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So, could something similar happen in major Australian cities – and how prepared are we? The answers are: yes, and not very.

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[–] Nougat@fedia.io 32 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Did everyone forget how Australia was entirely on fire a few years back?

[–] trk@aussie.zone 1 points 1 hour ago

On one of the commercial news channels the other morning, some yank talking head they had on for whatever reason said "I'm not sure how familiar you are in Australia with wild fires" as part of the introduction...

[–] vividspecter@lemm.ee 14 points 1 day ago

The fires mostly missed the major cities. Although dealing with hazardous levels of smoke for much of that period is not nothing.

[–] Salvo@aussie.zone 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Canberra doesn’t count because there are only Politicians there.

[–] muntedcrocodile@lemm.ee 3 points 23 hours ago

Half of it burned in 2003 anyways. And unfortunatly parliamentary triangle doesnt have any water restrictions during droughts so its not dry.