Comments on: Update on the fires in Australia http://metricviews.org.uk/2009/03/australia-fires-metric-units/ Commentary on the measurement muddle in the UK Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:03:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: John Frewen-Lord http://metricviews.org.uk/2009/03/australia-fires-metric-units/comment-page-1/#comment-19054 John Frewen-Lord Sun, 08 Mar 2009 11:25:12 +0000 http://www.metricviews.org.uk/2009/03/06/australia-fires-metric-units/#comment-19054 The real sad part is the loss of life. An old grammar school school friend living in Whittlesea, north of Melbourne, Victoria, had this to say (EXACTLY as he sent it, at a time of great stress for him): "The fire missed up by about 500m due to a last minute wind change. Fire chief pulled up said I had 10 mins to get out.... Had been connecting up Cvan and loading up with stuff for 2hrs thinking it may come my way. The fire front was travelling at 80-100km/hr the people ahead did not know it was coming travelled 20-30km in about 10 mins. Will report back later." "May be back at house tonight? Will see what we can do to help with accommodation etc. The fire may come back our way in next few days? Suzy was at work when I had to leave prob just as well as 2 panicking would have been to stressfull!! Temp was 47C then 100km hour winds just as fire was going by up the side of mountain. My next door neighbour died going back to his house 2km away 3 hrs after front had gone by. The paddock opposite the house belongs to him and his family, they also have the vegitable farm shop opposite side of main rod to us." Very sad for those affected by all this. The real sad part is the loss of life. An old grammar school school friend living in Whittlesea, north of Melbourne, Victoria, had this to say (EXACTLY as he sent it, at a time of great stress for him):

“The fire missed up by about 500m due to a last minute wind change. Fire chief pulled up said I had 10 mins to get out…. Had been connecting up Cvan and loading up with stuff for 2hrs thinking it may come my way. The fire front was travelling at 80-100km/hr the people ahead did not know it was coming travelled 20-30km in about 10 mins. Will report back later.”

“May be back at house tonight? Will see what we can do to help with accommodation etc. The fire may come back our way in next few days?

Suzy was at work when I had to leave prob just as well as 2 panicking would have been to stressfull!! Temp was 47C then 100km hour winds just as fire was going by up the side of mountain.

My next door neighbour died going back to his house 2km away 3 hrs after front had gone by. The paddock opposite the house belongs to him and his family, they also have the vegitable farm shop opposite side of main rod to us.”

Very sad for those affected by all this.

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