Today we should all spare a thought for those fighting fires around Australia. and preparing to face cyclone Yassi in Far Nth Qld.
As I type this a little after 8am on Wednesday Feb 2nd, the temperature here in the Hawkesbury NSW is already 28 degrees. Yesterday I filmed bushfires where temperatures reached the high 40's. Firefighters must wear full protective clothing as do do the media. In those conditions, sweat leaves the body by the litres and heat exhaustion is s real threat. Having had a few small tastes of those conditions, I take my hat off to the fire fighters who stay on the fire ground for hours at a time until the job is done. Many homes stand today because of their efforts in the last 2 days here.
In Qld this morning, people are fleeing their homes and businesses by the 10's of thousands. With Cyclone Yassi being upgraded to a level 5, many towns and cities I have visited will never look the same again. We wish our Northern neighbours well in the next 24 hours. In reality, we now know that many more builders and tradespeople from the rest of the country will be need up there to rebuild. We should also prepare for a shortage of all the crops that will be wiped out. Banana farms that have only just recovered from the 2006 cyclone will be wiped off the map around Innisfail.
Myself, well I am hoping for a nice quiet boring day.
My last thought on the aftermath of storm events is that it should not only be legal to shoot looters, shooting them should be encouraged. When looters have been shot, they should be shot again. This is Australia. A land of ANZAC's who help each other. Not steal from each other.
Here is a link to video of yesterday fires: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etKNx9SlRa8
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