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We,ve got the smoke here as well, so if its coming from Vic thats 500Ks.
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09-02-09, 08:12
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Our thoughts are with you all.
The smoke has reached across the Tasman Sea to Otago in the South Island of NZ.
The images on TV are so graphic, with the towering flames and massive destruction in those small communities of ordinary people like us. We hope the weather provides some relief to the fire crews. Rob
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10-02-09, 07:14
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A friend who lives in the most devestated area of bush fires and whose house survived has hundreds of Kangaroo's and other wildlife who escaped the fires at his place and he is flat stick trying to keep the water containers full for all of them. He says they are so terrified that their natural caution when arround humans is gone.
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10-02-09, 07:29
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warm!!
A little warm at moonyoonooka over the last few days, outlook is the same!
SAT: 35 SUN: 41 MON: 43 TODAY:44 FORCAST WED: 41 THUR: 40 FRI:35 SAT:36 SUN:35 OH FOR A BIT OF SNOW!!!!!! 
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13-02-09, 15:29
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Burn this Mother fuc*er at the stake..
Suspect charged in deadly Australian fire
By TANALEE SMITH, Associated Press Writer Tanalee Smith, Associated Press Writer – 2 hrs 26 mins ago Burnt-out vehicles on a property in the town of Chum Creek, near Healesville, AP – Burnt-out vehicles on a property in the town of Chum Creek, near Healesville, Friday, Feb. 13, 2009. … * Wildfires rage in Australia Slideshow:Wildfires rage in Australia MELBOURNE, Australia – Authorities charged a man Friday with lighting one of the wildfires that killed a total of more than 180 people in Australia, and whisked him into protective custody to guard him from public fury. Police said the suspect was charged with one count of arson causing death and intentionally lighting a wildfire near the town of Churchill that killed at least 21 people. It was one of hundreds of fires that raged through southeastern Victoria state Feb. 7, leaving 7,000 people homeless and razing entire towns. The suspect also was charged with possessing child pornography. The disaster's official death toll is 181, but efforts to find and identify victims were continuing and officials expected the final tally to exceed 200. More than 1,800 homes and 1,500 square miles (3,900 square kilometers) of forests and farms were burned. The suspect's identity was being kept secret for his own safety, Victoria Police Assistant Commissioner Dannye Moloney told a news conference. He was brought to the state capital of Melbourne from Morwell, 75 miles (120 kilometers) to the east and near the the town of Churchill. "He has been moved from that area and moved to the Melbourne metropolitan area for security reasons," Moloney said. Australian Broadcasting Corp. reported from Morwell that the suspect was formally charged in the town's magistrate's court, but that he did not appear. He was ordered to be held in custody and to undergo psychiatric evaluation, the broadcaster said. Police said in a statement that Magistrate Clive Allsop banned publication of any details or photographs of the man that could identify him. Another court hearing was scheduled for Monday. If found guilty, the man faces a maximum penalty of 25 years in prison for the deadly arson charge, and a maximum of 15 years on the second arson charge. Police have said they believe foul play was the cause of at least two of the deadly blazes, including the Churchill fire. Those suspicions disgusted the country and prompted Prime Minister Kevin Rudd to describe the fires as possible mass murder. Ruth Halyburton, whose home in the town of Marysville was burned to the ground, said Friday she could not comprehend why anyone would want to light wildfires. "Words can't describe how I feel about them," Halyburton told The Associated Press at a relief center in nearby Alexandra. "I'm a Christian, but I don't think to kindly of people if they go light a match and destroy people's property and lives. They don't have a brain in their head." Marysville, a town of some 500 people, was almost completely destroyed Saturday by one of the fires — but not the Churchill blaze. Firefighters still struggled to contain about a dozen blazes and one of them flared up Friday and menaced the town of Healesville, coming within less than a mile (1 kilometer) and sending embers dropping like rain over houses. The threat was downgraded after a few hours, but it served as a reminder that the disaster may not be over yet. "You can't see anything. All you can see is smoke, and you can't even see where the fire is actually coming from," plant nursery owner John Stanhope told ABC radio from Healesville during the flare-up. "It's just thick smoke everywhere and everyone is just very much on edge." Firefighters raced to take advantage of cooler weather, rain and lighter winds and lit controlled burns Friday in efforts to prevent further breakouts. The catastrophe's scale became clearer Friday. Officials raised the tally of destroyed homes by 762 to 1,831, and the number of people left homeless or who fled their homes and have not returned was raised by 2,000 to 7,000. Officials said the nation had pledged more than 75 million Australian dollars ($50 million) in donations to various charities for survivors. Rudd ordered military bases to be opened to house some of the homeless. The disaster increased the urgency for a nationwide fire warning system, which has been snarled for years in bickering between state and federal officials. "I am determined to see this thing implemented across the nation," Rudd said late Thursday. "If it means cracking heads to ensure it happens we'll do that." Officials partly blamed the dramatic death toll on the number of people who appeared to have waited until they saw the fast-moving blazes coming before trying to flee. Many bodies were found in burned-out cars.   
