tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1905853778596286372.post7556391949460447723..comments2023-03-29T06:53:20.694+11:00Comments on It ain't always so - : The threat of Fire in the Dandenongs, following Black Saturday Bushfires.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1905853778596286372.post-11501129432468588542010-02-15T00:20:31.470+11:002010-02-15T00:20:31.470+11:00YOu are right Andrew - I have said it before - DO ...YOu are right Andrew - I have said it before - DO NOT lock yourself inside and rely on others - YOU CAN ONLY RELY ON YOURSELF - no-one else. <br />I don't think you are being an armchair critic - I agree with you. just don't wait for the flames, use common sense and if you see smoke - investigate and then move, not wait for the flamesHeatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07010538586118008820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1905853778596286372.post-32072769916366805102010-02-15T00:07:52.851+11:002010-02-15T00:07:52.851+11:00While I am sure you have said similar already, peo...While I am sure you have said similar already, people need to trust their instincts. They ought not lock themselves inside and remain unaware of what is happening on one of the stinking hot north wind days. Am I being an armchair critic if I suggest that people might look and see smoke and it is not far away, and so time to leave. This rather goes against official advice.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1905853778596286372.post-18562219009656200052010-02-12T19:24:11.088+11:002010-02-12T19:24:11.088+11:00I beleive there are only 3 ways off the mountain -...I beleive there are only 3 ways off the mountain - if one or two of those access points were shut due to the threat of fire - what then?<br />Your friends at The Patch evacuated as they were advised to do but......... and we can't deny it - some people WILL NOT leave until they can see the flames through the smoke. I know there is probably nothing that can be done in this instance, but those that DO leave as advised by people in authority - do so, often in the knowledge they do have somewhere else to go. <br />What about those people that don;t have anywhere else to go, have horses, birds or cats? What will they do? <br />Will that 'encourage' them for want of a better word to stay until the last possible minute?<br /><br />I honestly don't know and like Fen says - I am beginning to believe that there is solution. Certainly none put forward anywhere that I have seen that will work for the majority.<br />Once again Andrew thanks for your comments.Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07010538586118008820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1905853778596286372.post-60501286613433508772010-02-12T16:55:03.035+11:002010-02-12T16:55:03.035+11:00We have friends at The Patch and they evacuated th...We have friends at The Patch and they evacuated three times last year with their dogs. Not everyone will head in the same direction if told to leave. I believe it would be possible for people to leave within a reasonable time and take household pets. As to where? Looks like people are on their own there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1905853778596286372.post-49488283583833493372010-02-12T13:57:19.725+11:002010-02-12T13:57:19.725+11:00Hi Fen, thanks again!
If there are no solutions, t...Hi Fen, thanks again!<br />If there are no solutions, then why has the Government determined that there is a solution?<br />I agree with you - there is no 'ideal' solution, but what about a solution that will pass for the majority? - A solution that would work for a majority? <br /><br />It concerns me that people WILL wait until the last minute and that minute could kill them. <br /><br />I too live in idyllic surroundings and woudn't swap it for the world, as I've discussed previously I chose to live where I did, and I knocked back 2 other houses in areas, that I DEEMED to be too high a risk to live in for various reasons.<br />That thinking possibly saved my life in one instance in 2009.<br /><br />Thank-you for the commentsHeatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07010538586118008820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1905853778596286372.post-23340616147347253522010-02-12T13:05:05.401+11:002010-02-12T13:05:05.401+11:00There are no solutions to the problem. My Dad liv...There are no solutions to the problem. My Dad lives in the Dandenongs and is well aware of this problem, but has no solution either. It's the risk you take to live in such idyllic surrounds.Fenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07945553568341010805noreply@blogger.com