I've just come back from Australia. It was very hot, but it usually is that time of year. I was about half an hour drive from the Cudlee Creek fires which seem to be the worst of the Adelaide Hills fires.
Bushfires are a part of life over there, especially South Australia, Victoria and New South Wales where it seems to be every year. It is known as the bushfire season over there after all.
It did seem a lot more widespread though this time around. I remember Ash Wednesday bushfires in the 80's (75 dead - one of the fires started about 50 metres from my house but travelled in the opposite direction), I was in the UK for the Black Saturday bushfires ten years ago (178 dead).
I think you need to look at climate and the science behind it. My dad says that temperatures are no worse than they were when he was a kid but I don't think you can rule it out.
But there will.be other reasons to look at as well. Arson is a factor in some fires, controlled burning and control of forest areas is more restricted than it was.
In places like Mallacoota where people gathered on the beach, many were advised to leave but refused.
Bushfires are a part of life over there, especially South Australia, Victoria and New South Wales where it seems to be every year. It is known as the bushfire season over there after all.
It did seem a lot more widespread though this time around. I remember Ash Wednesday bushfires in the 80's (75 dead - one of the fires started about 50 metres from my house but travelled in the opposite direction), I was in the UK for the Black Saturday bushfires ten years ago (178 dead).
I think you need to look at climate and the science behind it. My dad says that temperatures are no worse than they were when he was a kid but I don't think you can rule it out.
But there will.be other reasons to look at as well. Arson is a factor in some fires, controlled burning and control of forest areas is more restricted than it was.
In places like Mallacoota where people gathered on the beach, many were advised to leave but refused.