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With over 2 million hectares of land burned so far... (https://www.chiefsplanet.com/BB/showthread.php?t=327279)

Bugeater

12-12-2019 01:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Nickhead (Post 14651213)

I learned something today regarding mines and operations. There are huge converyor belts that transfer the coal to the power plants and washeries. In transit, this coal will bounce dust below the conveyors. Over time this dust becomes a literal 'wick'. If luck would have it, and the fire reaches a mine, or the transfer line, it 'could' spark out like lightning strikes to other areas. Not that it will, but you never think of things like this. They have suspended operations at one of the mines and will probably make two by tomorrow. Again, you never think of it, but with such poor air quality to circulate air to the miners, and risk of ember ignition underground. you can't mine.

whoduthunket?

Chiefs=Champions

12-12-2019 02:42 AM

This has been a horror season so far. We have been much luckier down South, but fires seem to be far more common than seasons past. The air pollution in Sydney has been horrendous due to the fires apparently.

Nickhead

12-12-2019 03:14 AM

as it stands, we could get an inch of rain over night and it wouldn't do a thing to the fires. :cuss:

Buehler445

12-12-2019 03:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Rain Man (Post 14650242)

I'm going to react to this as soon as I figure out how big a hectare is.

I put it in the second post yo

Mike in SW-MO

12-12-2019 09:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Rain Man (Post 14650242)

I'm going to react to this as soon as I figure out how big a hectare is.

2.5 acres per hectare.

Good enough approximation.

Bugeater

12-12-2019 10:38 AM

Thanks Mike, that was very helpful!

Anyone know how big an acre is...?

HayWire

12-12-2019 11:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Bugeater (Post 14651505)

Thanks Mike, that was very helpful!

Anyone know how big an acre is...?

Approximately twice the size of a half acre

InChiefsHeaven

12-12-2019 11:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Nickhead (Post 14651197)

ROFL

I love throwing out metric units to the CP units here :thumb:

Basically, 1 hectaire = 2.47 acres...

...or it's a big ass fire...

InChiefsHeaven

12-12-2019 12:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HayWire (Post 14651560)

Approximately twice the size of a half acre

Give or take...

ghak99

12-12-2019 01:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bugeater (Post 14651505)

Thanks Mike, that was very helpful!

Anyone know how big an acre is...?

LMAO

A football field is ~1 1/3 acres.

Nickhead

12-13-2019 11:52 PM

as of the latest update:

acres burnt: 899,500 acres

Nickhead

12-13-2019 11:54 PM

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Originally Posted by ghak99 (Post 14651810)

LMAO

A football field is ~1 1/3 acres.

in other words:

270,700 football fields (just this one fire alone)

we did have burnt gumtree leaves fall into our carpark today. we are three kilometers away from that section of fire.

Buehler445

12-14-2019 02:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Bugeater (Post 14651505)

Thanks Mike, that was very helpful!

Anyone know how big an acre is...?

16.5 ft by half a mile.

Or

43560 sq ft

FWIW 16.5 ft is a rod. Apparently it was a common unit of measurement in the day. And we thought CP had high opinions of ourselves. :D

Nickhead

12-15-2019 11:23 PM

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time to batton down the hatches. embers are now lighting spot fires. got the sprinklers going on the yard closest to the house for the next day or two. it's amazing how nice it was this morning with the westerly wind. in about twenty minutes time, it shifted easterly and the area is back to covered in smoke. a couple of our employees was working the local mine and they booted them off the property, and are in full fire mode. there is an out of control grass fire within a half mile of where i work. it started shortly after we finished for the day. before the night is over, we will cross the 400,000 hectares burnt mark. :cuss:

https://www.facebook.com/7NEWSsydney...2721727480666/

Nickhead

12-21-2019 02:25 PM

well, the fire finally made it here. a couple homes lost. the fire is actually on two fronts. the next front could make it to our mountain ridge in the next couple days.

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