Immense scale of Victorian bushfires revealed with thermal camera

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  • Unobscured by smoke, aerial footage taken with a thermal aerial video at Mallacoota on 31 December, at around 11pm shows the extent of the bushfire front in the East Gippsland area. The deadly fires have burnt through more than 766,000 hectares across Victoria. There are 47 fires currently going statewide, mostly in East Gippsland
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  • @guardiannews
    @guardiannews  4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Victoria fires: state of disaster declared as evacuation ordered and 28 people missing ► www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/jan/03/victoria-fires-state-of-disaster-declared-as-evacuation-ordered-and-second-man-found-dead

    • @vooveks
      @vooveks 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Khumry Did you just make 'forgiveness' two words, essentially implying that 'forgiveness' is actually spelled 'giveness' and you ask for it?

  • @LauraBidingCitizen
    @LauraBidingCitizen 4 ปีที่แล้ว +182

    Gosh, that brought tears to my eyes. I’ve been reading about the sheer size of it for weeks, but to see it like that was like a punch in the gut. Utterly heartbreaking. And I’m sure people will judge me for this..& my heart honestly & truly goes out to all affected & has done since the beginning, but I can’t help thinking about the animals & wildlife out there.
    I feel helpless living so far away. To all Australians; please know you’re in all our thoughts right now. x

    • @flimdog1564
      @flimdog1564 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Apparently half a billion animals have died

    • @LauraBidingCitizen
      @LauraBidingCitizen 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Sea dreams I’m so glad I’m not alone in my worries. The first thoughts that pop into my head are those animals, they’ve only ever known their natural habitat, they don’t know how to get out, where to turn, food & water sources going up in flames. Bloody hell.. makes me really emotional. My heart goes out to all humans affected, but those animals are just ruddy helpless & there’s nothing anyone can do because of how fierce the fires are. Absolutely devastating 😞

    • @user-ry6jj6kx2s
      @user-ry6jj6kx2s 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      It's so horrible! I was reading something earlier about the high chances entire species of animals and plants could be wiped out by the fires :(

    • @CH-pm6kh
      @CH-pm6kh 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      it's heartwrenching I couldn't comprehend the numbers when my daughter told me of how many animals are going to be gone in this travesty. then after seeing this thermal imagery I'm just horrified it's unbelievable 😢

    • @andrewj44
      @andrewj44 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      It tears me to pieces thinking about the animals. More than anything else.

  • @ericellis3506
    @ericellis3506 4 ปีที่แล้ว +252

    State of emergency now declared. That should have been called weeks ago.

    • @ojdcreative3849
      @ojdcreative3849 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Months*

    • @SickPrid3
      @SickPrid3 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Can't do it when PM is on holiday and ruin his Hawaii escapade

    • @kennethperry5500
      @kennethperry5500 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Had to wait till after new year party you selfish git

    • @berniebasset9465
      @berniebasset9465 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      All to deny the reality of climate change.
      These right wing populists would sooner watch their people burn than publicly admit they're wrong.

    • @iv0rye
      @iv0rye 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      If you mean Victoria there was literally no major bushfires affecting towns until around 6 days ago

  • @mynotes9802
    @mynotes9802 4 ปีที่แล้ว +140

    After seeing the first scene I thought ok it can be controlled but in the end it was scary

    • @bananadave
      @bananadave 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Soda King Yup, also caused by human activity.

    • @bananadave
      @bananadave 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Mandilo23 Where?

    • @bananadave
      @bananadave 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Steven Another alternative fact 🙄

    • @sebastianhuvenaars6537
      @sebastianhuvenaars6537 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ​@Mandilo23In the US, the immense 2018 Mendocino Complex fire burnt 185.800 hectares. The current fires in Australia have destroyed more than 5.800.000 hectares already and are intensifying still. Australia is in uncharted territory now.

    • @GreenDistantStar
      @GreenDistantStar 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Mandilo23 Nope. What you see here is a tiny fraction of the devastation. The 2018 California fires destroyed 1.9m acres, these fires have already destroyed 12m acres, and summer hasn't really got started yet.

