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This also comes from the Rural Fire Service,

"The Rural Fire Service has called the bushfire threat an "unparalleled" emergency, and warned a potential mega-fire could stretch hundreds of kilometres."

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-10-21/live-blog-nsw-bushfires-create-state-of-emergency/5034410

Yes we do need talk about reducing our contribution to climate change the scientists way back the late 1970s forecast this likely but certain to happen. since the the science has firmed the data up its about 95% certain.

In big business decisions made that where 70% certain have been good enough to take action. So what the problem. Start reducing your personal emissions.

The climate is changing, it has always changed, so what ? Get used to it, after all many of you tolerate stupidity so why not tolerate climate change as well ?

individual,

".....after all many of you tolerate stupidity...."

Yes,.....we do.

Poirot, the Rural Fire Service talks up every fire threat. It's their one chance to have a moment in the sun and obviously they're aware that the bigger they can make the threat sound the more funding they are likely to receive. I don't begrudge them their effort, but after listening to them for twenty years I now take them with a very large grain of salt. Every bushfire that does damage is 'unprecedented'; if it was precedented they would have known how to stop it.

Jon J,

"Every bushfire that does damage is 'unprecedented'; if it was precedented they would have known how to stop it."

Refer to my penultimate post.