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I live in Australia. Since 2019 I’ve seen outrageous nationwide bushfires, intense rain and flooding in the central coast which forced us to evacuate for a week

by dools 3y ago

I live in Australia. Since 2019 I’ve seen outrageous nationwide bushfires, intense rain and flooding in the central coast which forced us to evacuate for a week, followed of course by 2 years of a pandemic and then an entire year of rain so heavy in the northern rivers that it catastrophically flooded the entire area and cut off our plateau town from food and fuel deliveries for about a week. Prior that I had never been evacuated or cut off from anything because of weather events, so I guess that’s why scientists are keen to distinguish between anecdotal evidence and statistical, empirical or experimental evidence.

scripturial 3y ago
What do you think is the connection between Australian bushfires and climate change? Did Australia not drastically cut back and stop the amount of back burning that Australia used to traditionally do in order to prevent larger bushfires? You only have to ask anyone who has lived for a while in an at risk area to discover first hand that these activities had been curtailed and stopped for quite a few years.
- dools 3y ago
  > Did Australia not drastically cut back and stop the amount of back burning that Australia used to traditionally do in order to prevent larger bushfires? No, that didn't happen. “Hazard reduction work has increased because of increased funding to the RFS and to national parks. There has been more carried out in recent years than in previous decades.” https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/nov/12/is-there-really-a-green-conspiracy-to-stop-bushfire-hazard-reduction https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/nov/12/is-th... > You only have to ask anyone who has lived for a while in an at risk area to discover first hand that these activities had been curtailed and stopped for quite a few years. Farmers get all their information from Sky News and Facebook. I've lived in at risk areas for over 15 years, and I can't tell you first hand that the activities have been curtailed and stopped. Very few people would be able to tell you that first hand. A lot of people will tell you bullshit conspiracy theories they've read on Facebook though.
- defrost 3y ago
  Not in Western Australia, no. https://www.dfes.wa.gov.au/hazard-information/bushfire/planned-burning https://www.dfes.wa.gov.au/hazard-information/bushfire/plann... I've been around fuel reduction burns for 60 years. As a local practice it dates back tens of thousands of years.

by dools 3y ago

scripturial 3y ago

What do you think is the connection between Australian bushfires and climate change? Did Australia not drastically cut back and stop the amount of back burning that Australia used to traditionally do in order to prevent larger bushfires? You only have to ask anyone who has lived for a while in an at risk area to discover first hand that these activities had been curtailed and stopped for quite a few years.

dools 3y ago
> Did Australia not drastically cut back and stop the amount of back burning that Australia used to traditionally do in order to prevent larger bushfires? No, that didn't happen. “Hazard reduction work has increased because of increased funding to the RFS and to national parks. There has been more carried out in recent years than in previous decades.” https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/nov/12/is-there-really-a-green-conspiracy-to-stop-bushfire-hazard-reduction https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/nov/12/is-th... > You only have to ask anyone who has lived for a while in an at risk area to discover first hand that these activities had been curtailed and stopped for quite a few years. Farmers get all their information from Sky News and Facebook. I've lived in at risk areas for over 15 years, and I can't tell you first hand that the activities have been curtailed and stopped. Very few people would be able to tell you that first hand. A lot of people will tell you bullshit conspiracy theories they've read on Facebook though.
defrost 3y ago
Not in Western Australia, no. https://www.dfes.wa.gov.au/hazard-information/bushfire/planned-burning https://www.dfes.wa.gov.au/hazard-information/bushfire/plann... I've been around fuel reduction burns for 60 years. As a local practice it dates back tens of thousands of years.