[LINK] No cash for phone alert system

[Marghanita da Cruz]

Jan Whitaker wrote:
> At 10:02 AM 17/02/2009, Ivan Trundle wrote:
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> The ABC radio reports include none of that information. It does say 
> roads and road intersections that ARE fire endangered, but not where 
> one can go that is safe to travel. Maybe the quantity of 'safe' 
> routes are too multiple to name?? Is it an 'anywhere but there' situation?
> 
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The problem is that the radio information reports are too general and sometimes
just hearsay. Very specific information is needed such as how many/kinds of
people are in the area and what facilities are available etc and then
instructions can be given to them as to what they should do.

...and we must not forget that some of these fires were deliberately lit  -
apparently lightening only accounts for 1% of fires.

> Brown (1996) noted that, in southwest Tasmania, wildfires originate from people, and therefore the distribution of wildfire corresponds with areas,
<http://books.google.com.au/books?id=5pQZlbzJvTkC&pg=PA213&vq=fires+originate+from+people&dq=Australian+rainforests+islands+of+green+in+a+land+of+fire&source=gbs_search_s&cad=0>

Marghanita
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