fredski
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This is Adelaide, South Australia.
The past 5 days we have been dealing with bushfire. The image at first glance makes it look like the entire hills are burnt, but most of it is a dark green - the black is mostly north where the smoke clouds are.
This shows the burnt areas.
It has destroyed or badly damaged 26 homes and scorched 12,500 hectares. That's 48.3 square miles. The perimeter is 238km (148miles). The fact that we have not had any human loss of life yet is testament to the response, the effectiveness, the skill and capability of the firefighters and emergency services people that have got us to this point. The main concern is changing weather conditions - Adelaide is forecast for 38 degrees Celsius (100.4 fahrenheit) for the next two days - which may make the fire flare back up in areas and get much worse.
miraglo
My godmother and her children were evacuated yesterday, friends cut camping trips short etc and two days ago just smoke everywhere
miraglo
Update: Up to 38 houses destroyed and 134 peoples treated by individuals
Dalandar
"A city of 4 million blasted from space. Adelaide, Australia is no more." Seriously, Good luck to your emergency services.
IbAng4Change
If I could go over there right now I would OP. I'd cut line all day and night.
DrivebyViktum
i'ved been listening to The fire Services via scannerradio.com and broadcastify. It's been a long haul for you guys. Good luck!
Jujubird
My mum's house was amongst those evacuated. My landlord lost his home. I live in the more hilly regions, we're used to it, but the 1/2
Jujubird
northern areas were kind of caught unawares. But people's tireless efforts are making a huge difference. We never want another Ash Wednesday
Muka409
Not to be a dick, but I had no idea what 'it' was or what the post was about until the word firefighter. But that sucks.
fredski
not dickish at all, thanks for the heads up. Edited for clarification :)