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USALiberal

(10,877 posts) Sun Jan 5, 2020, 09:52 AM Jan 2020

It takes only 4 seconds for flames in the distance to overrun the position of these fire fighters

RUN!!! It takes only 4 seconds for flames in the distance to overrun the position of these courageous Australian firefighters.

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It takes only 4 seconds for flames in the distance to overrun the position of these fire fighters (Original Post) USALiberal Jan 2020 OP

Hell on earth. MontanaFarmer Jan 2020 #1

You. Cannot. Outrun. Fire. Recursion Jan 2020 #2

These conditions require massive new tech to fight them. BSdetect Jan 2020 #3

Truly hell. Firefighters are much more heroic than some sinkingfeeling Jan 2020 #4

NPR this morning told of a firefighter who had to take a break and come home due to all the koalas JudyM Jan 2020 #5

That would be terrible! nt USALiberal Jan 2020 #6

MontanaFarmer

(630 posts)

1. Hell on earth.

Reply to USALiberal (Original post)

Sun Jan 5, 2020, 09:56 AM

Jan 2020

Western US states have the same potential. Welcome to the future.

Recursion

(56,582 posts)

2. You. Cannot. Outrun. Fire.

Reply to USALiberal (Original post)

Sun Jan 5, 2020, 10:21 AM

Jan 2020

I cannot stress that enough.

BSdetect

(8,998 posts)

3. These conditions require massive new tech to fight them.

Reply to USALiberal (Original post)

Sun Jan 5, 2020, 10:32 AM

Jan 2020

sinkingfeeling

(51,461 posts)

4. Truly hell. Firefighters are much more heroic than some

Reply to USALiberal (Original post)

Sun Jan 5, 2020, 11:04 AM

Jan 2020

military drone flyer.

JudyM

(29,251 posts)

5. NPR this morning told of a firefighter who had to take a break and come home due to all the koalas

Reply to USALiberal (Original post)

Sun Jan 5, 2020, 12:18 PM

Jan 2020

“screaming” as they were burned alive, and seeing all the charred koala corpses curled up on the ground. He couldn’t take it. This is hell.

USALiberal

(10,877 posts)

6. That would be terrible! nt

Reply to JudyM (Reply #5)

Sun Jan 5, 2020, 12:31 PM

Jan 2020

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