  • @DeftTouch
    @DeftTouch 4 ปีที่แล้ว +88

    So vast its almost like city lights

    • @bman4293
      @bman4293 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      That's what i thought. So much damage

    • @atobos282
      @atobos282 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      yea I was on a plane from Brisbane to Sydney the other day, looked out the window and thought to myself, 'why are these lights so orange? Must be the haze of the fires,' After closer inspection it was a raging fire the size of a city. Incredibly scary.

  • @RWR71
    @RWR71 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Omg that is unbelievably terrifying. My heart goes out to the residents of Australia who are going through this awful time.

  • @paulhoskin3286
    @paulhoskin3286 4 ปีที่แล้ว +96

    Its not only the bush fires that is devastating the country.its drought as well and the high temperatures

    • @Ominousheat
      @Ominousheat 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@Banana_Split_Cream_Buns It's not the worlds biggest hotplate! Biggest hotplate! Ha! If you are Australian then you need to get over yourself. The Sahara is the worlds biggest desert. Then it's the gobi and then it's the Great Aussie desert. Look at a map or read a geography book at least before trying to make excuses for what is clearly a catastrophe without a doubt on such a scale because of global warming. It's not just Australia. It's Brazil, Cali, Central Africa all with extreme fire conditions. Floods around the world. Heat and the oceans losing oxygen. It's ignorant to suggest this is anything else but as a result of global warming. 500 million critters and large fauna now overdone bush meat. That isn't your usual disaster. The Indian Ocean Tsunami was estimated to have killed two million+ land creatures. That's makes this a natural disaster 25 times larger than the 2004 tsunami. And the effects will sneak around the globe. New Zealand has already started getting the smoke and the glaciers are turning pink. That will encourage algae and the glaciers will begin to melt at an exponential rate. No sir. this is not just because of your hotplate.

    • @josef596
      @josef596 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      bluegold21 - Shut up.

    • @Ominousheat
      @Ominousheat 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      250 times bigger is what I meant to say. But seeing as you aren't interested in the facts I will leave it at that.

    • @psychosisrecords5500
      @psychosisrecords5500 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@Ominousheat It's not necessarily global warming.
      Forest fires are mostly a normal part of forest development. Not saying what has happened isn't tragic.
      The 'global warming' MONEY SPINNER - perfect example of what detracts from the REAL climate impact we have. Ironically, things such as poisonous composites being dumped globally in soil and water systems from GUESS WHAT... things like the overproduction of low-quality SOLAR PANELS, BATTERIES (EV cars for example - which create disproportionate amounts of Co2 during production)
      What do you think happens to these relatively short-life/high co2producing/toxic products?
      In the long-run, the term 'Global warming' has and will damage our earth in ways never before (unlike the warming and cooling of the earth - which naturally happens.)

    • @berniebasset9465
      @berniebasset9465 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@psychosisrecords5500 You need to provide citations.
      Your argument is about 20 years out of date.

  • @Jakanakanory
    @Jakanakanory 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    To see the camera pan over and the fires just getting worse and worse is heartbreaking to see... this needs international help

  • @NeoMorphUK
    @NeoMorphUK 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    First of all I thought “But they didn’t have night vision in Victorian times”. But then I realised what it was and went from amused to horrified in zero seconds flat. And the PM went on holiday? Reminds me of Nero fiddling while Rome burned only this time it’s “Scott holidayed while Australia burned”.

    • @cait812
      @cait812 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Most volunteers are firemen, people are being boiled and burned alive as they try to flee with the heat so ba their skin melts from their bones. Families and communities camping out on the edge of lakes in the hope they can shelter from the fires. And slowly it's starting to bridge onto the major cities.

