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S.A. South Australian Bushfire advice and information
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<blockquote data-quote="CreviceSucker" data-source="post: 527971" data-attributes="member: 1804"><p>Two of the fires near us began as back burns while there was 2 days of cool cloudy weather but sadly the winds came up on day 3 and the fires got away from them with around 100 homes destroyed .</p><p></p><p>Its possible the fire zone would have reached us with or without the burnoffs but some locals are furious at the RFS.</p><p></p><p>I subdued things a little bit by pointing out the following; </p><p></p><p>Many professional wheat farmers in the state have had 50 % crop losses due to drought.</p><p></p><p>Many sheep farmers had 11 - 19 % losses during lambing season due to weather and fox attacks</p><p></p><p>RFS firies who were tasked with protecting 400,000 homes had losses of 900 homes or 0.2 % so considering how seldom the weather does what its told , then I think their percentages have been admirable.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CreviceSucker, post: 527971, member: 1804"] Two of the fires near us began as back burns while there was 2 days of cool cloudy weather but sadly the winds came up on day 3 and the fires got away from them with around 100 homes destroyed . Its possible the fire zone would have reached us with or without the burnoffs but some locals are furious at the RFS. I subdued things a little bit by pointing out the following; Many professional wheat farmers in the state have had 50 % crop losses due to drought. Many sheep farmers had 11 - 19 % losses during lambing season due to weather and fox attacks RFS firies who were tasked with protecting 400,000 homes had losses of 900 homes or 0.2 % so considering how seldom the weather does what its told , then I think their percentages have been admirable. [/QUOTE]
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