The drive by media
make false claims,
usually lies and
exaggerations.
Then they drive
down the road
to the next
false story.
They never correct
what they have
falsely claimed.
Here's a recent lie:
For the current
Australia bush fires,
historical evidence
indicates bush fires
have burnt large areas
before, and it has
been hotter
in Australia.
You don't hear that
in the fake media.
Australia has had
a bad start to the
bush fire season.
Did the media
bother to report
that on
February 9, 2009,
( aka Black Saturday )
173 lives were lost
in the bush fire inferno,
just ten years ago.
How about
January 13, 1939
( aka Black Friday ),
when 2 million hectares
burnt, with ashes
falling on New Zealand,
80 years ago.
A great
description
of that 1939 fire
is at the end
of this article.
In 1851 over
5 million hectares
burned -- similar to
the area burnt in
New South Wales
and Victoria during
2019 and early 2020.
The past two summers
were hot in Australia,
but the summer
of 1938-1939 was
probably hotter.
There have been repeated
"adjustments" to the data,
cooling the past, but some
unadjusted temperature
data are still available.
In rural Victoria,
the summer
of 1938-1939
was on average
at least two degrees
hotter than anything
measured with
equivalent
equipment
since then.
( The mean maximum
summer ( December,
January February )
temperatures measured
at Rutherglen
in rural Victoria
by The Australian
Bureau of Meteorology
for the period when
mercury thermometers
were used, based
on unadjusted data )
The Meteorological Bureau
(BoM) does not provide
any indication of how
current electronic probes
compare with the prior
mercury thermometers.
Since 2011,
the Bureau's
the hottest recorded
daily temperature
is a ONE-SECOND
spot reading from an
electronic device.
The United
States uses
similar
equipment,
equipment,
but readings
are averaged
over five minutes.
Metadata shows
that at high quality
weather stations
( including Rutherglen ),
the mercury
thermometer
is removed
the same day
an electronic probe
is installed,
so no comparison
is possible.
That's science fraud !
Australia's methods
differ from the U.S,
and do not meet
the standards
recommended by the
World Meteorological
Organization.
The hottest temperature
ever recorded in Australia,
( using a mercury thermometer
in a Stevenson screen )
at an official weather station
is 51.7 degrees Celsius
( 125 degrees Fahrenheit )
at the Bourke
Post Office on
January 3, 1909.
Perhaps the BoM
should be called the
Australian Bureau
of Misinformation ?
Note:
While fires are burning
it is hard to know what's
going on.
We get to see maps
with big splotches
of red.
After fire-audits are done,
which can take a year,
people are usually surprised
at how much of the red area
on the map did not burn,
and how quickly
much of the rest
regrows.
The drive by media
will never report this.
Re: January 13, 1939 fires, from
A Study of Meteorological Conditions
Associated with Bush and Grass Fires
and Fire Protection Strategy in Australia,,
published by the BoM in 1947
“Most disastrous bush fires ever experienced in Victoria swept over three-quarters of the State. Death roll 71. Hundreds of homes, many towns, thousands of acres of forest, timber mills, and famous tourist resorts devastated.”
“Seventy-one lives were lost. Sixty-nine mills were burned. Millions of acres of fine forest, of almost incalculable value, were destroyed or badly damaged. Townships were obliterated in a few minutes. Mills, houses, bridges, tramways, machinery were burned to the ground; men, cattle, horses, sheep were devoured by the fires or asphyxiated by the scorching debilitating air.”
“On that day it appear that the whole State was alight. At midday, in many places, it was dark as night. Men carrying hurricane lamps worked to make safe their families and belongings. Travelers on the highways were trapped by fires or blazing fallen trees, and perished. Throughout the land there was daytime darkness.”
"The speed of the fires was appalling. They leaped from mountain peak to mountain peak, or far out into the lower country, lighting the forest 6 or 7 miles in advance of the main fires. Blown by a wind of great force, they roared as they travelled. Balls of crackling fire sped at a great pace in advance of the fires, consuming with a roaring, explosive noise all that they touched. Houses of brick were seen and heard to leap into a roar of flame before the fire had reached them.”
Victoria’s
population
in 1939
was 1,870,661,
and is currently
about 6,600,000.
Even with BoM's
"ACORN 2 adjustments"
cooling the past, Victoria’s
January 1939 average
maximum temperature
had an anomaly of +2.89 C.
which means really hot !
More Australia bush fire history:
Victoria, 1851,
5 Million Hectares burned, over 1 million sheep died, thousands of cattle perished
Victoria 1898,
290,000 Hectares burned, 2000 buildings destroyed
Gippsland fires(VIC), 1 Feb-10 Mar 1926
Large areas of Gippsland caught fire, culminating in the Black Sunday fires on 14 February that killed 31 people in Warburton, near Melbourne. Over the two-month period, a total of 60 people were killed.
(VIC), 13-20 Jan 1939,
Drought conditions and water shortages also preceded Black Friday, but the usual combination of high temperatures, strong winds, and low humidity finally triggered fires throughout bush communities near Melbourne. Australia has a long history of devastating wildfires, including one of the largest known in world history: The Black Friday Bushfire which burned across Australia’s Victoria State on (or peaking on) January 13, 1939. Some 4.5-5 million acres were scorched (7,800 square miles) and 71 died. About 75% of the entire state was affected and 1,100 homes and log mills were destroyed. Ash from the fires fell in New Zealand some 2000 miles to the east. Extreme heat preceded the fire, including the hottest temperature ever measured in New South Wales–49.7°C (121.5°F) on January 10th at Menindee.
1944
- 1 Million Hectares burned, 500 homes destroyed.
The Courier Mail, Monday July 29th, 1946
800 Miles Of Fires Along the North Coast
In 1946 fires burned in an “almost unbroken chain from Brisbane to Townsville”. They lit up the sky at night, pushed plumes of smoke 3,000 ft in the sky, that looked like “Bikini Atoll”. And this was July…
1961
-1.8 Million Hectares burned, 160 homes destroyed.
More Australia bush fire history:
Victoria, 1851,
5 Million Hectares burned, over 1 million sheep died, thousands of cattle perished
Victoria 1898,
290,000 Hectares burned, 2000 buildings destroyed
Gippsland fires(VIC), 1 Feb-10 Mar 1926
Large areas of Gippsland caught fire, culminating in the Black Sunday fires on 14 February that killed 31 people in Warburton, near Melbourne. Over the two-month period, a total of 60 people were killed.
(VIC), 13-20 Jan 1939,
Drought conditions and water shortages also preceded Black Friday, but the usual combination of high temperatures, strong winds, and low humidity finally triggered fires throughout bush communities near Melbourne. Australia has a long history of devastating wildfires, including one of the largest known in world history: The Black Friday Bushfire which burned across Australia’s Victoria State on (or peaking on) January 13, 1939. Some 4.5-5 million acres were scorched (7,800 square miles) and 71 died. About 75% of the entire state was affected and 1,100 homes and log mills were destroyed. Ash from the fires fell in New Zealand some 2000 miles to the east. Extreme heat preceded the fire, including the hottest temperature ever measured in New South Wales–49.7°C (121.5°F) on January 10th at Menindee.
1944
- 1 Million Hectares burned, 500 homes destroyed.
The Courier Mail, Monday July 29th, 1946
800 Miles Of Fires Along the North Coast
In 1946 fires burned in an “almost unbroken chain from Brisbane to Townsville”. They lit up the sky at night, pushed plumes of smoke 3,000 ft in the sky, that looked like “Bikini Atoll”. And this was July…
1961
-1.8 Million Hectares burned, 160 homes destroyed.