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Offline Artobans Ghost

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Australian fire recovery
« on: November 22, 2020, 12:09:23 AM »
Not sure how to title this but some good news is required. Just watched a Nature of Things episode on the situation of the comeback of the fires that ravaged Australia a year ago.  It started off just after the fires and before the full natural situation was known. It really was gut wrenching to watch but the reaction of the locals was inspiring. The hospitals for the koalas, kangaroos, platypus and wallaby’s.
I kept thinking this better have a good ending and it was positive.
It’s amazing how nature springs back and with the help of concerned humans, a rescue and release program seems to be working.
Congrats Australia
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Re: Australian fire recovery
« Reply #1 on: November 22, 2020, 01:14:18 AM »
The fires were the worst we've had in living memory. The places in my region that were damaged have mostly recovered. The weather predictions for this seem to be cooler so, hopefully there wont be a repeat 

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Re: Australian fire recovery
« Reply #2 on: November 22, 2020, 01:37:40 AM »
The fires were the worst we've had in living memory. The places in my region that were damaged have mostly recovered. The weather predictions for this seem to be cooler so, hopefully there wont be a repeat

That’s good news. An area as big as the uk was destroyed. Unbelievable but also unbelievable in its recovery.
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Re: Australian fire recovery
« Reply #3 on: November 22, 2020, 10:15:07 AM »
We are pretty organised and generous.
Our attitude generally is just put your head down, grit your teeth and get through it.

Supporting devastated areas By visiting and spending is important.
Covid in one way Helped by locking down borders and meaning a change of scenery was travelling local.

Wildlife wise, still a lot of devastation, habitats will take years. But looking positive at the moment.
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Re: Australian fire recovery
« Reply #4 on: November 22, 2020, 05:45:45 PM »
The fires were the worst we've had in living memory.

Depends on what you mean and on when you were born, I guess.

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Of all the recorded fires in Australia, the 2009 Black Saturday bushfires in the state of Victoria claimed the largest number of recorded deaths of any individual Australian bushfire or bushfires season – 173 fatalities over 21 days. The largest known area burnt was between 100–117 million hectares (250–290 million acres), impacting approximately 15 per cent of Australia's physical land mass, during the 1974-75 Australian bushfire season. The most number of homes destroyed was approximately 3,700 dwellings, attributed to Victoria's 1939 Black Friday bushfires.

 In 2019/20: 18,626,000 ha (46,030,000 acres) were destroyed, which makes it the 5th worst fire according to that standard. 

1974/75: 117,000,000 ha (290,000,000 acres)
1969/70: 45,000,000 ha (110,000,000 acres)
1968/1969: 40,000,000 ha (99,000,000   acres)
2001/2002: 38,000,000 ha (94,000,000 acres)
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Re: Australian fire recovery
« Reply #5 on: November 23, 2020, 10:57:22 PM »
I was only alive for that last one.

That said, the skies were not orange nor the air full ash and smoke for months during 2001/2002 like it was 2019/2020. Psychologically 2019/2020 was more impactful.
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