summer is still here

Started by rescue5271, March 23, 2006, 07:33:31 PM

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rescue5271

Still nice and hot,I see afew brigades/group's are still having good size grass fire's and the way this is going may be like this till EASTER. I hope not hate melted eggs :x

probie_boy

yeah, summer appears to have reared its ugly head later than usual this year. However, in 2005 winter there were serious discussions about bringing the fire danger season to start in mid october for this summer.

steved01

Mmmmm and the permit burning season has started down here in the SE.  It's the silly season, smoke everywhere and hot as hell.  Hope everyone does the right thing.  I am not too keen on chasing rekindles.
3rd law of radiant heat: When your warning lights melt, it's a sign that you parked too close.

CaptCom

Quote from: steved01 on March 24, 2006, 12:39:36 PM
Mmmmm and the permit burning season has started down here in the SE.  It's the silly season, smoke everywhere and hot as filtered.  Hope everyone does the right thing.  I am not too keen on chasing rekindles.

The permit season is our busiest time...and the permit holders often aren't diligent with their notifications...hence much wasted time responding to a controlled burn off..a simple phone call is helpful!

strikeathird

All i know is it was hot, and blowing a gail in the CBD earlier this afternoon...

steved01

Yep, hot today and hot and windy tomorrow. It's our busiest time as well.  The non notified permits are a real killer and a total waste of time. Its the not knowing which is which that is the real drag.
3rd law of radiant heat: When your warning lights melt, it's a sign that you parked too close.

bajdas

Hopefully the rain last night & today reached your areas. Thus the potential for calls is minimised.
Andrew Macmichael
lives at Pt Noarlunga South.

My personal opinion only.

probie_boy

yeah but the problem we seem to have in our area is that when its been dry for a long time and then it rains, accidents seem more common. I think it could be because people drive on the wet road and make no changes to how they have been driving on the dry road. Does anyone else have this problem in their area?

PF_

Rain brings out all the oil in ther road and makes it slicker.

strikeathird

^^ Correct... All the oil, brake fluids, coolants, grime and everything else, is brought to the surface of the road, thus making it slippery as hell..  That mixed with everyones stupid driving in the first few events of wet weather...


= Disaster...

The driving into work this morning heard over 14 accidents in one hour.. most multiple vehicles.. few of them over 4 vehicles involved..

Mike

Road Grime = The worlds slipperyest lubricant......

Maybe someone should market it ;)

probie_boy

What did i say??? fresh rain = RCR's. sure enough we got one RCR and a close call involving a woman who decided to stop on a blind corner to look at a map to find her way back to adelaide.

visibility was s***house as well last night

PF_

Well at least she stopped and didnt drive along with her eyes on the map, would've had an MVA then.

probie_boy

much of a muchness P F. either way another MVA was minutes away