Well in the island continent to the south, fires are raging in the Northern Territory.
Unlike in Hawaii, the major one is away from people, but could threaten the town of Tennant Creek in future.
It's on a front 150km wide.
Aerial bombing, manpower are being used, but the fire is moving at 5kph, and they just can't put it out.
Another one has started in a national park there.
Meanwhile, a long way further south and on the coast, team bambu, with bush/forest at our back and ocean at our front, a "horror bushfire season" a possibility, is hatching an escape plan, and preparing to "leave early" with the dog, the valuables, the devices and chargers, food, water, clothes, money, etc in case the worst happens.
"Planning to make a plan is not a plan" - Rural Fire Service chief.
Returned home from grocery shopping today to see smoke on the mountain behind us.
Hopefully it's just the RFS [Rural Fire Service] "hazard reduction burning" [burning the fuel on the floors of the forests.]
The hazard reduction smoke covering Sydney is so thick you can't see vary far in front of you and it's a major health hazard.
Seems ridiculous to me...you can't burn every floor of every forest.
Cut fire breaks around towns/suburbs...and stop with all the smoke.
Cut fire breaks back from roads, so trees can't fall across them and stop people from leaving.
