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	Bush fires already 60 today
keithgh Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 6371 Kudos: 6918 Votes: 1542 Registered: 26-Apr-2003	Today 4th Oct there are 60 bush fires burning in our state alone "Victoria" thank goodness all are under control. With the drought and hot dry weather perfect for bush fires. *Have a look in [link=My Profile] http://www.fishprofiles.com/forums/member.aspx?id=1935[/link] for my tank info* Look here for my Betta 11Gal Desktop & Placidity 5ft Community Tank Photos Keith Near enough is not good enough, therefore good enough is not near enough, and only your best will do. I VOTE DO YOU if not WHY NOT? VOTE NOW VOTE NOW
Posted 04-Oct-2006 06:35
keithgh Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 6371 Kudos: 6918 Votes: 1542 Registered: 26-Apr-2003	I will upgrade that 6hrs later the total was 100 bush and grass fires. Many were brought under control be the over night cool change and rains. Still very nasty at this time of the year. *Have a look in [link=My Profile] http://www.fishprofiles.com/forums/member.aspx?id=1935[/link] for my tank info* Look here for my Betta 11Gal Desktop & Placidity 5ft Community Tank Photos Keith Near enough is not good enough, therefore good enough is not near enough, and only your best will do. I VOTE DO YOU if not WHY NOT? VOTE NOW VOTE NOW
Posted 05-Oct-2006 03:42
Lindy Administrator Show me the Shishies! Posts: 1507 Kudos: 1350 Votes: 730 Registered: 25-Apr-2001	Its going to be a bad year for fires i think. The first warm day we have and look what happened. Before you criticize someone walk a mile in their shoes. That way you're a mile away and you have their shoes.
Posted 05-Oct-2006 05:44
Bleeder Fish Addict Posts: 739 Kudos: 50 Registered: 16-Apr-2001	There are deliberate forest fires going on in Indonesia, and it is affecting the air quality here. I wonder if clean air is going to be something of a rare commodity in the future, as depicted in those sci-fi movies. It makes me so mad to think that people can choose to do something so stupid as to set forest fires and destroying the environment while they are at it. Bleeder's Forum http://silentlucidity.s10.forumsplace.com
Posted 05-Oct-2006 16:18
superlion Mega Fish Posts: 1246 Kudos: 673 Votes: 339 Registered: 27-Sep-2003	Now a lot of the time brush fires are actually good for the environment. Areas burned regenerate better quality habitat for wildlife. A lot of ecosystems are dependent on fire to remain in their normal successional stages (prairie is a prime example of this). Many plant species require periodic fire to reproduce. In the past few decades, the number of wildfires around the world has been drastically reduced because people want to control them. Oddly enough this also puts a lot of species of plants and animals at risk. ><>
Posted 05-Oct-2006 17:33
keithgh Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 6371 Kudos: 6918 Votes: 1542 Registered: 26-Apr-2003	There is a very big difference between a bush fire and a controlled burn off. In parts of Aust a burn off is done so that the dense old under growth is burnt off. In the very north of Aust in the dry cattle country the old grasses are burnt off to allow the new grow to come on. This is done just before the wet season starts which can be any where from Oct-Jan. *Have a look in [link=My Profile] http://www.fishprofiles.com/forums/member.aspx?id=1935[/link] for my tank info* Look here for my Betta 11Gal Desktop & Placidity 5ft Community Tank Photos Keith Near enough is not good enough, therefore good enough is not near enough, and only your best will do. I VOTE DO YOU if not WHY NOT? VOTE NOW VOTE NOW
Posted 06-Oct-2006 02:37
Fallout Moderator Communications Specialist Posts: 6416 Kudos: 4053 Votes: 742 Registered: 29-Jul-2000	And if your officials didn't do that burn off, an inevitable lightning strike would. That's nature. Granted, some fires are not in the best interest of sprawl and their precious high rises and beehive housing, but tough. Population control at it's finest.
Posted 06-Oct-2006 12:16
Alex Fish Addict 510 Posts: 721 Registered: 03-Oct-2004	And if your officials didn't do that burn off, an inevitable lightning strike would. More like some stupid teen would. More then 1/2 of Australias bushfires are the work of vandals ''All the clown fish and yellow tangs in the world cant save you now!''
Posted 06-Oct-2006 12:33
just beginning Moderator Literature Nerd Posts: 1879 Kudos: 1380 Votes: 198 Registered: 17-Dec-2000	And a good deal by people throwing cigarette butts that are still alight on the ground or out their car windows. The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it. - Oscar Wilde
Posted 08-Oct-2006 06:02


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