Posted: Jan 05, 2020 12:00 am
I've been mostly safe: one or two fires have cropped up nearby but they've been put out quickly. Seems like everyone I know has been impacted though. It's more the smoke than anything else here. It's a near constant blanket. Add the insane heat to it and the inability to go anywhere for fresh air without breathing it in, you feel like you're in a bunker at the end of the world.
Watching it all unfold online has been interesting. You see just incredible levels of anger, dead wildlife, horrible statistics. There was an initial "Blame the Greens! They stopped BACKBURNING!" spreading but that seems to be getting drowned out for once in a lot of places. The attempt seemed to get into the news and got pushback. People I know who are never political are suddenly becoming political and coming out against Morrison and the LNP. I don't know what happens next.
Watching it all unfold online has been interesting. You see just incredible levels of anger, dead wildlife, horrible statistics. There was an initial "Blame the Greens! They stopped BACKBURNING!" spreading but that seems to be getting drowned out for once in a lot of places. The attempt seemed to get into the news and got pushback. People I know who are never political are suddenly becoming political and coming out against Morrison and the LNP. I don't know what happens next.