    • @frazza5503
      @frazza5503 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thermal camera*

  • @mrbogdanoff9233
    @mrbogdanoff9233 4 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    i don't see how firefighters can stop this

    • @cait812
      @cait812 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      They can't. Most volunteers are firemen, people are being boiled and burned alive as they try to flee with the heat so ba their skin melts from their bones. Families and communities camping out on the edge of lakes in the hope they can shelter from the fires. And slowly it's starting to bridge onto the major cities.

    • @ShoJ369
      @ShoJ369 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@cait812 Prayers offered for Australia 🙏

    • @noneofyourbeeswax01
      @noneofyourbeeswax01 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      They can't. That's why they are evacuating people and praying for the rains to come soon.

    • @torenico
      @torenico 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Firefighters cannot stop this. Best they can do is try to contain it in certain areas to avoid further loss of life and material, basically delay the inevitable. Rain will do it's job... one day.

  • @JaredKuvent
    @JaredKuvent 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is so devastating. I'm an American living in Melbourne and my heart goes out to Australia. The city has filled with smoke, along with every major Australian city. It's a frightening vision that has put climate change more into perspective for me. Thanks for sharing this video and helping to demonstrate the immensity of this disaster.

  • @recurf7492
    @recurf7492 4 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    why is this not an international crisis yet

    • @julianaylor4351
      @julianaylor4351 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Because it's happening in a developed country, ironically.

    • @momentumstocks3493
      @momentumstocks3493 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Us busy bombing Iran. Others still in their swiss retreats. Wait till next week. Then it will start.

    • @notreal1477
      @notreal1477 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Here and There your on a guardian video theres socialists everywhere here. They love things like this to push their narrative.

    • @notreal1477
      @notreal1477 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Sea dreams theres a difference between having an agenda and using a crisis to further your agenda.

    • @kyyah2
      @kyyah2 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Here and There well yes in Aus at least - these rich politicians in power have corporate friends they give - yes give,our water to which means the farmers have to pay more for water in a drought - yes farmers pay,business interests dont. they are not interested in environmental issues because they wont get backhanders from business - its corrupt, they don't care about the farmers, or anyone but themselves and their cronies - they laugh about rising sea levels flooding islands(been caught oncamera with those comments) and fly inthe face of any of the initiatives that the world offers to keep the climate from becoming unlivable - so yes - the rich are to blame for lack of resources and infrastructure to fight these fires and ar impicated in the impact the drought has had on our country

  • @Beastlordius
    @Beastlordius 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Another thing people don't realise, the ash clouds from those fires are massive. And at this size of fires, the clouds definitely will reach Antarctica, as they already have reached New Zealand glaciers. And when it will settle down on the ice, it will accelerate melting of the ice. So at this point if Siberian wildfires didn't pass us on point of no return, then Australian fires most definitely did just that.

  • @freshjive8586
    @freshjive8586 4 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    All UK aid should be 100 percent redirected to australia. We should be doing all we can to help our Australian cousins

    • @insertnamehere5146
      @insertnamehere5146 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I agree this is a country in need. all these people who have lost everything.

    • @keironc91
      @keironc91 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Shame it'll never happen, I've not read up too much so I could be wrong but doesn't seem like we've even sent any military or fire support over to help. I think unfortunately as a world we still see things a countries problem instead of a global issue. If each country sent a small group of what a 1000 people to help they'd maybe have a chance of making some ground.

    • @freshjive8586
      @freshjive8586 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@keironc91 exactly. The UK aid budget is wasteful at best if not bordering on corrupt

    • @justinwalpole8956
      @justinwalpole8956 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      No, theres children dying everyday in Africa. Australia have enough money to sort it out themselves.

    • @keironc91
      @keironc91 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@justinwalpole8956 that's true but unfortunately a large proportion of the money sent doesn't go to help those suffering, it just supports corrupt leaders, pays for their military to "protect people". I'm not saying the money doesn't make a difference somewhere but the billions that are sent each year for the last few decades you'd expect to see some kind of difference. On a side note those kids aren't going to need any help when there's no oxygen for anyone with the rate of tree depletion around the world

  • @helenwaite4852
    @helenwaite4852 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I have a few questions:
    - From around 0:15 , what is the sharp dileneation ? Is that the edge of the heat camera's view?
    - Starting around 0:42 , we see some very dark areas. Would those be bodies of water?
    - Around 0:57 the fire borders are very sharp, but it appears to abut populated areas. What is keeping the fire so sharply at bay?
    - Could you give GPS co-ordinates so we could find this area on a map?
    Thank you!

