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Feb. 7th, 2009 05:11 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
hnpccRang Dean. Conversation went like this:
"They've issued a threat warning for the town where your parents live. You should ring them."
"Is this from the Kilmore fire? You know that's nowhere near them?"
"There's a new fire, on Mt Disappointment."
"Oh."
They're now talking ember attack there too.
Connex is also cancelling trains left, right and centre and probably thanking their lucky stars this didn't happen on a weekday. V-line have closed about half their routes, mostly because there's fire in the way.
The Gippsland fires are a potential threat to our main power supply, which could get interesting. Again, the power companies are thankful it's Saturday.
There's a lot of new fires happening, including in the outer suburbs. The change hasn't made it through yet.
We actually followed two fire trucks on the way back from the gym this morning - I'm mildly paranoid about some idiot deciding to start a fire in the wildlife reserve near us. It wasn't, it looked like a false alarm at the golf club.
I might go check if the telly's managed to get its act together and put some news on or something. For some strange reason the websites are a tad overloaded (and they keep announcing that the Bushfire Hotline has waiting times on it. Who'da thunk.)
And a gem from the radio:
"Those attempting to travel between Pakenham and Warragul should... not."
"They've issued a threat warning for the town where your parents live. You should ring them."
"Is this from the Kilmore fire? You know that's nowhere near them?"
"There's a new fire, on Mt Disappointment."
"Oh."
They're now talking ember attack there too.
Connex is also cancelling trains left, right and centre and probably thanking their lucky stars this didn't happen on a weekday. V-line have closed about half their routes, mostly because there's fire in the way.
The Gippsland fires are a potential threat to our main power supply, which could get interesting. Again, the power companies are thankful it's Saturday.
There's a lot of new fires happening, including in the outer suburbs. The change hasn't made it through yet.
We actually followed two fire trucks on the way back from the gym this morning - I'm mildly paranoid about some idiot deciding to start a fire in the wildlife reserve near us. It wasn't, it looked like a false alarm at the golf club.
I might go check if the telly's managed to get its act together and put some news on or something. For some strange reason the websites are a tad overloaded (and they keep announcing that the Bushfire Hotline has waiting times on it. Who'da thunk.)
And a gem from the radio:
"Those attempting to travel between Pakenham and Warragul should... not."
