Futureproof, where are you? - Club CDFreaks

maximino72 · 18-01-2003

I haven't seen any post from you for some days....

**philamber** · 19-01-2003

He's on holidays with his family. It's that time of year downunder.

PaRaDoX · 19-01-2003

It is indeed summer time over here and a pretty hot one too I might add.

maximino72 · 19-01-2003

Nice holidays, here in Italy it's winter and it's always foggy

Khaine · 19-01-2003

"Canberra residents brace as fires approach
Canberra residents are stepping up preparation for an approaching fire front.

Fires in the Namadgi National Park to the west of Canberra broke containment lines overnight and strong west north-westerly winds combined with temperatures up to 40 degrees are pushing the blaze towards the capital.

Major roads in and around Canberra are being closed.

The ACT's chief fire officer, Peter Lucas-Smith says the fire is less than ten kilometres from Canberra with rural properties between the fire front and city at greatest risk.

"We're really into property protection at this stage, we're not trying to combat the front of the fire," he said.

"It's very dynamic in it's growth as the weather conditions are pushing along it's very much a weather driven fire and we need to wait until such time as those conditions abate before we can be effective in any direct fire control.""

These fires have caused servere damage to houses and infastructure with around 400 houses destroyed and 4 people dead.

I do not know where Futureproof lives but I hope that it is not in the worst affected areas.

See http://www.esb.act.gov.au/media/bushfire.htm for more info, or PM me and I will try to find out futher details for you

I would just like to point out that I am from Canberra

jpnski · 19-01-2003

Really sorry about all the fires down your way. Here in Upstate New York. We just had a storm that dumped 7 inches of snow an hour. 40 inches all together, then the winds came. Blew it all sideways, it would get right in your pockets. Still that is NOTHING to what you have there. You folks have lost loved ones and your homes. With fire theres nothing left, photos, keep sakes, etc... all gone... damn, thats just to hard to even think about.
I know that a fair amount of members here are from down under, You All Take care!!!!

**FutureProof** · 20-01-2003

http://canberra.yourguide.com.au/home.asp

http://www.theage.com.au/issues/bushfires/index.html

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/

maximino72 · 20-01-2003

Sorry to hear these sad news; yesterday the news in Italy spoke about the worst fires ever seen in Australia at 10 kilometres from Canberra....

*Flying Dutchman* · 20-01-2003

Damn global warming....

We had huge fires in the West last year. Some were natural but some were not. A forrest ranger burned a letter sent to her by her boyfriend and the letter managed to ignite one of the largest forrest fires in that regions history. Like Smokey the bear used to say: Only you can prevent forrest fires.

jpnski · 21-01-2003

Did ya ever notice that it takes 2 packs of matches to start a camp fire but it takes just a....

Quote:

forrest ranger burned a letter sent to her by her boyfriend

to start one hell of a fire

**FutureProof** · 21-01-2003

Houses Destroyed

419 destroyed, many more damaged.

Duffy 236
Chapman 88
Kambah 35
Holder 31
Rivett 13
Weston 5
Lyons 3
Curtin 3
Giralang 2
Torrens 1

along with 32 houses in rural areas.

Maps

http://www.suburbs.canberra.net.au/html/fsregion.htm

http://www.suburbs.canberra.net.au/r...a/Fdiswest.htm

http://www.suburbs.canberra.net.au/html/fsregion.htm

GhostBear · 21-01-2003

Being from Canberra ,and still living in it at the momet. its good to see that some of the people that come here are from the area and seem to be safe from the fires that we have had over the weekend. I know a few that have lost everything from the fires and a few that had close calls as well. Lets all hope and pray that these fires get put out soon.

Also where I work I have been speking with a few of the firefighters that are helping to attamt to put these out as well and it seem that the ANZAC spirit is still going strong as we have now also got some NZ firefighters in as well!

Khaine · 21-01-2003

Umm the NZ Firefighters are helping out in the Victorian Alps, not here in Canberra. Though for some people (like me), it was fortunatly a null event. Hopefully though only good can come from this tradgety

**FutureProof** · 21-01-2003

There may be K1W1s in Vic but they're definately here in the ACT as well

GhostBear · 21-01-2003

Khaine, they are here as well. And some are down there too. Yes hopefully some good will come of this

nb- · 22-01-2003

Yes: I hear the "Home and Away" set was burnt down

**FutureProof** · 22-01-2003

Quote:

Originally posted by nb-
Yes: I hear the "Home and Away" set was burnt down

we should be so lucky!

Kohavis · 22-01-2003

I sympathize with you folks getting fires. We have quite a few fires here in New Mexico each year. A few years back an out-of-control "controlled burn" spread and almost destroyed the town of Los Alamos. Many people were homeless as a result. Fire can destroy not only life but lives too.

I hope they get them under control quickly.

*Savannah* · 29-01-2003

The fires in the North East of Victoria are quite bad at the moment. Apparently two of the larger fires have joined together unfortunatly.

Its ironic (IMO), theres basically a drought and those huge helicopters (The huge orange ones, think ones called 'Elvis') use up to 9,000 litres of water per trip (Saw this on the news). But at least they are helping.

My condolances to those who have lost and my hopes to those who havent so nothing else shall be lost.

