Current Events > Australia to some residents: "It's too late to leave."

(+) Yeah! (+)

Just ignore rebel.

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shockthemonkey posted...

And climate change deniers are going to continue to exacerbate these problems. This is so tragic.

WTF does this have to do with climate change? Firehawks literally start fires in Australia.

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Orlando_Jordan posted...

WTF does this have to do with climate change? Firehawks literally start fires in Australia.

The severity of this year's bushfires is a result of climate change.

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Solar_Crimson posted...

The severity of this year's bushfires is a result of climate change.

Go on.

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Denying climate change should be treated the same as holocaust denial.

There should be no reason that ignorance of the facts should be tolerated in any way by anyone.

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Orlando_Jordan posted...

WTF does this have to do with climate change? Firehawks literally start fires in Australia.

My cursory research says that these birds do not start fires and that the number of them who pick up burning branches are not high. No one even knows if they do it on purpose or just accidentally.

Clearly there is a bigger issue if a few wayward birds can burn your country to the ground.

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bover_87 posted...

Imagine actually responding to RebelElite in 2020.

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Orlando_Jordan posted...

WTF does this have to do with climate change? Firehawks literally start fires in Australia.

Can you explain how a bird would start a fire

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CableZL posted...

Can you explain how a bird would start a fire

https://youtu.be/5zcJs16aZ5s?t=10

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Oh my god

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Everything starts fires in Australia at the moment because our conditions are terrible.

It was hotter for a lot more than usual last year so they weren't able to do as much backburning as usual so now we're getting massive fires.

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Orlando_Jordan posted...

https://youtu.be/5zcJs16aZ5s?t=10

Ok

Are you saying these birds started the fires in question?

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Sure are a lot of people shouting impotently at rebel whilst providing no counterarguments in here.
But yeah this is fucked, many species are gonna go extinct due to these fires. Absolutely disgusting that you've got ass c***s still parroting premade lines like "bUt WhAt AbOuT cHiNa AnD iNdIa???" in response to these worsening natural disasters, as if the western world needs to start fixing foreign countries before they fix themselves.

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Imagine if the US had used drone strikes to kill the fire instead of the crumbling stability in Iran

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Is it too soon to make a desert wasteland joke including Mad Max since it takes place in Australia.....you can @ me so that I can post it

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Wait, you guys literally have birds that try to help burn you alive?

I thought at first firehawk was some aussie slang for arsonists...

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They should have left...

Giblet_Enjoyer posted...

Sure are a lot of people shouting impotently at rebel whilst providing no counterarguments in here.

I make it a habit to not engage little trolls seriously. Especially ones who use a tragedy to basically be an asshole.

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shockthemonkey posted...

Oh hes absolutely right, hes just 100% unable say anything without being so condescending that absolutely no one could possible give a shit what hes saying. Hes only helping his ego, not the planet.

https://youtu.be/C6BYzLIqKB8

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"Why are you ok with killing animals bred to be slaughtered, but upset when entire ecosystems are burning to the ground?"

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To all the people that are using this to prove their political point are terrible. "People are dying, so I should use this to my advantage to gloat online." Makes me sick

And I am not some stupid person in denial, but I'm not going to rub it in everyone's face when such destruction is going on.

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Bad_Mojo posted...

To all the people that are using this to prove their political point are terrible. "People are dying, so I should use this to my advantage to gloat online." Makes me sick

And I am not some stupid person in denial, but I'm not going to rub it in everyone's face when such destruction is going on.

How much do we need to kill the planet and how long do we need to wait between destruction before we can finally attempt to address climate change? Another few decades?

Leave that shit with gun debates

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Solar_Crimson posted...

The severity of this year's bushfires is a result of climate change.

One year is the result of climate change?

No, we need to see a TREND to see a difference.

Keep in mind, if climate change is the reasoning, we have only seen a slight increase in the global temperatures at around 1% since we started recording. This means that if 1% increase in temperature is a problem, how is a year to year difference showing the 'effects' of climate change? The change year to year is minuscule. We cannot quantify the change.

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MaverickXeo posted...

One year is the result of climate change?

No, we need to see a TREND to see a difference.

Keep in mind, if climate change is the reasoning, we have only seen a slight increase in the global temperatures at around 1% since we started recording. This means that if 1% increase in temperature is a problem, how is a year to year difference showing the 'effects' of climate change? The change year to year is minuscule. We cannot quantify the change.

*fake snores loudly*

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hockeybub89 posted...

How much do we need to kill the planet and how long do we need to wait between destruction before we can finally attempt to address climate change? Another few decades?

Leave that shit with gun debates

Agreed. Why don't we go after the polluters... China, India, etc. The rest of the world may have a higher 'per capitia' emission, but per capita doesn't mean anything when we are looking at the entire world.


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Hexenherz posted...

"It's too late to leave, so shelter in your house, but if you see the fire outside run away".

Seems... counter-intuitive. Either it's not too late to leave, or it is too late to leave and you're fucked because your house is in a really, really dangerous spot.

It's too late to leave, but if your other option is dying in the inferno that takes your house, TRY running. It probably won't work.

But to translate this "You fucked up mate and the situation is in the dunny. You're about knackered whatever you do."

