[LINK] Bush Fire Speeds (was Re: home emergencies)

[Marghanita da Cruz]

Roger Clarke wrote:
> At 13:18 +1100 20/2/09, Pilcher, Fred wrote:
>> Was it on LINK or somehwere else where someone noted that the ambient 50
>> degree temp was above the flash point of the volatile eucalyptus oils
>> and that pockets of the fuel/air mixture were exploding ahead of the
>> fire front?
>> If that's right, the front could advance much faster than the wind.
> 
> That was part of what I was endeavouring to convey with the excerpts 
> from the Canberra Coroner's Report.  I may have been too vague, sorry.
> 
> 
> From: Marghanita da Cruz <marghanita at ramin.com.au>
>> I heard mention of Mountain Ash ...
> 
> Fortunately one of the main stands of that in the Brindabellas 
> somehow survived, with the fire going around it.
> 
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Did the fire miss the stand of Mountain Ash or did it recover?

Marghanita
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