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Brodlach wrote:People running in this weather

#idiots

Walking their dogs? Lunatics!

Mr Beefy wrote:

Lightning McQueen wrote:Is it windy down in Adelaide? There's a fire a couple of km's from my house, 19 units attending to it.

EMERGENCY WARNING FOR A BUSHFIRE BURNING UNDER CATASTROPHIC WEATHER CONDITIONS
Issued for Hillier, Hillier Park, Munno Para Downs, Kudla, Munno Para West and Angle Vale near Gawler
You are in danger. Take shelter in a solid building. Do not leave or enter this area in a vehicle or on foot. It is too late to leave as the roads will not be safe.

Conditions are dangerous and firefighters are now unable to prevent the fire spreading. Shelter before the fire arrives as heat can kill you well before the flames reach you.

The NORTHERN EXPRESSWAY, ANGLE VALE fire is uncontrolled. This grass fire is burning in a South East direction towards Munno Para Downs. Conditions are continually changing

I’m working on the RAAF base today and can see that one.

Sweet Geezus, I had a few errands to run on my bike before work today, was fine till I got to work. As soon as I stopped about 5 litres of sweat just poured out of me.
Still more pleasant out there than when I was in Pattaya where it was 38 degrees and humid though.

Mr Beefy wrote:

Lightning McQueen wrote:Is it windy down in Adelaide? There's a fire a couple of km's from my house, 19 units attending to it.

EMERGENCY WARNING FOR A BUSHFIRE BURNING UNDER CATASTROPHIC WEATHER CONDITIONS
Issued for Hillier, Hillier Park, Munno Para Downs, Kudla, Munno Para West and Angle Vale near Gawler
You are in danger. Take shelter in a solid building. Do not leave or enter this area in a vehicle or on foot. It is too late to leave as the roads will not be safe.

Conditions are dangerous and firefighters are now unable to prevent the fire spreading. Shelter before the fire arrives as heat can kill you well before the flames reach you.

The NORTHERN EXPRESSWAY, ANGLE VALE fire is uncontrolled. This grass fire is burning in a South East direction towards Munno Para Downs. Conditions are continually changing

Yep, right near my house, our street has had to evacuate, it is out of control, lucky I kept ringing my sleeping step son.

Corona Man wrote:

beef wrote:Currently minus 8 degrees and snowing here in Boston. Been in the states for nearly a week and haven't cracked double figures yet.

double figures above, or below?

Double figures above, highest been about 7. Got to minus 14.

Mythical Creature wrote:Will try and keep the coils cool by watering them?

Yes he told me you can give them a very light mist spray with a water bottle, be careful though.

Raining now in Plympton

amber_fluid wrote:Raining now in Plympton

Just came here to post the same. Bucketing down in marion, thunder to boot.

(edit) ... and passed already.

Nice n refreshing now.

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Friends sister has lost everything in Gumeracha.

Yesterday's global temperature map.

Booney wrote:Friends sister has lost everything in Gumeracha.

Got a mate at Woodside who had to leave, he's not sure how his place fared.

Booney wrote:Friends sister has lost everything in Gumeracha.

Got a work mate of 20 years who lost his house at Mt Pleasant

A small builder we work for lost everything up mt Torrens way

Grenville wrote:

Booney wrote:Friends sister has lost everything in Gumeracha.

Got a mate at Woodside who had to leave, he's not sure how his place fared.

Where abouts in Woodside. I'm in the Jacaranda/Saint Marks estate. A couple of properties on the edge of this estate lost sheds but fortunately no houses lost. Pretty sure all houses in the town are ok. Saw 2 houses up on Ridge Road burnt out & a couple on the main road towards Lobethal.

cracka wrote:

Grenville wrote:

Booney wrote:Friends sister has lost everything in Gumeracha.

Got a mate at Woodside who had to leave, he's not sure how his place fared.