    • @kyyah2
      @kyyah2 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      it's a video of Mallacoota on the east of Victoria - coastal town where 4000 people fled to the beach and stayed in water as fire came down to the sand

  • @autumnortiz6782
    @autumnortiz6782 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    This is so sad

  • @KB-uv7wj
    @KB-uv7wj 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Those affected, belief in community spirit and helping the vulnerable is important.

  • @sarahmorley1031
    @sarahmorley1031 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    So shocking and heartbreaking 💔

  • @jacquicleijne9525
    @jacquicleijne9525 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Humans and over half a billion wildlife have perished, and are fleeing their homes. It’s incredibly heartbreaking 💔😢

  • @cruisysoozi
    @cruisysoozi 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Incredible to see this. It hard to grasp the scale of it all living in the safety of a big city. Feeling a lot for the people and wildlife in fire affected areas around Australia.

  • @karl8118
    @karl8118 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    That is terrifying.

  • @insertnamehere5146
    @insertnamehere5146 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That really brought it home to me! I didn't realise how bad things have got! how is this ever going to be stopped?

    • @kyyah2
      @kyyah2 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      only if it rains

  • @petestreet100
    @petestreet100 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Devastating

  • @jameshepburn81
    @jameshepburn81 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I'm sure I heard that the Australian P.M was on holiday in Hawaii
    while this was happening what a disgrace.

  • @solomontanyi5434
    @solomontanyi5434 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Oh Lord, have mercy.

  • @rolandlee6898
    @rolandlee6898 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Poor Koalas...

    • @kyyah2
      @kyyah2 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      yep they may not survive thsi we have probably lost many species from these fires - talking extinctions

  • @shaggybaggums
    @shaggybaggums 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    I don't have anything profound or useful to add. My first thought when the camera panned left was 'holy shitballs'.
    As a Brit I've never seen anything on that scale in person. We're not big enough to HAVE anything on that scale, it's mind boggling.
    My sympathies to the victims and my admiration to the brave men and women dealing with it.

    • @abouttheedge4152
      @abouttheedge4152 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      *Smoke gently rises from a gun barrel*

    • @LauraBidingCitizen
      @LauraBidingCitizen 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      real highlights You’re a very sad, pathetic individual.

    • @piggypiggypig1746
      @piggypiggypig1746 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Well, you do have floods on that scale and larger.

    • @shzze
      @shzze 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      To better put it to scale the fires covered a distance that's about the same size of southern Ireland

    • @LauraBidingCitizen
      @LauraBidingCitizen 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      BOOM ii They said in the papers that in NSW alone, the fires spanned the size of the Netherlands, which is larger isn’t it? I don’t think those (including myself) had any idea of the true size just from reading articles. This truly put it in perspective.. very very frightening.

  • @goa5373
    @goa5373 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I'm so sorry for the wildlife and citizens

  • @keironc91
    @keironc91 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    So saddening to see this happening especially after the recent events in Brazil with their forest fires. Really shows that we need a global effort to tackle these situations 1000 fire personal aren't ever really going to put a dent in something of that scale

    • @kyyah2
      @kyyah2 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      this is so much worse than the amazon fires - much bigger scale

  • @itsyaboiiizxc
    @itsyaboiiizxc 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    all of the poor animals and people living there, my prayers go to the victims and the families that live there

    • @cait812
      @cait812 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Estimated half a billion animals dead so far. An entire town was killed last Saturday. The death tolls with only rise.

