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High Fire Danger 9/12/06
« on: December 09, 2006, 03:13:06 PM »
Gday,

Well i dont know about up in the hills but down here in the South East it was a shocker.  Pretty much incident free though.

Only had 1 minor grass fire extinguished very quickly and the contiuation of the Bog Lane Fire, which at one point was posing some threat to a shack.

But luckily very little activity across the state which is good!


Just received the weather page for sunday and it will be alot cooler but high levels of lightning.
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Re: High Fire Danger 9/12/06
« Reply #1 on: December 09, 2006, 04:09:08 PM »
Dont be fooled by the cooler weather Camo cause the lightning is gonna be dry lightning which can still pose some problems even though its only gonna be 26 degrees
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Re: High Fire Danger 9/12/06
« Reply #2 on: December 09, 2006, 05:26:17 PM »
Forestry Forecast listed possibility of 2mm of rain.
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Re: High Fire Danger 9/12/06
« Reply #3 on: December 10, 2006, 06:53:38 AM »
it was never really as bad as they planned for up here in the hills...

the wind never eventuated and so the FDIs stayed down a bit... i dont think they ever rose above 50 locally. :wink:

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Re: High Fire Danger 9/12/06
« Reply #4 on: December 10, 2006, 08:01:24 AM »
We got as high as 125 in the grass and 108 in the forest.
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Re: High Fire Danger 9/12/06
« Reply #5 on: December 10, 2006, 08:24:57 AM »
Only got to 32 at Noarlunga
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Re: High Fire Danger 9/12/06
« Reply #6 on: December 10, 2006, 12:48:57 PM »
It made 38.3 here at Port Elliot. No call outs here. Bonus

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Re: High Fire Danger 9/12/06
« Reply #7 on: December 10, 2006, 01:34:09 PM »
42 here in Naracoorte and 44 at keith,no sign of rain or lightning so hope it staysa way the lightning that is..
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Re: High Fire Danger 9/12/06
« Reply #8 on: December 10, 2006, 03:02:19 PM »
Gday,

Well i dont know about up in the hills but down here in the South East it was a shocker.  Pretty much incident free though.

Only had 1 minor grass fire extinguished very quickly and the contiuation of the Bog Lane Fire, which at one point was posing some threat to a shack.

But luckily very little activity across the state which is good!

Which was ably put out by the guys/girls in a red truck. lol
Just received the weather page for sunday and it will be alot cooler but high levels of lightning.

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Re: High Fire Danger 9/12/06
« Reply #9 on: December 11, 2006, 05:42:50 AM »
Three volunteers from SES assisted SAFECOM manning the CFS Hotline phones. Processed approximately 70 calls for the day. It was a great day to learn the system after training on Friday.
Andrew Macmichael
lives at Pt Noarlunga South.

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