Mt Barker under threat from bushfire
Submitted by UncutTriggerInWA on Mon, 2009-03-16 14:07
News.com.au headlines above. The fire is about where Dreamweaver's house is on the Western outscrirts of the town and just behind the hospital. Let's hope Colin and his wife are OK and their property etc remains safe. I will give Colin a call a little later.
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Sure hope they are ok
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Fingers cross for them both
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Thanks Guys! All's well!
My wife came rushing into the Court House at 12.00 and we came back up from Albany. The fire has gone right around us - up to our fence line. Fantastic effort by all concerned. The guys on the medical center dropped everything and hosed our place down and a bunch even pushed the boat across the road (bloody good effort - it was locked so couldn't be towed.)
Will post some picks soon!
Thank God for the water bombers!
Dropped two cartons off to the fire station and left my number if they need a hand and have a spare pair of fire retardent overalls, flash cape, back pack and hard hat
So all's well - thanks again for your concern guys!
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Thank goodness the fire has been contained 4.15pm
hospital was evacuated for safety.
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That's right Roberta
From what I've been told, they evacuated the hospital across the road (on the non fire side of the road) and the child care center. Yes; at 16:15, the water bombers have stopped.
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Good stuff Col
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Thanks Andy!
LOL - Have to catch them first
As far as I know, no lives or homes lost - not around us anyway. Still waiting reports over the ridge - thanks heeps for the best wishes.
Fantastic how everyone pitched in - there was fire engines, planes, helicopters, police, graders, bob cats, water carters by the dozens - bloody beautiful to watch. Human spirit and cooperation at it's very very best!
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mt barker fire
good news dreamy...it must have been a very frightening scenario.
compelling reason to go fishing now though.
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LOL Bod and Cheers
The major part was over by the time we got home - just a few flair ups.
Always a good reason to go fishing mate
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MB Fire Pics From Our Property
Here's the Pics I took - all from our property:
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Roast
So is roast lamb on the menu Dreamweaver?
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LOL John
If we had sheep it would be
Fortunately, there's no stock around us, mind you there's chooks down the road LOL
Yeah, awesome effort with the boat - at a mate's place on the other side - canopy's and carpet make food tinder
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Top pics Colin It is incredible how low those bombers go
Looking at a few of those it is a pity you didn't have any herring left out on a smoking rack.
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Very glad to here you are all well
Bob always said especially in Leeman with all the gum trees in the Caravan Park, hitch the boat up get the dog and we shall poq.
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Cheers Roberta and Colin
Yeah, thank God, could have been a lot worse and those bombers ARE worth their while. I was talking to one of the ladies at the fire station and she advised that the outcome could have been a LOT worse without them.
Those bombers are hard to photograph too, they move VERY quickly, especially when they are only 50m above your house.
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Did you ring my mobile?
Vince and any others, if you tried to contact me via my mobile and received my voice mail - sorry, in my rush to get home I left my mobile in my locker at work.
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Yes Colin. I did ring your mobile
Only because we cared LOL... Good to see everything turned out OK. Keeps you on your toes mate. I said to Wendy that you were awefully close to some pristene bush when we were down there. Less fuel now and more time for planning.
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Cheers Vince
Thank you to you and Wendy (and again others) for caring mate! You're right, that undergrowth hasn't been back burned for a lot of years and that was a lot of fuel on the floor. Well, there isn't now and we and everyone else on the western strip of MB were VERY lucky.
The photographer from the Albany Advertiser (a (n Albany) local paper was on our property taking photos.
And you're right about planning. Yesterday, the time and day of the fire didn't allow for planning - it was basically all over before we got home from work.
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glad you guys are ok and no
glad you guys are ok and no damage to your property
its a bit scary when those bombers are so low over the house , we have had them over our house flying low and your right they do move pretty fast
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Gee that was close
Gee that was close Colin,
Great to see such kind hearted people around to lend a hand and good on you for looking after them with a few slabs.
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Good to see
all is ok Col - i worry about the same thing around our way. At least you can breathe easy for a couple of years with undergrowth gone.
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Bang on Guys! Cheers Once Again! CAUSE!
glad you guys are ok and no damage to your property
its a bit scary when those bombers are so low over the house , we have had them over our house flying low and your right they do move pretty fast
Thanks Russ and Sandy! Mate! Vivaldi on a stratavarious (sp) wouldn't have sounded sweeter! Yeah - bloody hard to get in frame - especially when zooming (them and the camera LOL)
Gee that was close Colin,
Great to see such kind hearted people around to lend a hand and good on you for looking after them with a few slabs.
Sure was Gus! Yeah, I'm still overwhelmed, chocked and teary (ok, I'm a snag LOL) about the extend that everyone pitched in. The slabs were the least we could do!
all is ok Col - i worry about the same thing around our way. At least you can breathe easy for a couple of years with undergrowth gone.
Cheers Ian! Absolutely right there mate - yes; we can breath easier (hard to breath last night though with all the smoke LOL). Just shows why understory/floor controlled burning is so essential!
Apparently it was caused (as reported) by Western Power workers dropping live wires.
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