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Today in Sydney. I was going to visit my husband in hospital, but the smoke is choking me. We’ve never experienced anything like it before. He is fine in his airconditioned room. Please spare a thought and prayer for firefighters and farmers and everyone affected by these devastating bushfires. Pray for rain!
Longing for blue skies
When will this smoke nightmare end?
Winter, come back soon!
© Copyright 2019 Irina Dimitric
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I am praying for you. I know what it is like to live in fear like this.
Thank you so much, Cindy.
Dear Irina, I’m so sorry you’re going through this. I pray that God would send rain soon to wash away the smoke. We had smoky skies in the summer of 2018. It was horrible. I hope your blue skies return shortly.
Blessings from Canada ~ Wendy Mac
Thank you Wendy for commiserating and your prayers. Thank heavens a southerly wind has cleaned the air overnight. But we can expect more days like yesterday during the summer season.
Thank you very much for this post. I am in Sydney also, and am constantly shocked by the sheer amount of smoke and it’s impact on our community. I have recently published an article on the smoke in Sydney. If you have time, it would be great if you could read it, as I would be really interested to hear your thoughts! Thanks 🙂
I read your article, it’s very good. However, I believe that action on climate change is not enough to minimise devastating bushfires in Australia. There were catastrophic fires on this hot and dry continent well before the Industrial Revolution and man-made CO2 emissions. See this link : The Ghosts of Black Thursday 6th February 1851
https://saltbushclub.com/2019/11/18/black-thursday-1851/
What is also needed is better fire management in National Parks, which includes hazard reduction burning in winter to clear the forests of fuel on the ground. Here are some more links for anyone who is interested.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-11-12/cause-of-bushfires-is-complex-but-climate-change-is-part-of-it/11692176
https://www.macarthuradvertiser.com.au/story/5353623/why-hazard-reduction-burns-are-so-important/
Thank you very much for this comment! I will definitely look into the links attached. I think fire management and planning is important, however; some back burning has been done by home owners and that has only compounded the risks and danger, is it sustainable to be hazard reduction burning all areas? Because these bushfires are so large.
I think climate change is definitely adding to the severe nature of the bushfires, smoke like this in Sydney is unheard of. It is definitely getting worse and that is something that we can fix.
Hazard reduction burning is quite different from backburning . See this link:
https://www.macarthuradvertiser.com.au/story/5353623/why-hazard-reduction-burns-are-so-important/
Okay thankyou, I see the difference. I think I still struggle with the idea that yes we could hazard reduction burn areas of the bush, but we couldn’t possibly burn everywhere and the fires are popping up everywhere and are unpredictable. I don’t think it can be a definite strategy to deal with the issue. I think around communities it is definitely important, but I don’t think it fully solves the problem
What do you think?
No, you’re right, it doesn’t wholly solve the problem, but it’s a very important component of the solution. Action on climate change will have effect down the track, whereas hazard reduction burning will have immediate effect. And that’s what we need: immediate action to prevent devastating fires next year.
I hope it ends soon!!!
Me too.