Joe, a gloating idiot of a fool you are! People are without homes tonight, because of bushfires. Families with children have nowhere to go, all their worldly possessions destroyed. Family mementos gone forever, kids Christmas presents destroyed. Then a smug arse old fool like you, who is most likely safe and well in your snug little hovel somewhere in South Australia, comes onto this forum with an anonymous bit of crap to throw at unfortunate people who have lost everything, and are hurting so badly.

How about you man up, get your arse down to a relief station, identify yourself first, then give the unfortunate folks there a blast of your brotherly love. Tell them they are probably Green votes and as you say; "So folks it's not all bad news, you're probably been Greens!". What a Sh!t!

A good friend in Canberra, his brother and his family on the South Coast have lost everything. I have not heard a word from my own brother in three days, he lives a little south of Nowra.

For the sake of preventing future disasters like this I hope they learn from this horrific situation.
By they I mean Councils & constituents alike & all the environmentalists among them.
Leave the Bush for the wildlife & ensure there are corridors for it during the next fire season !
The people need to ensure they have fire breaks around their properties in future.
With an extreme amount of luck, some thinking & Federal/State assistance they'll recover asap.
Now is also the time to consider establishing a National Service to do preventative cool burns so there won't be any need in future to fly in firies !
Labor or Coalition, whoever will be in Govt should not miss this opportunity ! Get behind Australians !

http://thenewdaily.com.au/news/national/2020/01/02/michael-pascoe-murdoch-climate/
Paul your post brought me back, I toop[have been reading posts]I am confronted by Loudmouths effort
Once put him right up there
You will see less of me, much less INDIVIDUAL please know, my remarks above never ever included you or Loudmouth
The drip torch is a tool firefighters use to start back burns, heroes all, BUT just yesterday one was charged [one of dozens] with starting six fires
The link will inflame most know that doubt many will read it
But no! bleeding houses are not greenies, not built under trees townships main streets have been burnt out!
In my area the tree changers scream every time a cold burn is done, they ARE CONSERVATIVE VOTERS!
And first-grade twits
The Royal Commission to come MUST see we do better
I warned months ago this was to take place it is far from over let's be honest this is a great tragic event,
regards

Hi Paul,

Thanks to your considered response to my criticism of people building timber houses surrounded by trees, at the end of long windy roads with no room to turn around, and how insurance companies may be re-adjusting their scale of fees, for all of us.

There must be periodic reduction in fuel loads, not necessarily by burning but by - if possible - removal. As well, 'mosaic clearing' - clearing of country where it is possible to do so, and fire-breaks around less accessible country, perhaps cool-burns there ? But how to break up huge national parks into manageable - and unmanageable - portions, with fire-breaks in-between ? I'm all for minimising the use of fire in such clean-ups, and it may be unavoidable in cool months in inaccessible terrain. If forests can be cleared in other ways, go for it.

And of course, allow people to remove dangerous trees from their fence-lines: what idiot dreams up these pseudo-conservation schemes ?

But on the other hand, if people want to live surrounded by trees, with huge windows so that they can see nature at work, unless they take sensible steps to protect their properties, what is everybody else supposed to do ? Presumably to pay higher insurance premiums is one.

Yes, it's bloody tragic what is happening. I have great affection for that country west and south of Sydney, from Mudgee down to Bateman's Bay. My gr-grandfather was the first white kid born in Bargo, I sent many happy hours in the Royal National Park with my nudist grand-parents, and tramped through the scrub down the Nepean around Penrith. My gr3-grandfather had a bay named after him by Macquarie on what is now Burragorang.

We've been through long droughts many times before, the rains will come again, but surely there is enough experience of them to alert NP authorities these days, when it's time to get cracking on fuel reduction ?

Joe

Joe, I responded to your piss poor comment to Individual with the contempt it deserved;

"On the other hand, a high proportion of those who have built their homes surrounded by trees, with one road in, etc., HAVE PROBABLY BEEN GREENS, SO IT'S NOT ALL BAD NEWS." (My capitals)
Posted by loudmouth2, Friday, 3 January 2020 1:01:56 PM

Even Indy had the good sense to steer clear of your obnoxious crap.

"Yes, it's bloody tragic what is happening. I have great affection for that country west and south of Sydney"

Without a retraction! No you bloody don't, you have a smerky satisfaction to think some of those who lost everything were Greens, and its GOOD NEWS to you to hear they suffered such a grievous loss.

I told you what to do, have you done it?
Suck that one in sunshine! A retraction would be nice.

50 dead over a thousand homes lost but it is ok to, they built under trees
They may have been green voters so it's all ok
Even if homes 10 klm from fire front burnt down as ash flew ahead farmers without incomes beekeepers with the hundreds of bee hives its ok greens got what they deserved
Paul thank you not see much of me funny stuff happens here when I start a post
BEST KNOW THIS a casual glimpse from outside the site could do great damage.
Years ag a post posted something infamous [like this subject in a few threads] the site lost a major sponsor
We are part way in to a horrible long summer, death is no matter for insulting comments
Hasbeen has a thread naming climate change believes useful idiots, proud to be one of them proud to be proud and sad at the over two million hectares burnt out so far
Sadly aware that may double, even triple, before this is over