    • @itsyaboiiizxc
      @itsyaboiiizxc 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@cait812 thats heartwrenching

    • @cynicalPixels
      @cynicalPixels 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Keep prayers out of it...that's part of the problem with our leader, you'll just piss people off

    • @itsyaboiiizxc
      @itsyaboiiizxc 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      1 2 nah ill just keep praying thanks

    • @kyyah2
      @kyyah2 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@MichaelJ44 if only

  • @77DAZ
    @77DAZ 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Anyone read the title and thought it meant 1800s Victorian

  • @HeyWalt
    @HeyWalt 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Is this in Australia?

    • @kyyah2
      @kyyah2 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      yes part of it

    • @HeyWalt
      @HeyWalt 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@kyyah2 thanks

  • @joebloggs619
    @joebloggs619 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I live in the Disaster zone in the south east. It got close to my town and we were on emergency level warning for a while with fire around our locality but it spared us this round. It just got very hot and smokey with soot settling everywhere and burnt leaves falling on the town. It was scary, though I have lived with regular natural flood and fire disasters here since early childhood. This year was a bit worse...The worst part is not knowing what is going to happen or not happen next. You are mentally on edge 24/7 for days on end in the heat and smoke, ready to enact your fire survival plan to "stay and defend" or evacuate fast in the often small window of opportunity the authorities tell you over the radio that you may have. After awhile of this, it starts to play on people's mental health, all the stress, lack of sleep etc locals start to make bizarre comments, like "All that work we did getting ready for the flames to visit our place and all wasted. Nothing happened..." It is said in nest and others reply "Oh, don't worry, there's still time to be visited by the big flames. Still got hot dry February to burn up in..." I pick up a few burnt leaves on the lawn and say "No, they've just sent these to let us know in advance they are planning to visit us, so clear all the old rubbish away..." But, everybody is really scared, deep down and feeling the pain and anger of it all, our pain, the painof others who lost all to fire, including pets,animals, loved ones, homes...There is this sense of feeling ano elming need to blame someone but not knowing who or what, though some say they know exactly who wants shooting for such a disaster. Politicians. I don't get involved in such angry discussions. I see angry local men walking down the street alone,muttering obscenities out loud, perfectly sane and sober, talking to themselves, just to vent their anger, women doing ridiculous things like endless obsessive cooking and cleaning. I asked one why and she replied "'Cause it might be our last meal ever and I want to leave everything nice and clean, I order, just in case..." I look at her and ask "Just I case what? You know, we might just survive all this..." To try and take her mind off what I know she is focussing on. Death and destruction. As it's hard not to when all you see is smoke, ash, blackened burnt trees etc. "Yes, you are right"she guesses my thought pattern and looks a little less depressed "If we do housework, cook food, fix the garden getting covered in burnt gum leaves blowing down from bushfires a few miles away, we can feel hopeful that we'll survive and so we need food, the garden, to clean up..." It sounds like crazy thinking in the midst of a disaster but, oddly enough, it helps us cope emotionally with its enormity. One older man was nearly going off his mind because he lost track of the days, as many of us did and put his rubbish binout on the wrong day and saw there was "only one bin left, his", as if he was the last survivor, as that was the thought on his stressed out exhausted older person's mind. He was getting pretty angry, aggressive, out of control, shouting etc, cursing, swearing, when he is normally very quiet and placid. I went up to him wheeling his solitary rubbish bin and said "My bin goes right there, next to your bin, right!?! Yours is not the only one!?! " He was still cursing, shout in rage at the fires, the whole bloody society going to the dogs etc etc. I went up to him, eye ball to eyeball and stared him in the eyes at close range and said words tto the effect of "Your are stressed". And, almost as if this news had come as a surprise to him, he asked "Really?" Now this started to play on my own mind because, after doing that to a man, I would expect he would tell me off. But he became like a poor, helpless scared boy...It was unreal..In fact the whole place and the way people behaved and interacted with each took on this surreal character. Like as if we were not real people in a real town but actors in some kind of peculiar movie screen...Very odd sensation. But, after the fires settled down a little and a cooler weather change came, this strange community behaviour returned to something more usual.

