Here you go, folks...

http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/10/22/how-dare-you-try-to-politicise-this-politicising/

First dog on the moon.

(It's a cartoon - so even the "skeptics" will get it:)

Foxy my sweet, would that forecast by any chance be by the same bunch who a few years back told us it was never going to rain again? That would be just before the big floods wouldn't it?

They'd be our version of the mob who told the Poms it was never going to snow again, wouldn't it? That would be just before 5 consecutive very harsh winters, with considerable of dislocation due to heavy snow falls.

It might even be a similar bunch who told us Antarctica was melting & all the sea ice breaking up. That would just before new records of sea ice, covering an increase area of one million square kilometers was measured.

Yes we certainly should believe & be guided by people with track records like that shouldn't we? How much more does it take for you to see you've been had?

Sorry Mise.

The "Daily Telegraph" article was just something I read a couple of years ago which stuck in my mind because I have always been interested in council stupidity as opposed to people's common sense.

Another article which stuck in my mind was the incident involving a man in Nowra who had a large tree overhanging his house which he feared would fall on it. He asked the Nowra council for permission to remove the tree but was refused because of the council's tree preservation policy.

You guessed it, the tree fell on the house and killed the homeowner. The "Daily Telegraph" said that his family was suing the Nowra council for damages.

Do your best is all that is needed.
Avoid stress from too much thinking, too much incoming information.
Relax.
Ongoing stress can lead to anxiety that can lead to depression and nervous breakdown.
Some people seem unnecessarily upset over climate debate.
The is a book, Life Without Stress - by Ainsley Meares.

Genuine debate about climate or anthropogenic weather change should not bring people to tears.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-24615946

Lego,

Thanks muchly; I went agoogling and found:
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/04/01/1080544630712.html

and although the Greens are not mentioned it's common knowledge that the Council was Green influenced at the time.

Dear Is Mise,

Thanks for that.

There definitely should be planning regulations in place governing
the type of homes that are built in fire-prone areas.

I greatly admired Frank Lloyd Wright's architecture
and managed to visit some of
the homes he designed (Los Angeles, Arizona). My husband's an
architect and we lived in LA for close to ten years. I worked
at the University of Southern California and one of my colleagues
lived in the f
Frank Lloyd Wright house in the Hollywood Hills for
a time. It was very different to anything that I had ever seen.

Dear Hasbeen,

The information cited in my earlier post predominantly came from
the Severe Weather Manager at the Bureau of Meteorology as well
as the Bushfires Co-operative Research Centre . All reputable
sources