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Post by ngatimozart on Jan 10, 2013 16:36:53 GMT 12
A house has already been destroyed and others evacuated as a scrub fire rages near Prebbleton. There are a couple of grass fires in the Sockburn area. |
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Post by beagle on Jan 10, 2013 18:15:02 GMT 12
Living here in Rolleston, oohhhhh the flames, the plummetting fireballs, the suffocating smoke, do we run, do we hide........
jump into the pool and swim for it hun..
We don't have a pool cause you wanted the big screen and spend all the money on aviation things, so what do we do now.......................................
copied from the mad editor of the Rollestion Resident Unreadable Gazette
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Post by ngatimozart on Jan 10, 2013 20:58:55 GMT 12
Panic!!!! Don't panic Capt Mannering, don't panic.
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Post by TS on Jan 10, 2013 21:04:28 GMT 12
Run for thems thar heills boy....
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Post by shamus on Jan 10, 2013 21:20:42 GMT 12
So we don't need to go to Australia to see bush fires, we've got them here at home.
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Post by beagle on Jan 11, 2013 20:58:09 GMT 12
yeah and the local volunteer siren went of a few times during the night for call outs.
And more today.
Driving around , it is so dry in the farm paddocks, you can see why it doesn't take too long to spread from one to the next.
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Post by ngatimozart on Jan 11, 2013 21:13:56 GMT 12
Yes it's as dry as a dead dingos donger ;D
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Post by andynz on Jan 14, 2013 20:54:29 GMT 12
Beagle,
Yep sure was warm!! We couldn't see too much from where we are (Rolly also). Driving down Shands Road a couple of days ago, holy hell. What a mess...
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Post by ngatimozart on Jan 14, 2013 22:01:55 GMT 12
I heard that the fireys reckon it was some Auster parts that was the cause. Anyone seen Baz? ;D;D On the serious side she'd be a fair mess and feel real sorry for those four families who lost their homes especially the ones who have no insurance because the insurance companies won't sell insurance cover to many in Christchurch.
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Post by sparrow on Jan 15, 2013 11:34:53 GMT 12
Very sad for the folks that lose property, fire is a fear of mine, looking at fireproof safes at the moment as I'm upgrading house security.
Interesting to see the cop at the 2min mark in the video with a sidearm, is this becoming common? I thought it was only in certain 'circumstances'?
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Post by baz62 on Jan 15, 2013 11:48:37 GMT 12
I heard that the fireys reckon it was some Auster parts that was the cause. Anyone seen Baz? ;D;D On the serious side she'd be a fair mess and feel real sorry for those four families who lost their homes especially the ones who have no insurance because the insurance companies won't sell insurance cover to many in Christchurch. Oh ha ha.  |
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Post by beagle on Jan 15, 2013 16:03:28 GMT 12
didn't think rust burns
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