  • @kyyah2
    @kyyah2 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    t's a video of Mallacoota on the east of Victoria - coastal town where 4000 people fled to the beach and stayed in water as fire came down to the sand

  • @rubyboy99
    @rubyboy99 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    There are people actively pretending this isn't happening... :'(

  • @jonathanmarsden3653
    @jonathanmarsden3653 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    That’s a lot of fires 🔥 please lord please let it rain 🌧 for the bush fires to put theses fires out and all parts of Australia make sure they all safe from the fires that as not stopped for months now amen 🙏

    • @llothar68
      @llothar68 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      It's raining all over indonesia.

    • @chrismarston9065
      @chrismarston9065 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@UhhhhOhhh That's a special sort of stupid you've got going on there.

  • @noneofyourbeeswax01
    @noneofyourbeeswax01 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    At 0:20 I'm thinking well that doesn't look as bad as I'd imagined... then then camera pans and... OMFG...

  • @RackHasAttacked
    @RackHasAttacked 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I'm happy I live in the UK

    • @user-qb7ms6vs7s
      @user-qb7ms6vs7s 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      i must admit having lived in az in my younger years i have wished I could go back as always though the people were more friendly in az compared to the uk generally. now i'm wondering if what my mum said was right that az will get hotter and hotter. seems like we are getting alot of their rain in the uk. like something is out of balance.

  • @thirstybonsai1888
    @thirstybonsai1888 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    That's insane

  • @ac2244
    @ac2244 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Why isn’t more being done to sort this?

    • @Shamweeniedog10
      @Shamweeniedog10 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      So many factors honestly, you could help if you wanted to though. That's the only "more" that can be done at this point

  • @poogledyblue
    @poogledyblue 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    It looks like a lotr battle of middle-earth villains preparing for battle

  • @IzPeggie
    @IzPeggie 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    That scares me

  • @nowseemefly
    @nowseemefly 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    That's what you got for voting Scott Morrison lol

    • @vooveks
      @vooveks 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      What, the fires started because of who the prime minister is? Interesting take. How would that work exactly?

    • @berniebasset9465
      @berniebasset9465 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@vooveks He's clearly not the cause but he's still blithering on about doing as little as possible because apparently the economy is more important than people literally burning to death. As long as people like Morrison are in charge, these fires will continue to get worse. Eventually voters will realise the need for a proper environmental policy, unfortunately by then, it might already be too late.

  • @robmillist
    @robmillist 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    It's it true the wetlands are now dry because water rights were sold off??? 😭😡

    • @ledsalesoz
      @ledsalesoz 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I doubt the two are related, but haven't had time to research it, but there are many towns that are running out of water from their aquifers because water rights have been sold to big water bottling companies.
      The wetlands are drying out because of the increased average temperatures we are seeing now, there are permanently wet forests that have never burned before that are no burning.
      Basically, this is now the new normal, and it will only get worse.

  • @KerrieRedgate
    @KerrieRedgate 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is the worst fire season we’ve ever had in our known history in Australia. Our Firies are legends, most are volunteers and many are small business people who’ve left their own businesses and livelihoods, to put other people’s lives first. The only thing they can do is try to protect properties and townships and people. The water bombers and planes with fire retardants can only do so much to try to contain all this. But we are so very grateful for all the help from overseas Fire Fighters. Our Firies have been at this for months now without a break. I can’t imagine that stress! The fires can burn up to 1,000 degrees C (thats 1,832 degrees F). It melts glass windshields like plastic. I was in the dreadful fires in Canberra in 2003, a major disaster, but that was nothing like this. Estimated, half our koalas are gone - they climb higher in the trees when threatened, but that’s where the crown of the fire hits. Absolutely heartbreaking. And over 1,000 homes gone. Truly horrendous!

