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Australia

Matilda

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2. At this point,

Reply to PoindexterOglethorpe (Reply #1)

Thu Dec 19, 2019, 02:44 AM

Dec 2019

it's mainly NSW and southern Queensland, with some smaller fires in W.A. Summer has only just begun, and Christmas through to end of January is the real bushfire season. A lot of the fires are to do with dry conditions from drought, plus deforestation in those two states. S.A. also has drought conditions, and I did hear of some fires breaking out in the Barossa today, so I think there may be worse to come.

Where do your friends live?

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Haze on Sydney Harbour [View all] Matilda Dec 2019 OP

I just sent messages to my two friends in Australia, asking them how the fires are affecting them. PoindexterOglethorpe Dec 2019 #1

At this point, Matilda Dec 2019 #2

They are both in or near Sydney. PoindexterOglethorpe Dec 2019 #3

Please do. Matilda Dec 2019 #4

I've heard back from one friend. PoindexterOglethorpe Dec 2019 #6

That's about the situation. Matilda Dec 2019 #7

47c is forking hot. Voltaire2 Dec 2019 #5

Experts are saying central Australia could become uninhabitable. Matilda Dec 2019 #8

I believe that there are already some Pacific islands that have PoindexterOglethorpe Dec 2019 #9

Yes, some people are leaving various Pacific Islands. Matilda Dec 2019 #10