Thousands of people trapped in Australian coastal town by huge wildfires

[bannork]

4 minutes ago, RJRS1301 said:

I do not think that consumers will be prepared for the coming increase in costs for all meat , including pork and chicken, dairy, and agricultural goods following this catastrophe.

It may cut back on food wasteage though.

 

An excellent time to go vegetarian.

[RJRS1301]

2 minutes ago, bannork said:

An excellent time to go vegetarian.

Even they will rise in cost at production and retail level

[Odysseus123]

2 minutes ago, bannork said:

An excellent time to go vegetarian.

You cannot water your garden/vegie patch at the present time.

The price of fruit and vegetables has rocketed through the roof.

It's not called a mega drought for nothing.

[bannork]

1 minute ago, RJRS1301 said:

Even they will rise in cost at production and retail level

True, but a cabbage grows a lot quicker than a cow.

Don't a lot of Aussies have reasonably sized gardens? Time to dig up the lawn and get those vegetables dug.

[bannork]

1 minute ago, Odysseus123 said:

You cannot water your garden/vegie patch at the present time.

The price of fruit and vegetables has rocketed through the roof.

It's not called a mega drought for nothing.

Good point. if you're truly out of water the only thing to do is move.

[Odysseus123]

6 minutes ago, bannork said:

Good point. if you're truly out of water the only thing to do is move.

Thank you-how quaint.

I've always attributed such comments to the lead water piping in Thailand.

[thaibeachlovers]

4 hours ago, bannork said:

Don't a lot of Aussies have reasonably sized gardens? Time to dig up the lawn and get those vegetables dug.

If Oz is anything like NZ, that was true about 30 years ago.

 

[RJRS1301]

4 hours ago, bannork said:

Good point. if you're truly out of water the only thing to do is move.

Pray tell to where, if the home you may own has become an unsaleable liability?

 

[thaibeachlovers]

44 minutes ago, RJRS1301 said:

Pray tell to where, if the home you may own has become an unsaleable liability?

 

to where everyone that lost their house moved. There must be some government shelters, surely?

[RJRS1301]

3 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said:

to where everyone that lost their house moved. There must be some government shelters, surely?

NO

They those evacuees who lost their homes, or evacuees from holiday regions where the road out have been closed due to dangerous fires, are currently being accommodated in naval bases, army barracks hotels motels  caravan parks if they have a , camping grounds, show grounds 

Several aboriginal settlements and other communities in rural areas have been with out running water for months relying on supplies being rruck hundreds of kilometers in tankers

 

 

3 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said:

 

 

[Odysseus123]

Fire in the valley.

 

This is part of the Hillville fire (Manning Valley)now almost 3 months after it went beserk in October...as I am non ambulant all photos are taken from the car...as a passenger of course.