hey... my mum lives there (updated to add my new best friends)

"farscythe - makin da cawfee!" (farscythe) 08/07/2018 at 14:03 • Filed to: None

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never thought i’d see the sleepy little town where me mum and a hundred or so others live on national news

bout 2 miles from her home.. local campsites had to be evacuated.. so far the firefighters are keeping the fire from traveling too much but struggling to put it out as the wind is picking up.

now cans wes has rain?

(eta) looks like the military is sending rain

cool

(update time) looks like the chinook saved the day.. everyones expected to be allowed to go back home in about an hour chinook still dumping water till then at least.

welcome to the dutch savanna :p

apparently they call the orange thing a bambi bucket

i think this pic is plenty oppo

duurtlang > farscythe - makin da cawfee! 08/07/2018 at 11:08

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The name of the town I read on nu.nl is quite appropriate for this situation.

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > duurtlang 08/07/2018 at 11:11

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lol really is :)

WilliamsSW > farscythe - makin da cawfee! 08/07/2018 at 12:01

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Oof - hope mum is safe and sound.

And you get some real rain soon too.

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > WilliamsSW 08/07/2018 at 12:08

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she’s fine thanks for now doesnt look like her house will be at risk either.. but wildires do wierd things so fingers crossed

some rain expected thursday... dunno if itll be a one off tho

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > WilliamsSW 08/07/2018 at 12:27

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firefighters saying they’re in control now, not allowing people to go back home yet tho

guess the chinook made the difference

WilliamsSW > farscythe - makin da cawfee! 08/07/2018 at 13:33

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Fingers crossed that the winds keep the fires away from homes - especially your mum’s!  And if they have it under control, that’s great! 

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > WilliamsSW 08/07/2018 at 13:40

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thank you very much :)

looking good at mo nobody allowed home 21:00 is what they’re saying now

dropping bucket after bucket with the chinook to make sure it doesnt re ignite

(also from where it started it was almost certainly caused by someone flicking a cigarette from their car as that whole area is literally nothing but 1 road and tinderlike forest and fields)

LOREM IPSUM > farscythe - makin da cawfee! 08/07/2018 at 15:21

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Glad mom, home, and the rest of the community are safe. Scary stuff, that fire!

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > farscythe - makin da cawfee! 08/07/2018 at 15:33

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Shit - way too close...

Derpwagon > farscythe - makin da cawfee! 08/07/2018 at 16:31

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I love army aviation. Glad things went ok.