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g0dofmisch1ef:
03/01/2020
We’re currently at about 5.9 MILLION hectares of land burned (almost 14.5 million acres). That is more land than the size of Belgium. The Amazon fires were only 906,00 hectares or 2.2 million acres in comparison.
The smoke is making the air toxic to breath, there’s so much it’s travelling over to New Zealand.
Over 500 MILLION animal are dead, worries that entire species have been wiped out and many now close to extinction and have lost basically all their habitat.
19 people are dead, dozens upon dozens missing and unaccounted for, so many more injured, so far.
Victoria has now announced a State of Disaster for the first time in history. And people are being evacuated by sea from a town cut off by fires after being forced to beaches and out onto the lake to survive (pictured in post above).
They’re worried the fires in NSW and the fires in Victoria will join up and create one giant wall of fire up most of the East Coast.
Our Prime Minister visited one of the devastated towns for a photo op/publicity stunt where he FORCED a woman and a firefighter to shake his hand. He then turned his back on them and ignored them when they tried to talk to him and ask for help.
Most of our firefighters are volunteers and aren’t getting paid, they’re getting their welfare payments cut for missing appointments while they’re out there risking their lives to try and bring these fires under control. Some have lost their lives. Many have lost their homes.
Our country is burning, we’re scared, we need help.
lifeofziallhorlik:
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awomanindeniall:
NSW Bush Fires - How you can help
thoughts-of-an-x-factor:
Here’s what’s happening in Australia at the moment.
For some context:
Mallacoota is a tourist town, usual population is a little over 1000, but at peak tourist times, it can be as high as 8000.
There was an estimated 4000 there today, when the extreme heat, peaking at 49C/120F, combined with high winds, to spark a large, intense fire in the bushland around the area. This pretty much blocked off all ways out of the town, leading to all 4000 people being evacuated to the beach, with the emergency plan basically being “If the fire comes this way, get in the water”
Thankfully, the wind did change direction, and as far as I’ve heard, most of the town was spared, but this is how bad the drought, heat, and fire situations have become in australia.
And our government still refuses to make solid policies on climate change.
leesh:
this is terrifying
g0dofmisch1ef:
03/01/2020
We’re currently at about 5.9 MILLION hectares of land burned (almost 14.5 million acres). That is more land than the size of Belgium. The Amazon fires were only 906,00 hectares or 2.2 million acres in comparison.
The smoke is making the air toxic to breath, there’s so much it’s travelling over to New Zealand.
Over 500 MILLION animal are dead, worries that entire species have been wiped out and many now close to extinction and have lost basically all their habitat.
19 people are dead, dozens upon dozens missing and unaccounted for, so many more injured, so far.
Victoria has now announced a State of Disaster for the first time in history. And people are being evacuated by sea from a town cut off by fires after being forced to beaches and out onto the lake to survive (pictured in post above).
They’re worried the fires in NSW and the fires in Victoria will join up and create one giant wall of fire up most of the East Coast.
Our Prime Minister visited one of the devastated towns for a photo op/publicity stunt where he FORCED a woman and a firefighter to shake his hand. He then turned his back on them and ignored them when they tried to talk to him and ask for help.
Most of our firefighters are volunteers and aren’t getting paid, they’re getting their welfare payments cut for missing appointments while they’re out there risking their lives to try and bring these fires under control. Some have lost their lives. Many have lost their homes.
Our country is burning, we’re scared, we need help.
lifeofziallhorlik:
If you’re not in a place to give money, you can boost!!
awomanindeniall:
NSW Bush Fires - How you can help
thoughts-of-an-x-factor:
Here’s what’s happening in Australia at the moment.
For some context:
Mallacoota is a tourist town, usual population is a little over 1000, but at peak tourist times, it can be as high as 8000.
There was an estimated 4000 there today, when the extreme heat, peaking at 49C/120F, combined with high winds, to spark a large, intense fire in the bushland around the area. This pretty much blocked off all ways out of the town, leading to all 4000 people being evacuated to the beach, with the emergency plan basically being “If the fire comes this way, get in the water”
Thankfully, the wind did change direction, and as far as I’ve heard, most of the town was spared, but this is how bad the drought, heat, and fire situations have become in australia.
And our government still refuses to make solid policies on climate change.
leesh:
this is terrifying