Also, I'm willing to bet at least one person is looking at that going "I don't have any pure cotton or wool clothes. It can't be THAT big a deal." Well, enjoy melting nylon burns. Seriously, US Forest Service bans under armour because of that, hell, the USMC does too because the artificial stuff melts. Not that it really matters, at this point, if you haven't run, you're fucked three ways from Sunday anyway.
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I would be desperately trying to appease Ragnaros if I were over there.

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gimme fuel gimme fire

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MaverickXeo posted...

Agreed. Why don't we go after the polluters... China, India, etc. The rest of the world may have a higher 'per capitia' emission, but per capita doesn't mean anything when we are looking at the entire world.

Yeah why don't the Australian, American, etc governments stop ignoring/increasing their effects on climate change at home and start addressing it in other countries?

Who do you feel is not "going after" some of the biggest polluters and what do you want them to do differently?

Scientists have been telling all of us motherfuckers to pay attention for decades.

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hockeybub89 posted...

Yeah why don't the Australian, American, etc governments stop ignoring/increasing their effects on climate change at home and start addressing it in other countries?

because our government is as corrupt and shitty as a lot of other governments. this isnt a valid reason for the population and for yourself to ignore it

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Rika_Furude posted...

because our government is as corrupt and shitty as a lot of other governments. this isnt a valid reason for the population and for yourself to ignore it

As long as they can deflect to literally ANYTHING ELSE they don't have to think about it.

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Rika_Furude posted...

because our government is as corrupt and shitty as a lot of other governments. this isnt a valid reason for the population and for yourself to ignore it

I am definitely not ignoring it and thought the bitter sarcasm of that post was obvious

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Godnorgosh posted...

https://youtu.be/atMdf0rhbpI

We're up all night to get lucky to not die in a fire

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Similar things happen with hurricanes in the US. Some people just won't leave, then it becomes a rescue. However, a firestorm has a much lower chance of survival

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The government of Australia has utterly failed its citizens
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hockeybub89 posted...

Yeah why don't the Australian, American, etc governments stop ignoring/increasing their effects on climate change at home and start addressing it in other countries?

Who do you feel is not "going after" some of the biggest polluters and what do you want them to do differently?

Scientists have been telling all of us motherfuckers to pay attention for decades.

All of us are not going after the biggest polluters. Heck, our 'climate' leaders are using personal jets to discuss issues regarding it instead of telecom or commercial travel (On that note, I do applaud Greta for using a low emission craft herself - although her team does not). We need to use the UN for good for once and actually hold members accountable and to the same standards worldwide. We cannot simply place arbitrary limits on SOME countries and not on others as that will do nothing ultimately. We are a globalist society - by placing limits on some nations and not others, we can damage their economies, environments, and people as well.

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hockeybub89 posted...

"Why are you ok with killing animals bred to be slaughtered, but upset when entire ecosystems are burning to the ground?"

The former helps to cause the latter, though.

[LFAQs-redacted-quote]

That's really all you can do, sadly. No one, not a single soul, is ever willing to consider anything anyone has to say about doing fewer things that harm animals/the planet/anyone outside of your immediate family. It is a form of venting, because what else could it be?

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MrMallard posted...

Just want to bring up that this is not a new thing being rolled out with this bushfire season. Rather than have people risk their lives escaping a fire that is considered inescapable and having people burn to death in their vehicles in a last ditch effort to escape, the call goes out to let people protect themselves in any other way.

good grief how fast do these fires move?

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stoltenberg11 posted...

good grief how fast do these fires move?

A fire of that scale is a monster. The heat alone is enough to ignite things before the fire front actually arrives. Then, it's the new front

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Some of these fires are moving faster than vehicles I believe. Like way faster than anyone would reasonably suspect, scarily so.

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@bluebeans can you confirm the OP?


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Rustykranz posted...

@bluebeans can you confirm the OP?

Yeah brother, its fucking horrible. 3 fires started in my town this week that were luckily put out pretty quickly but its a lot worse a couple of hours away.

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bluebeans posted...

Yeah brother, its fucking horrible. 3 fires started in my town this week that were luckily put out pretty quickly but its a lot worse a couple of hours away.

prayin for you dude! Be safe!! Fuck you've had a hard time the last 6 months

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that people that were told to leave and didn't, i say leave their fates up in the air then, they had every chance to get out. For the people that are legitimately trapped... this is horrible

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https://twitter.com/Pink/status/1213350834672586752

noice

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Orlando_Jordan posted...

https://youtu.be/5zcJs16aZ5s?t=10

Time for you to fuck off.

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Pink has always seemed pretty jazzed about Australia. I've been watching interviews with her since I was little, and she's always been friendly and gracious about performing in Australia. Call it marketing bluster if you like, and say that "every country is her favorite country to perform in when she's performing there" - but I've always gotten chill, genuine vibes from Pink in every interview she's ever done.

Her support here only reinforces my opinion. Tonight we stan One (1) pop star

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stoltenberg11 posted...

good grief how fast do these fires move?

Faster than cars/trucks can drive apparently. It depends on which way the wind blows. If you're traveling opposite the direction of the wind the fire will "move" relative to you very slow. If the wind changes course though you'll find the fire faster than almost anything you can travel in.

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