. The farm burned.... But, the machinery survived!! .... The piles of firewood logs did not however :(. Anyway, we can always fell more.
firewood.jpg


A lot of other people, however, lost their homes yesterday, and whole towns and villages are still under imminent threat. This region will need a few more miracles in the coming month.
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Good to hear some good news through out this terrible time, hang in there mate.:thumbsup:
 
elof_alv said:
Melbourne shrouded in smoke the whole day today...
There was some good rains through the winter and spring, but couple of weeks without rain and everything turns bone dry.
Currawong, hope you stay safe and the fire doesn’t get close.

If it wasn’t for treehuggers, the scheduled controlled burns during cold months would have reduced the risk so much...
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Leonardo63 said:
You guys obviously have some ideas and I'm sure most that live in the sh*t there do - but the problem I fear when discussions begin on the how's and why's will be overshadowed by the climate debate and then here come the politicians and the SJW's and walla! once again nothing practical happens. I already see some scattered stories filled with garbage discussions that provide absolutely no practical solutions or ideas, just more activism and politicizing of widespread suffering.
Your ideas on back burning and controlled burns as preventative measures are exactly why you see what happens in California from time to time. Those kooks are so concerned about C02 and butterflies they stopped the burning until the crap builds up and becomes a tinderbox. You get the hot and dry Santa Anna winds and a little spark *or as in most cases in Cali an idiot pissed at the world sets the place a light on purpose*

Praying for you folks ..
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we go through the same here in California , also the power Co, equipment is so old because they suck every cent out and don’t repair & upgrade that the poles & wires fall and start most of the fires here... Our prayers are with you!
 
Thanks for the updates on you and your mates, Currawong. So glad there’s some good news among the bad, and that you and some of your neighbors are getting through the worst of it. Hang in there!
 
sixplymaple said:
Awesome man! All it takes is the first person to start the trend. Doesn't it feel good to help out others? ...
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Yes, it really does feel good to help those in need.

Currawong said:
I'm coughing and I'm spluttering but I'm still here, Thanks :).
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A lot of other people, however, lost their homes yesterday, and whole towns and villages are still under imminent threat. This region will need a few more miracles in the coming month.
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I'm glad you are safe, and got at least some good news - I hope and pray it stays that way; take care!
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Thanks for checking in and taking the time to add some pics - Love the collection of Laphroaig there but not sure I'd be in the mood for the smokey peats for a while if I were in that mess, I would assume everything with smell and taste like a campfire for a long time to come. Certainly in my thoughts! I've been sharing lots of stuff with all my friends and family on FB and posting your links for those orgs in need.
 
Finally bringing some national attention today on the news by none other than the Irwins. Unfortunately it seemed more a push for fund raising for their zoo.
 
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