Dear runner,

You don't come across as being the full quid. Do you ever think about what you want to say before saying it? Either stop walking in front of speeding trucks or give up drinking from morning to night or both. I'm sure you will be a lot better for it.

"When your top firefighters in the state say this is linked to climate change"

Wait. I thought you had to be climate scientist to have any credentials on the issue?
So now I get it. Not a climate scientist and don't buy CAGW - disbelieve. Not a climate scientist and buy CAGW - totally believe.
That's some clear thinking there.

"this kind of threat level this early in the season is unprecedented"
2009. Fires in September in Ingham Mount Lindsay Highway at Cedar Creek, south-west of Brisbane,Coochin Creek, Cedar Pocket, east of Gympie, Neurum, west of Woodford, Beelbi Creek, north of Maryborough, at Johnstown, south-east of Murgon and near Roma and Injune in southern Queensland. Around half of the state under total fire ban from the 22 September. Massive disaster relief package.

Unprecedented since the last time it happened.

"We should be doing our bit as a country"

Let me ask all the resident we're-all-gunna-die crowd this.

Let's say Australia does its bit. We close down all CO emissions. We go zero emissions and become carbon neutral. Let's assume that for a moment.

How long after that will the bush fires stop?
How long after that will the droughts stop?
How long after that will the floods stop?
How long after that will the GBR be declared safe?

How long before we see the fruits of our sacrifice.

Using IPCC formula, if Australia lived up to its Paris commitments through to 2100AD, temperatures would be lower by 0.04 degrees C.

Will that stop the bush fires?

Any chance all of this is about posturing and job protection.

What happens if you get a sh!t load of money annually to protect the community from fires and you don't? Do you admit you screwed up? or do you blame someone/something else for your failures?

CO2 - the all purpose scapegoat.

"When your top firefighters in the state say this is linked to climate change"
mHaze,
Every time I switch on the TV News I see those "top firefighters & other "Experts" standing behind their Premiers doing nothing par the odd nod. My guess is that wouldn't know a bushfire from a BBQ considering their time is spent behind a City desk on $300,000 salaries +.

Humble pie all round within ten years as even the strongest anti climate changers are forced to say they got it wrong

http://www.9news.com.au/national/bushfires-qld-nsw-updates-peregian-sunshine-coast-fire-map-live-weather-news-alerts/ea2b7126-269c-4d48-b33b-dcc9aa125a7a
The link is not a pay to see sight
But gives a full report on fires in both states, worth the read

The people who believe in the AGW theory of climate change would have believed that the world was flat and that the bubonic plague was caused by miasmas when those two beliefs were rampart. It's a wonder the 'scientists' are not mucking around with alchemistry to make gold. They haven't got past the Dark Ages.