I thought this bit made an excellent point
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It was around this time in 2020 that the US was helping Australian firefighters with a catastrophic surge of blazes during what became known as their Black Summer. If the same thing happens this year, both governments will be in an impossible situation.
Maybe not this year but one year soon this WILL happen. We voters aren’t taking any of this seriously, so neither are our politicians… be prepared.
After literally going through Black Summer (fire all around us), we moved to a place of zero bushfire risk in rural Tasmania. Even smoke triggers my partner who fought in those fires for 4 months, no pay. Hard to pay the bills
I guess what we need is nuclear submarines /s
I remember reading about the implications of overlapping fire seasons a while ago. Pretty terrifying stuff honestly. I think it was back when Bill Shorten was proposing a big investment in firefighting.
I’m really sorry you had to experience those fires up close, that would have been horrifying to the point of being life altering. Tasmania is a beautiful part of Australia at least.