  • @Samara.Weaving
    @Samara.Weaving 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This is sad 😭😭😭😭😭

  • @bukybadass7211
    @bukybadass7211 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    hell on earth

  • @mareksogars2954
    @mareksogars2954 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I saw the first 10 seconds and thought 'that's not that big'.
    Boy was i wrong

    • @Drifyt
      @Drifyt 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      And that's only around 1 town

  • @mrDeathtrooper
    @mrDeathtrooper 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    And instead of fighting the fires they focus on relocating people, absolute disgrace.

  • @Shamweeniedog10
    @Shamweeniedog10 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    That is crazy plus

  • @CrazyJohnLe
    @CrazyJohnLe 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Mother nature Is unstoppable. Bless everyone that has been affected

  • @DeDe2Maurice8
    @DeDe2Maurice8 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    It's truly heart breaking to see what we, the human race, have done to the earth

    • @pelvist
      @pelvist 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Forests were burning long before humans were around.

    • @20quid
      @20quid 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@pelvist Not like this they weren't.

    • @Sirdiggar
      @Sirdiggar 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@20quid How do you know that for sure?

    • @20quid
      @20quid 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Sirdiggar Because there is no evidence for it, while there is a lot of evidence that human impact makes extreme weather events more likely.

    • @Sirdiggar
      @Sirdiggar 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@20quid How do we know that there wasn't massive fires that destroyed things on widespread scale but over the course of decades/centuries mother nature replaced what was burnt etc. Just because there isn't evidence doesn't meant it hasn't happened. You can't say for sure there wasn't but I can't say for sure there was. We simply can only have an opinion and speculation.

  • @jonathanvince8173
    @jonathanvince8173 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Why was the army NOT used in the first place by Australian PM?

  • @kitchenfootball8098
    @kitchenfootball8098 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Thoughts for everyone out there. Poor animals must be terrified too. Surely now we can see the impact of climate change?

  • @st.charlesofaberdeen154
    @st.charlesofaberdeen154 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Lord have mercy and send rain, amen.

    • @MsPinkwolf
      @MsPinkwolf 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      That'll work.

    • @jackt4274
      @jackt4274 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Amen, believing with you bro.

    • @jlc5271
      @jlc5271 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      We need to stop the root cause which is increased temperatures from global warming. And that means personal choices, e.g. swapping beef for something else, choosing to travel somewhere nearer or drive or a get a train rather than flying by plane. It's our every day decisions that influence this.

  • @cursedex3755
    @cursedex3755 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    It looks pretty cool not gonna lie

  • @connormullan2210
    @connormullan2210 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    'Global warming is a myth' okay trump, watch this

    • @psychosisrecords5500
      @psychosisrecords5500 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      It's not necessarily global warming.
      You are a perfect example of what detracts from the REAL climate impact we have. Ironically, things such as poisonous composites being dumped globally in soil and water systems from GUESS WHAT things like the overproduction of low-quality solar panels, batteries (EV cars for example - which create disproportionate amounts of Co2 during production)
      Could go on for days. you people are truly clueless.

    • @psychosisrecords5500
      @psychosisrecords5500 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@Soda King and mostly negligible when it comes to us.. unless you are talking about landfill etc. otherwise 'climate change'' 'global warming'... extortion ploys. sorry mate

  • @heythropmemories4235
    @heythropmemories4235 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Can they use Ocean water I dont know...feel hopeless...poor animals...burned alive...horrible...

    • @jforshaw1971
      @jforshaw1971 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      They could but then nothing would grow there because of the salt .

    • @michaelparsons2225
      @michaelparsons2225 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jforshaw1971
      They do use ocean water.if it's the closest source,
      And extra 1000 water bomber planes wouldn't make much difference, the fires are to many and to big.
      Saving property is all that's possible now, rain can only stop the fires, and a lot of rain.

    • @jforshaw1971
      @jforshaw1971 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@michaelparsons2225 I didn't know that salt water was an option. It is shocking that a 1000 more planes or helicopters wouldn't make a dent in the situation. I will keep my fingers crossed for rain. I know people are suffering but Ozzie's are a tough lot and will get through this. It is also heartbreaking to see the animals having such a difficult time.

