First of all, I'll try to keep this non-political
As I'm sure a lot of you are aware, Australia is on fire, 10-11 years ago, the bushfires or one of the worst ones (Black Saturday) of the season was quoted to be "the raging fires of hell.' which introduced a new level of fire danger rating in Australia - Catastrophic
This current bushfire season is a lot worse than the aforementioned one of Black Saturday. So far, the area burnt is over 6,300,000 hectares (16,000,000 acres; 63,000 km2; 24,000 sq mi), with over 2,500 buildings destroyed and 24 fatalities and half a billion animal lives lost. (wikipedia)
These fires are larger than what the Californian or Amazon fires were.
These bushfires(Wildfires) are unprecedented and on a scale worse than ever before. People are getting sick from the air pollution from the smoke, buildings have shut from the smoke triggering alarms, people have been seeking shelter on our beaches, thousands have been evacuated. NSW has declared a state of Emergency.
and for some reason, our government cut funding to the firefighters earlier last year.
Bushfires have always been a part of Australian history and will be to come, but there are a few different reasons why they are getting worse.
1) Controlled Burning - this method was even used by the First Australians to help control the bushfires, by reducing the fuel there was to burn, however, this seems to have been reduced
2) Drought - Not much we can do about this one, however, we can help in with point 3
3) Climate Change - Australians can help reduce our carbon footprint, however, the government doesn't want to do this or even talk about it at this very moment and would rather approve/building a new coal mine (again the government's decision - see Adaini) or go on holidays to Hawaii
So whilst climate change does play a part in these worsening fires, it's not the sole cause.
EDIT: A CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation) report in 2009 stated:
The following are links to perspective if you still don't get it, and to donation sites, if you want to help in any way, please donate.
Perspective (not my images, but from a fellow Aussie) - Perspective
Donation Links
NSW - https://www.rfs.nsw.gov.au/about-us/fundraising
VIC - https://www.cfa.vic.gov.au/about/supporting-cfa#donate-cfa
CSIRO Report
The muppet in charge of the country also decided to forcibly shake a woman's hand then ignore her asking for help - Video can be found online
#notmypm
I do hope my fellow Aussies on the mainland are staying safe
As I'm sure a lot of you are aware, Australia is on fire, 10-11 years ago, the bushfires or one of the worst ones (Black Saturday) of the season was quoted to be "the raging fires of hell.' which introduced a new level of fire danger rating in Australia - Catastrophic
This current bushfire season is a lot worse than the aforementioned one of Black Saturday. So far, the area burnt is over 6,300,000 hectares (16,000,000 acres; 63,000 km2; 24,000 sq mi), with over 2,500 buildings destroyed and 24 fatalities and half a billion animal lives lost. (wikipedia)
These fires are larger than what the Californian or Amazon fires were.
These bushfires(Wildfires) are unprecedented and on a scale worse than ever before. People are getting sick from the air pollution from the smoke, buildings have shut from the smoke triggering alarms, people have been seeking shelter on our beaches, thousands have been evacuated. NSW has declared a state of Emergency.
and for some reason, our government cut funding to the firefighters earlier last year.
Bushfires have always been a part of Australian history and will be to come, but there are a few different reasons why they are getting worse.
1) Controlled Burning - this method was even used by the First Australians to help control the bushfires, by reducing the fuel there was to burn, however, this seems to have been reduced
2) Drought - Not much we can do about this one, however, we can help in with point 3
3) Climate Change - Australians can help reduce our carbon footprint, however, the government doesn't want to do this or even talk about it at this very moment and would rather approve/building a new coal mine (again the government's decision - see Adaini) or go on holidays to Hawaii
So whilst climate change does play a part in these worsening fires, it's not the sole cause.
EDIT: A CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation) report in 2009 stated:
The report can be found linked below with the quote on page 20, under section 5.4 - Potential changes in future fire weather risk.
The following are links to perspective if you still don't get it, and to donation sites, if you want to help in any way, please donate.
Perspective (not my images, but from a fellow Aussie) - Perspective
Donation Links
NSW - https://www.rfs.nsw.gov.au/about-us/fundraising
VIC - https://www.cfa.vic.gov.au/about/supporting-cfa#donate-cfa
CSIRO Report
The muppet in charge of the country also decided to forcibly shake a woman's hand then ignore her asking for help - Video can be found online
#notmypm
I do hope my fellow Aussies on the mainland are staying safe
