NASTY NASTY

[Bagyassfirey]

First real nasty Fire day 2 Mora....DONT PANIC PEOPLE  :mrgreen:

[Zippy]

Oh OH Oh OH Oh OHHHHH! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Wet stuff on the hot stuff still...even your cars...my car registered 38.4c after 3 hours in the Wakefield Street Sun today. even sitting on the seat was a Hazmat!

[6739264]

The state is a tinderbox! We're heading for the worst year on record! These are the same conditions that were experienced before Ash Wednesday!

Did I miss anything?

[Bagyassfirey]

The state is a tinderbox! We're heading for the worst year on record! These are the same conditions that were experienced before Ash Wednesday!

Did I miss anything?

"We have 14 aircraft and one high capacity 7500 litre chopper that can save the world in minutes"........... :roll:

[misterteddy]

The state is a tinderbox! We're heading for the worst year on record! These are the same conditions that were experienced before Ash Wednesday!

Did I miss anything?

"We have 14 aircraft and one high capacity 7500 litre chopper that can save the world in minutes"........... :roll:

lmao Mac, gold......of course...how quickly they forget

[jaff]

The state is a tinderbox! We're heading for the worst year on record! These are the same conditions that were experienced before Ash Wednesday!

Did I miss anything?

GROUNDHOG DAY! :-D

[Katrina]

Thanks guys! I knew I could rely on a few of ya to brighten my day up!! :-D

[Zippy]

Port lincoln/Tulka looks like its gonna be a big job...

[Bagyassfirey]

yea i see they dragged a bomber away from MLR...hold on to ya knickers Tulka...AGAIN!!

[Zippy]

Two Helitaks and the Crane, covering MLR now.

[Bagyassfirey]

strike teams coming in from upper EP...Flyn Mite end up in Port Lincoln...Now that would get MLR residents knickers in a knot!

[piriejono]

i see helitak 733 has been responded now.

[Bagyassfirey]

yea its nasty by sound of it MFS apliances being responded..

[6739264]

yea its nasty by sound of it MFS apliances being responded..

So nasty infact, that SAMFS was the first service turned out to it!

[Bagyassfirey]

sky crane currently on route...

[misterteddy]

what an absolute joke......a moderate sizes fire ( it can't even be called a big fire) and just about all the air assetts in the state are converged on one little bit of real estate.

Yeah yeah, I know its all as a response to Wangarry and the Coroner and all that crap......but u know....if someone else's town in SA burns today..then the same questions are going to be asked and the same barbs will be thrown....it's about time we had a really hard look at what we do with aircraft because this sort of kneejerk response is b/s.  100,000 people live in a bushfire prone zone called the Mt Lofty Ranges than do in a bit of mallee scrub on the outskirts of Pt Lincoln. Poor risk assessment here, imho. Sure...there will be public scrutiny of the decision, and even some tough questions, but it goes with making the tough calls.

[Bagyassfirey]

have u ever been to port lincoln mr teddy? seen the industrial area on south side of lincoln which houses the multi million dollar fish farms and the fish factory?

[Alan (Big Al)]

My cousins house is 1 km north of where the fire is and knowing that area if the wind changes to a S/W or S there will be a huge risk to the public.
I dont think it been too big of an over reaction.

[Bagyassfirey]

thank you big al...after all it is The SOUTH AUSTRALIAN Country Fire Service...Not The Mount Lofty Country Fire Service  :wink:

[Pipster]

And speaking to a few people involved in the IMT, the fire was "going like a rocket" and crews were struggling to get to it.

FDI at one point was over 100 - difficult conditions to fight any fire in.

Further news reports have indicated that at least 2 houses have been destroyed, along with a Tuna Processing Plant and numerous sheds.

I think sending some extra resources, including aerial resources is well & truly justified.

Pip

[Alan (Big Al)]

Seen the FDI for lincoln as high as 147 today

[Bagyassfirey]

leaving on a strike team at 1830

[Gilly]

Seen the FDI for lincoln as high as 147 today

tis now around 190 at 4:30pm

[Robert-Robert34]

Thanks guys! I knew I could rely on a few of ya to brighten my day up!! :-D

Im guessing the boredom of having no call outs today has gotten to you as well Katrina :-P

[misterteddy]

yep....been there, worked there....the point is?

saw the vision tonight.....stick by my opinion.....yes it had big flames that attract newscrews....yes fdi blah blah....yes there was a couple of houses and multi million $$ factories (which you might say could have affored something in terms of their own level of self protection) affected.....but the risk to the town?....seriously??.....under a northerly travelling south.....coast line to the east...and a windchange through west to southwest.....u tell me where the danger is please?.....u might even get ur oysters grilled for ur dinner?....thats about it

I knew I'd get the response I did.......my friend has a house there so everything should be sent there....really?....what a level of justification is that?

Yes, we are the South Australian CFS.....and we left the rest of SA, with its ar_se hanging out.....big roll of the dice is all i'm saying