Weather and other bits

Windigo said:
I hope the fires pass soon!
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The big ones are totally out of control sadly and there's no rain forecast. High winds, now humidity, dry lightning and extreme heat are a bad combination. The major highway between Sydney and Melbourne is closed and the state of Victoria is have a rough time of it at the moment.

These were triggered by dry lightning. Not much consolation but at least it's not deliberate.

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When you read things like this, you realise how bad it is.

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badjak said:
Why is that?
Because you don't want to be boiled alive?
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In a word - yes.

Although rare, butnot rare enough, - the heat of a Fire Storm (that occurs in Australia some where evry year) will/can boil fairly shallow water such as what is in a standard home swimming pool. The other issue is drowning. If a fire storm is moving slowly it can remain over a body of water for some time, minutes - if your in that water you have two options - come up for air and risk being burnt or drown to stay out of the fire. The same applies to small dams as well.

Rivers and large lakes aren't so much of a threat, but you can never be certain. It is always best to avoid being in water in a severe fire if possible.
 
Wombat457 said:
In a word - yes.

Although rare, butnot rare enough, - the heat of a Fire Storm (that occurs in Australia some where evry year) will/can boil fairly shallow water such as what is in a standard home swimming pool. The other issue is drowning. If a fire storm is moving slowly it can remain over a body of water for some time, minutes - if your in that water you have two options - come up for air and risk being burnt or drown to stay out of the fire. The same applies to small dams as well.

Rivers and large lakes aren't so much of a threat, but you can never be certain. It is always best to avoid being in water in a severe fire if possible.
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I think I would jump in my boat if it would happen here
 
It's hard to know what to do in such extreme circumstances. The "normal reaction" is to involuntarily panic; thereby, making bad decisions at critical times. Each situation is different but the common, generally accepted practice is to stay as low to the ground as possible, preferably in a divert that lets you get below the level of the surface and cover yourself with a heavy pure woollen article like a blanket. Might be an expensive solution but better than dying I would think.
 
Wombat457 said:
The "normal reaction" is to involuntarily panic; thereby, making bad decisions at critical times
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luckily I physically can not panic. I don't produce the right hormones/steroids in my body. So when everyone else is running around in circles not knowing what to do first, I just take control. (Been there done that in life threatening situations.)

And being a severe asthmatic - to the point where I will not be able to go into Canberra tomorrow if it is still being affected by the smoke from those fires, I would not be around in the event of any fire. In the black fires, my doctor was ready to sign my husband off work to take me away from the area because of my asthma. (ironically the air quality in hospitals in Canberra was actually worse than it was where we lived, so I just had to stay put, or travel a very far away because too much of Australia was on fire).
 
karadekoolaid said:
If there are four things we have absolutely no control over, it's the elements; earth sea wind and fire. I've been in/seen earthquakes, the end of hurricanes, torrential rain, but not fire, and I know those wildfires are extremely quick to spread.
Stay safe SatNavSaysStraightOn.
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thank you.

Luckily there is a major city between me and those fires. But any dry lightning is a major issue right now.
 
The Great Divide is infamous for dry lighting for some reason. All you can do is try to keep things as clear as possible around your house and property and hope the weather breaks very soon ... and if you have to get out - get out.
 
Wombat457 said:
The Great Divide is infamous for dry lighting for some reason. All you can do is try to keep things as clear as possible around your house and property and hope the weather breaks very soon ... and if you have to get out - get out.
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I can go left or I can go right. I live on the top of the highest part of the local area of the Great Dividing Range.... We get some much dry lightning it is worrying.... and we can some amazing light shows as well... We can see lightning up to 200km away out at sea at night.
 
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