goodbye not so cruel world ?

[Wade]

Here's hoping myself, Don, Ward, Mysteryman and other Southern Californians will make it through this weekend. If you listen to the news we are all the apt to burn down between now and Monday. We are in Santa Ana season

 

[RenaissanceLady]

I'll try to send some snow your way.

 

[Jeff Davis]

Man, that would be scary.

 

[mike]

We live with fire every year here, so i know how scary it can be.

Current Fires and Incidents - NSW Rural Fire Service

And this is just spring, the bushfire season has only started, that list will be a lot longer in a few months the blue icons will become yellow and red ones

Having a plan in advance is really useful

lots of good links and advice here


Prepare. Act. Survive. for bush fire season - NSW Rural Fire Service

 

[RenaissanceLady]

Surprisingly, here in Colorado, you'd think it turned into Mordor each summer. The 6 worst fires in this state's history have all happened within the past decade, and seem to be getting worse. If you saw where I live, I'm on 4-acres of heavily treed lands literally in the middle of a national forest. I love the greenery and the changing aspens, but I'm no longer able to appreciate the trees without thinking of how easily and quickly these areas burn. I imagine my next home will not be in such a heavily-forested area.

Keep in mind, last year we were getting snows through the first part of June, followed by fires less than a week later. Then we had an entire summer of almost nonstop rain, culminating in the deadly flooding a few weeks ago. Now we've started with the snow, again. The flooding was made even worse due to all of the burn scars. Just this past Monday, extreme rains and temperature fluctuations caused a rock-slide that killed 5 members of the same family. This happened in a neighboring county, at the very place I would frequently hike with the dog. Burn scars also exponentially increase the risk of land and mudslides.

Unfortunately, I fear this is the "new normal." Extremes are what should be expected; records will keep being broken. There is no place I can recall that isn't being affected by this.

 

[Heidi Lemmer]

Surprisingly, here in Colorado, you'd think it turned into Mordor each summer. The 6 worst fires in this state's history have all happened within the past decade, and seem to be getting worse. If you saw where I live, I'm on 4-acres of heavily treed lands literally in the middle of a national forest. I love the greenery and the changing aspens, but I'm no longer able to appreciate the trees without thinking of how easily and quickly these areas burn. I imagine my next home will not be in such a heavily-forested area.

Keep in mind, last year we were getting snows through the first part of June, followed by fires less than a week later. Then we had an entire summer of almost nonstop rain, culminating in the deadly flooding a few weeks ago. Now we've started with the snow, again. The flooding was made even worse due to all of the burn scars. Just this past Monday, extreme rains and temperature fluctuations caused a rock-slide that killed 5 members of the same family. This happened in a neighboring county, at the very place I would frequently hike with the dog. Burn scars also exponentially increase the risk of land and mudslides.

Unfortunately, I fear this is the "new normal." Extremes are what should be expected; records will keep being broken. There is no place I can recall that isn't being affected by this.

I'm basically the same. Live on 188 acres, deep in the forest, one dirt road about 2 miles in, one way in , one way out. Where my home is , the land opens up and I've been out whacking weeds and cutting tree limbs /shrubs all summer to get us in a safer position. I would imagine that if a fire started below us we'd be heading to the creek to sit it out and pray.

 

[Jeff Davis]

I'm basically the same. Live on 188 acres, deep in the forest, .... I would imagine that if a fire started below us we'd be heading to the creek to sit it out and pray.

Wow, indescribably beautiful, and horrifying at the same time. That type of seclusion is rare, and owns. Truly.

 

[RenaissanceLady]

I'm basically the same. Live on 188 acres, deep in the forest, one dirt road about 2 miles in, one way in , one way out. Where my home is , the land opens up and I've been out whacking weeds and cutting tree limbs /shrubs all summer to get us in a safer position. I would imagine that if a fire started below us we'd be heading to the creek to sit it out and pray.

I totally get it. The only way to and from my town is off one highway. No other roads or highways get here. From that highway:

• You take a loooong, dead-end county road,
• You turn onto one looong, dead-end street,
• You turn onto another looong, dead-end gravel road,
• Then turn onto one final, dead-end gravel road.

I'm not exactly on the way to anywhere.

While my town is measured at the bottom of this big hill, almost everyone in this town lives at the top of that big hill. I'm 8800 feet (2682.2 meters) in elevation. This is 3,520 feet higher than Denver. If a fire started beneath us, we'd be pretty screwed. Even with fire mitigation, there's only so much that can be done. It's yet another reason why I might end up moving to a part of Colorado (or northern New Mexico) that isn't quite as heavily forested. We spend 9-10 months of the year looking forward to summer, then we spend all summer with fires breaking out all over the area. I love this part of the Rockies, but this is starting to wear me down.

 

[Wade]

We live with fire every year here, so i know how scary it can be.

Current Fires and Incidents - NSW Rural Fire Service

And this is just spring, the bushfire season has only started, that list will be a lot longer in a few months the blue icons will become yellow and red ones

Having a plan in advance is really useful

lots of good links and advice here


Prepare. Act. Survive. for bush fire season - NSW Rural Fire Service

If I remember correctly you guys had to employ a NEW color last year because things were so hot ?