So How Many Aussies Onboard

[DonDuck]

One of the big stories in American news recently was the devastating wildfires in Australia and the horrible effects on wildlife. One major story was the loss of life by some volunteer American fire fighters. Then the news stopped reporting on the fires. Are they still burning or did some rains finally arrive and extinguish the fires?

[mcsee]

The fires were eventually put out by rain, but they caused immense damage to a big part of our country. Driving through parts of our States that did burn, the sight of where the fire went will be visible for years to come.

[Whwoz]

The fires burnt 30 million acres and the smoke changed our summer weather quite a bit. Some of the unusual weather some in the Northern hemisphere are reporting maybe due to the influence of that smoke

[DonDuck]

We have a lot of wildfires in the United States most years depending on how dry the weather has been and how hard the wind blows. I am always surprised at how many fires are intentionally set. It is always devastating to the communities and the residents.


Can the wildlife lost in the Australia fires be repopulated when the vegetation begins to grow back? In Texas, we are anticipating the arrival of dust blown across the Atlantic ocean from the African Sahara desert. It will probably reduce the sunlight on the land effecting crops and peoples lungs.

[Whwoz]

Don, not in the numbers lost. Some animals affected would have been in recovery programs and maybe able to be re-established, others will spread from the odd missed pocket if there is enough food available and some may have been entirely wiped from the face of the earth. Some estimates put the numbers of Mammals only lost at around 1 billion and who knows how many insects are gone.

Unfortunately we also have arsonists who seem to think that dropping a match on an extreme fire day is a good thing to do.

[Volvo]

Unfortunately we also have arsonists who seem to think that dropping a match on an extreme fire day is a good thing to do.



Mate they are called "Acewipes " in my Book..