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13-02-09, 20:01
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Yes sadly there are people who would do things like that, and the law does not seem to provide sever enough punishment to be a sufficient deterrent.
Have a look at this 360 view of Strathewen, near Kinglake. It's a QuickTime VR which allows you to use your mouse to move around the image. source
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13-02-09, 22:10
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Unfortunately there are no words to describe just how screwed in the head some of these mongrels are
The only fitting punishment i can think of is tying them to a eucalypt tree in front of the oncoming fire to receive a very small portion of the pain and suffering they have caused
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13-02-09, 22:16
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I thought the classic Auzzie statement out of all this devastation was from a woman standing in the ashes of her Kinglake home. When asked how she felt by deputy prime minister Julia Gillard she said "well it could have been worse. I may have had the ironing up to date"
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26-11-09, 21:00
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Well it looks like Australia is back to summer again .
Last weekend the mercury crept up to 43c on saturday and 44c on sunday on the back verandah  We got a bit of relief on monday with a front coming through and dropping to around 35-36c for the rest of the week and we even got a shower yesterday evening dropping 10mm 
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26-11-09, 22:24
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26-12-09, 00:30
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It has been a good week -water wise at least
we had 24mm one day 20mm the next and 55mm yesterday up to 10am this morning More rain than we have seen for a long time Just need it to keep it up for a week or so then regularly throughout the year
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26-12-09, 14:35
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It is a balmy 0 degrees C here this morning. Better than the minus 15 we had a few days ago. I hear that it is a bit colder in Ottawa and more snow there.
Paul Last edited by Paul Singleton; 12-01-20 at 15:35.
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26-12-09, 14:51
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A little above 0C here in Toronto this morning, and raining steadily. I surely don't miss the snow, but I wish the sun would come out!
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26-12-09, 16:27
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It was reading 11 C on the truck garage along the road, which may have been an actual 9? We had sunshine and blue skies yesterday. Coldest so far has been about -4 overnight.
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26-12-09, 22:31
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christmas morning it started to rain and lasted 2 days with about 100mm falling. The best rain in 5 or 6 years. Christmas eve the temp was 37, christmas day was 19 and boxing day was 17.It was extremely dry for this time of the year as some of the water in the dams and creeks was very low. Looks like you got some good rain too Andrew.
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Both my brothers had dry dams .I was talking to my oldest brother this morning and most of his are now close to full and one is overflowing It is good to see more widespread rain this time around Who said cyclones are bad things  As long as you arent under them I suppose
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We had 42.5mm from sundown Christmas eve too sunup boxing day it was very welcome. the little creek past my house is running again it had stoped a month ago, the last fiew years it's been stoping earlier each year which is a bit of a worry. A wet Christmas day was relaxing as we knew we could eat and drink and not be worried about bushfires which sadly ruined many family Christmases in the district in the week before.
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29-12-09, 21:52
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Today's weather
This forum has a wild assortment of characters logging on and sharing their stories. Catching up on some updated thread is the most interesting part of my day. I guess our weather is much the same. I include some photos.....of what we have awoken to in the last two days..... I live a few miles away from the notorious Hammond Barn. Enjoy.
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30-12-09, 03:09
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Yes it was cold here this morning. Minus 22 C at 6:30 AM.
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Yesterday was one of the hotest I've tried to work in. It was 40C in the coolest part of my side varandah added to that the heat of the wind and it was almost unbearable to ride the motorbike around the paddocks
 . When the wind dropped around 17:00 I went spraying and the blitz fired up instantly with no choke and it was parked in an open front shed. 
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We have untypical winter weather this year. Since X-mas the temperatures are around freezing with a large part of The Netherlands covered in snow. Although it is only a thin layer in places, it stays! Typically, if and when we have snow, it melts instantly or thaws away in 1 - 2 days.
See how beautiful Holland can be here: http://www.foto-digitaal.nl/2009/12/...euwfotos-2009/ - Hanno
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Also see http://www.mapleleafup.org/forums/showthread.php?t=3940 and http://www.mapleleafup.org/forums/showthread.php?t=4899 Must have been a breathtaking view, even more so because of the risk he was taking. H.
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Feeling hot hot hot
Nice cool 38c at moonyoonooka today and forcast of 42c tomorrow yay! Not. How is global warming (Or cooling ) treating you all in the 8 years this was thread was last used.
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What global warming......
.... it's going down to minus - 17 Celsius tonite...... and Spring starts tomorrow.
.....that would freeze the nuts off a moonyoonooka...... Bob C
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We are hovering at just above freezing all week, however snow is forecast for 5 of the next 7 days. Lows are all in the single digits.
I have been busy in the shop, where the wood furnace has it to a balmy 28°C. I have to step outside every now and then for a breath of fresh air. Global-whatever-is-going on has not been un-kind to us Manitobans. We actually had very little snow up to about 2 weeks ago when we were hit with our first decent storm this winter. Luckily for us Canadians, PM Trudeau has strong-armed the provinces to enact carbon taxes...that will fix whatever is happening.
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