And atrocious behaviour by the power company to shut off power in lower Eyre Peninsula.Port Lincoln Airport weather reports show temperatures above 40 degrees since before 11am, and with winds blowing at above 50kmh, with gusts to 80kmh. I can certainly understand the power company feeling nervous.
Presumably not confident that their maintenance regime will prevent arcing, and afraid of litigation if it does.
It’s an essential service, not an optional one. Surely a contractual obligation exists.
Your politics requires you ignore the science. Tell all those affected to get over it, and those next in line as well.Well, this just shows the insidious impact of climate change.Rain-forests have never become dry to the point of bushfire before - it's only a consequence of anthropomorphic climate change? Oh dear, another one that needs under their bed and wardrobe checking for carbon monster. In absence of that I'll tell you that it just ain't real and it's just politically-motivated clap-trap, will that help you to sleep tonight?
Average temperatures are higher. The bush is drier. Fire seasons are longer. The window of opportunity for backburning is smaller, so fuel loads are heavier. Caused by a matchstick or not, rainforests now burn. The chance of rain in any case to douse the fires is less. Etc, etc, etc.
Headed to NSW.And atrocious behaviour by the power company to shut off power in lower Eyre Peninsula.Port Lincoln Airport weather reports show temperatures above 40 degrees since before 11am, and with winds blowing at above 50kmh, with gusts to 80kmh. I can certainly understand the power company feeling nervous.
Presumably not confident that their maintenance regime will prevent arcing, and afraid of litigation if it does.
It’s an essential service, not an optional one. Surely a contractual obligation exists.
And atrocious behaviour by the power company to shut off power in lower Eyre Peninsula.Correct behaviour by SA Power Networks, authorised by the Electricity Act 1996 and undertaken in consultation with the CFS and BOM.
Presumably not confident that their maintenance regime will prevent arcing, and afraid of litigation if it does.The actual reason is that the wind speeds were high enough that there was a high probability of windborne debris taking out lines.
It’s an essential service, not an optional one.So is fire prevention.
Surely a contractual obligation exists.No. The Electricity Act 1996 specifically excludes any liability for disruption during an emergency.
Bored unsupervised school kids and hot dry day. What could go wrong?And we wonder why kids aren't resilient these days...
95 Km/h winds, dust storm, most of Bendigo is out of power. Filthy day.
It has been reported that the cause of the Yorketown bushfire, on S.A's Yorke Peninsula, was caused by an electrical fault on a pole mounted transformer at the town's water tower.It will be interesting to see what comes out of this in the preliminary review and the full inquiry.
Who knows, a similar disaster may have been avoided by cutting the power to the lower Eyre Peninsula.
No!Well, this just shows the insidious impact of climate change.Rain-forests have never become dry to the point of bushfire before - it's only a consequence of anthropomorphic climate change? Oh dear, another one that needs under their bed and wardrobe checking for carbon monster. In absence of that I'll tell you that it just ain't real and it's just politically-motivated clap-trap, will that help you to sleep tonight?
Average temperatures are higher. The bush is drier. Fire seasons are longer. The window of opportunity for backburning is smaller, so fuel loads are heavier. Caused by a matchstick or not, rainforests now burn. The chance of rain in any case to douse the fires is less. Etc, etc, etc.
Check out the picture of this vset caught in a firestorm last week in the Blue Mountains. I would feel very safe in one of these.Thanks for this, some of the Woodford photos taken from front of my home which I sold in 2010 (after 28 years)and emigrated to NZ. So glad I did. Ex-neighbours told me they got to bed at 3am. I shared a similar experience with them in January 2002.
https://www.bluemountainsgazette.com.au/story/6484754/leave-the-mountains-says-rfs-chief/#slide=3
Its an unfortunate reality that many of these fires were deliberately lit -Sadly most are. Very few are "natural disasters", those not deliberately lit are lit by careless/stupid humans who should know better. Makes nonsense of claims like: "It's nature fighting back" etc.
Check out the picture of this vset caught in a firestorm last week in the Blue Mountains. I would feel very safe in one of these.Looks like it was going past, surprised NSW trains didn't pull the safety card and stop services.
https://www.bluemountainsgazette.com.au/story/6484754/leave-the-mountains-says-rfs-chief/#slide=3
Sadly not a one off.Its an unfortunate reality that many of these fires were deliberately lit -Sadly most are. Very few are "natural disasters", those not deliberately lit are lit by careless/stupid humans who should know better. Makes nonsense of claims like: "It's nature fighting back" etc.