Where abouts in Woodside. I'm in the Jacaranda/Saint Marks estate. A couple of properties on the edge of this estate lost sheds but fortunately no houses lost. Pretty sure all houses in the town are ok. Saw 2 houses up on Ridge Road burnt out & a couple on the main road towards Lobethal.

St. Marks sounds familiar, just got a message from him saying they're ok, got within 2 streets of em. Power still out so they're staying with the mother in law. Reckons around the edges of town she's as black as a dogs guts. Hope all is ok with you and the family too lad.

Grenville wrote:

cracka wrote:

Grenville wrote:

Booney wrote:Friends sister has lost everything in Gumeracha.

Got a mate at Woodside who had to leave, he's not sure how his place fared.

Where abouts in Woodside. I'm in the Jacaranda/Saint Marks estate. A couple of properties on the edge of this estate lost sheds but fortunately no houses lost. Pretty sure all houses in the town are ok. Saw 2 houses up on Ridge Road burnt out & a couple on the main road towards Lobethal.

St. Marks sounds familiar, just got a message from him saying they're ok, got within 2 streets of em. Power still out so they're staying with the mother in law. Reckons around the edges of town she's as black as a dogs guts. Hope all is ok with you and the family too lad.

Yeah, we're all good thanks. Stayed at my parents place in Mt Barker last night. Frightening how quick it came through. The CFS did an amazing job saving houses.

Got a mate at Woodside who had to leave, he's not sure how his place fared.[/quote]
Where abouts in Woodside. I'm in the Jacaranda/Saint Marks estate. A couple of properties on the edge of this estate lost sheds but fortunately no houses lost. Pretty sure all houses in the town are ok. Saw 2 houses up on Ridge Road burnt out & a couple on the main road towards Lobethal.[/quote]

St. Marks sounds familiar, just got a message from him saying they're ok, got within 2 streets of em. Power still out so they're staying with the mother in law. Reckons around the edges of town she's as black as a dogs guts. Hope all is ok with you and the family too lad.[/quote]
Yeah, we're all good thanks. Stayed at my parents place in Mt Barker last night. Frightening how quick it came through. The CFS did an amazing job saving houses.[/quote]

They've got balls the size of the ones in Rundle Mall the CFS, do incredible work.

A pic of the world class Fox Creek Mountain Bike trails, it was such dense bush in there, the ferocity must have been unbelievable.

cracka wrote:

Grenville wrote:

Booney wrote:Friends sister has lost everything in Gumeracha.

Got a mate at Woodside who had to leave, he's not sure how his place fared.

Where abouts in Woodside. I'm in the Jacaranda/Saint Marks estate. A couple of properties on the edge of this estate lost sheds but fortunately no houses lost. Pretty sure all houses in the town are ok. Saw 2 houses up on Ridge Road burnt out & a couple on the main road towards Lobethal.

We live on the top/paddock side of Grevillea Way Cracka and were awfully lucky. Fire reached and made a bit of a mess of our fence but didn't make it into the yard. My parents also live in the estate now and (stubbornly) stayed behind, so to be on the phone to them while they stood in the street trying to explain what was going on was quite terrifying.

Appears 4 homes lost on Ridge Rd, one of which was visible from our yard. A few others gone on the road leading out to Lobethal as you said, and at least one I know of was lost near Bird in Hand. Was awful going for a short walk around the town earlier, but it was also a reminder of how more catastrophic it all could have been. Hopefully the damage out towards Lenswood isn't too bad, as have many friends there.

Thoughts go to those who have suffered loss, and words of thanks wont do justice to the job done by the CFS and other volunteers. Seeing a truck from the Port McDonnell brigade driving through the main street earlier really summed up the effort they make.

Dutchy wrote:A pic of the world class Fox Creek Mountain Bike trails, it was such dense bush in there, the ferocity must have been unbelievable.
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Have spent countless hours hiking and riding through "Foxies/Mt Crawford" having grown up just around the corner from it. I dont look forward my next visit, but hopefully the bush can recover well enough.