Bushfires near Simmos house.

[Tubbs]

Hi all, Terry asked me to upload these pics for you all to see the bushfires which have broken out near his home....fear not...Terry and family are all safe.

[weegeo]

Bloody heck please keep us up to date i hope the wee man and Patricia are safe



weegeo

[Jacqui]

God I can't believe those pictures, they look so close , I hope you are all safe, how far is this from your home?
Jacqui

[simmo123]

:)Hi Jacqui,thanks for concern took pics from our place about 300 metres away,all fine just a houseful of smoke,the heli water bombers done a great job from the air,Simmo

[simmo123]

Thanks Weegeo,all is ok,Simmo,suspended by Patricia from all bbq duties until further notice, ;D ;D

[shyamwestwind]

Oh Simmo, I'm so relieved to hear all's well with you and your dear family.

[Emerald Midi]

Like everyone else I too am relieved to know Simmo and family are unscathed by these events. I hope others out there are as fortunate.

[sweeney]

Hi Simmo!!! I as well echo the concern of the rest of the members. Pray you and your family come out unscathed..........Gerry.

[simmo123]

many thanks for your concern Gerry,alls well everything cleaned up,the Simmo's

[kemo]

Thanks for sharing your pics simmo. I'm glad that you and your family never came to any harm. Bushfires are becoming very popular now, It must be very frightening to see in real time such a picture. Do you have an evacuation plan simmo for you and your family for such events?

Take care

Kieran

[infolena]

Hi Simmo,
What an ordeal it must have been! Glad you and your family are safe.

When we were visiting Australia in 1991 my husband and I drove from Broken Hill to Mildura (about 300 km) and most of the way there was a spooky landscape of black, burned trees and nothing else. It was like driving on another planet.
I´m a bit curious of how long it takes for the australian outback to recover from a bushfire?

Lena

[simmo123]

Hi Lena,re, your enquiry into bush regeneration,from what i have seen locally in our area in some cases within a matter of weeks you can see new growth appearing depending on the species,with a lot of the larger trees some will never regrow they just become infested with white ants etc & its only a matter of time before the topple over & rot back into the ground,on the other side of things a lot of the native species of trees & shrubs rely on a bushfires intense heat to actually open the seed pods which in themselves is their only way of germinating which in turn leads to regrowth of the new forests.In WA we have controlled burns at certain times of the year this enables a lot of the dense bush to be made relatively safe by burning a lot of the inflammable material deliberately in the event of a fire starting & spreading quickly obviously they have to time it right taking into consideration factors like strong winds or winds which will carry the smoke etc over populated areas,airports etc,they don't get it right all of the time & the citys may have a heavy smog type haze around for a few days but it is pretty vital that the controlled burns are carried out regardless.I've probably not answered your original question but in most of the fires i have experienced the areas seem to regain their former state although with different time frames,the other equally important issue is of course the damage that is done to the wildlife in the event of a bushfire when many of the native species of mammals & reptiles are destroyed never to be replaced so i think in some cases we may lose certain species in a period of time which would be a great shame.Ok Simmo i reckon you've rambled on enough they will start to call you a bit of a greenie, ;D ;D,best wishes to all,Simmo,checking on the BBQ fire ;D