18-01-2003	#1 (permalink)
maximino72 CD Freaks Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Italy Posts: 362	Futureproof, where are you? <a href='http://adstats.cdfreaks.com/www/delivery/ck.php?n=a13febf7&cb=INSERT_RANDOM_NUMBER_HERE' target='_blank'><img src='http://adstats.cdfreaks.com/www/delivery/avw.php?zoneid=30&cb=INSERT_RANDOM_NUMBER_HERE&n=a13febf7' border='0' alt='' /></a> I haven't seen any post from you for some days.... __________________ Massimo

19-01-2003	#2 (permalink)
philamber Legal Senior Admin Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: True Blue Posts: 6,767	He's on holidays with his family. It's that time of year downunder. __________________ ¿?¤»~Hôw Çåñ ï mï§§ ¥ôü ïf ¥ôü wôñ'± gô åwå¥~»¤¿?

19-01-2003	#4 (permalink)
maximino72 CD Freaks Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Italy Posts: 362	FP Nice holidays, here in Italy it's winter and it's always foggy __________________ Massimo

19-01-2003	#6 (permalink)
jpnski Looong Time CloneCD User Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Upstate!!! New York, U.S.A. Posts: 59	Keep it safe!!! Really sorry about all the fires down your way. Here in Upstate New York. We just had a storm that dumped 7 inches of snow an hour. 40 inches all together, then the winds came. Blew it all sideways, it would get right in your pockets. Still that is NOTHING to what you have there. You folks have lost loved ones and your homes. With fire theres nothing left, photos, keep sakes, etc... all gone... damn, thats just to hard to even think about. I know that a fair amount of members here are from down under, You All Take care!!!! __________________ What do you mean, the lights dim when I turn on my computer?

20-01-2003	#7 (permalink)
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19-01-2003	#3 (permalink)
PaRaDoX CD Freaks CloneCD Expert Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 166	It is indeed summer time over here and a pretty hot one too I might add.

19-01-2003	#5 (permalink)
Khaine CD Freaks Rookie Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 31	"Canberra residents brace as fires approach Canberra residents are stepping up preparation for an approaching fire front. Fires in the Namadgi National Park to the west of Canberra broke containment lines overnight and strong west north-westerly winds combined with temperatures up to 40 degrees are pushing the blaze towards the capital. Major roads in and around Canberra are being closed. The ACT's chief fire officer, Peter Lucas-Smith says the fire is less than ten kilometres from Canberra with rural properties between the fire front and city at greatest risk. "We're really into property protection at this stage, we're not trying to combat the front of the fire," he said. "It's very dynamic in it's growth as the weather conditions are pushing along it's very much a weather driven fire and we need to wait until such time as those conditions abate before we can be effective in any direct fire control."" These fires have caused servere damage to houses and infastructure with around 400 houses destroyed and 4 people dead. I do not know where Futureproof lives but I hope that it is not in the worst affected areas. See http://www.esb.act.gov.au/media/bushfire.htm for more info, or PM me and I will try to find out futher details for you I would just like to point out that I am from Canberra

20-01-2003	#8 (permalink)
maximino72 CD Freaks Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Italy Posts: 362	Fires Sorry to hear these sad news; yesterday the news in Italy spoke about the worst fires ever seen in Australia at 10 kilometres from Canberra.... __________________ Massimo

20-01-2003	#9 (permalink)
Flying Dutchman CDFreaks Resident Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: NYC / Binghamton Posts: 1,369	Damn global warming.... We had huge fires in the West last year. Some were natural but some were not. A forrest ranger burned a letter sent to her by her boyfriend and the letter managed to ignite one of the largest forrest fires in that regions history. Like Smokey the bear used to say: Only you can prevent forrest fires. __________________ I'm not spamming, I'm trying to help people And the CDFreaks living room has reached a new low...

21-01-2003	#11 (permalink)
FutureProof Senior Admin Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: True Blue Posts: 5,606	Houses Destroyed 419 destroyed, many more damaged. Duffy 236 Chapman 88 Kambah 35 Holder 31 Rivett 13 Weston 5 Lyons 3 Curtin 3 Giralang 2 Torrens 1 along with 32 houses in rural areas. Maps http://www.suburbs.canberra.net.au/html/fsregion.htm http://www.suburbs.canberra.net.au/r...a/Fdiswest.htm http://www.suburbs.canberra.net.au/html/fsregion.htm Last edited by FutureProof; 22-01-2003 at 11:48.

21-01-2003	#12 (permalink)
GhostBear CD Freaks Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Australia Posts: 246	Being from Canberra ,and still living in it at the momet. its good to see that some of the people that come here are from the area and seem to be safe from the fires that we have had over the weekend. I know a few that have lost everything from the fires and a few that had close calls as well. Lets all hope and pray that these fires get put out soon. Also where I work I have been speking with a few of the firefighters that are helping to attamt to put these out as well and it seem that the ANZAC spirit is still going strong as we have now also got some NZ firefighters in as well!

21-01-2003	#13 (permalink)
Khaine CD Freaks Rookie Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 31	Umm the NZ Firefighters are helping out in the Victorian Alps, not here in Canberra. Though for some people (like me), it was fortunatly a null event. Hopefully though only good can come from this tradgety

21-01-2003	#14 (permalink)
FutureProof Senior Admin Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: True Blue Posts: 5,606	There may be K1W1s in Vic but they're definately here in the ACT as well

21-01-2003	#15 (permalink)
GhostBear CD Freaks Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Australia Posts: 246	Khaine, they are here as well. And some are down there too. Yes hopefully some good will come of this

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Savannah On #cdfreaks-int 24-7 Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: <non-amusing generic location> Posts: 770	The fires in the North East of Victoria are quite bad at the moment. Apparently two of the larger fires have joined together unfortunatly. Its ironic (IMO), theres basically a drought and those huge helicopters (The huge orange ones, think ones called 'Elvis') use up to 9,000 litres of water per trip (Saw this on the news). But at least they are helping. My condolances to those who have lost and my hopes to those who havent so nothing else shall be lost.