“the seemingly endless #FireSeason is putting a spotlight on two aspects of #Canada that increasingly feel at odds: the country’s commitment to fighting climate change and its status as one of the world's top oil and gas producers — fuels that when used release #CarbonDioxide, a #GreenhouseGas that traps heat in the atmosphere and intensifies the dry conditions for wildfires to swallow millions of acres.” #ClimateCrisishttps://press.coop/@Independent/111381137963781528
A shift in #Australia's fire regimes:
"What would have been the one in ten bad #FireSeason under the earlier regime (occurring once in ten years) became, on average, a one in two fire season in the second regime.
That means the worst 10% of fire years were now happening every second year.
When we looked at even worse fire years – the worst year in 20 fire seasons – the shift was shocking. On average, we are now seeing these years twice every five years."
After having been forced to take it slow last week because of this blasted head cold, next week we've got the week off "work" so that we can get some "work" done around the place in preparation for fire season. Luckily we're on the edge of the worst areas - but still local indications are that it's going to be an utter bastard of a summer.
Which meant we were very pissed off when yet again Melbourne based news pretended that Western Victoria simply doesn't exist:
Showed the same map in the news the other night as is in this article. Talked about the obvious big areas of concern in the NT, QLD and NSW, then went onto say that there was also areas of concern in SA and Gippsland.
So the entire of the Victorian Mallee doesn't exist it seems.
In preparation for the July 4th weekend, re-cleared the buffer zone around my house, just in case (high risk of #wildfire starts). Used a weed-whacker instead of a McLeod to save time this time (with a very, very, very long electric cord). #FireSeason