    • @michaelparsons2225
      @michaelparsons2225 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@jforshaw1971 losing so many animals is the hardest to bare.
      Unfortunately bits Australian nature, has been fires each summer for thousands of years.
      It's essential for Forest regeneration, eucalyptus seeds only germinate after high temperatures.
      After fires most trees grow back strong, forests will be green again in a few weeks.

  • @certisully7354
    @certisully7354 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    scary

  • @Joe41ist
    @Joe41ist 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is why I feel so much anger towards Brexit. Why the hell are we pooling all our resources in to "getting Brexit done" when the sis the state our planet is in. We have bigger problems people.
    Hold in there Australia.

  • @elrondriel
    @elrondriel 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Devastating I'm so sad for the animals :( Also bad typo Guardian come on

  • @russe19642
    @russe19642 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Victoria is a state below New South Wales,basically southern eatside state

  • @ajadrew
    @ajadrew 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Simply horrifying... Just want to help.

  • @OzzyPedro
    @OzzyPedro 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is a massive disaster, bearing in mind this video only shows a small fraction of the fires currently burning in Australia.

    • @user-qb7ms6vs7s
      @user-qb7ms6vs7s 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      which other areas/states are on fire?

    • @OzzyPedro
      @OzzyPedro 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@user-qb7ms6vs7s There are several huge uncontrolled fires in NSW plus scores of others currently still burning but under control. They predict one of the huge NSW fires will merge with the largest Victorian fire sometime today.
      There are also numerous fires, both controlled and uncontrolled, in every other state and territory. Huge fires on Kangaroo Island in SA broke containment lines yesterday and are now threatening to burn the whole island.

    • @kyyah2
      @kyyah2 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@user-qb7ms6vs7s all of the states have uncontrolled fires

  • @alleyhartley7916
    @alleyhartley7916 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    wow thats alot of of flame, mother nature is so unforgiving.

  • @freecutscenes5053
    @freecutscenes5053 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    undergound tunels from close mining is covering by water isolators are bad soo ground is very hot

  • @johnmagee6524
    @johnmagee6524 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    The instant of instance is now here

  • @K14297
    @K14297 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    What happens if they can’t stop this? Will it just go on forever and destroy an unbelievable amount of land?

    • @kyyah2
      @kyyah2 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      short answer - yes

    • @K14297
      @K14297 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      kyyah2 oh dear aha

  • @moneymule8209
    @moneymule8209 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This is exactly how envisioned the start of the apocalypse to be.

  • @pensans1
    @pensans1 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    The Guardian has no problem setting fire to British democracy

  • @jlc5271
    @jlc5271 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is caused by global warming. So everyone here that eats beef and lamb, and flies in aeroplanes, you're partly to blame

  • @swientokrzyskie-polandball4498
    @swientokrzyskie-polandball4498 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    The thing that truly matters in this world is the world. Only 2020 and these huge fires are sweeping across lands only at the pace we thought it would reach by 2080. It's hard to say this in todays society, but we need to all team up around the world to stop this destruction. At the end of the day it's not one nation that is responsible for the world's problems, we are all responsible as humans. Nothing matters more than Earth. Everyone and every animals might be and definately will be affected by this.

  • @20quid
    @20quid 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    We need to start getting real about climate change.

    • @MrOzzy281
      @MrOzzy281 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      This happens every year and has for thousands, indeed it is an important way for nature to reseed etc. Nothing to do with higher taxes to pay private energy companies to send jobs to China, although the media seems to have fooled you!

  • @imeklectic
    @imeklectic 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Sorry guys; got the spider though!!

  • @cxash6074
    @cxash6074 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    wow, wonder if you could of seen that from space

    • @kyyah2
      @kyyah2 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      yes you can

  • @Cneqq
    @Cneqq 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Glad to be in Queensland

  • @illspeak2398
    @illspeak2398 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Greens did it all

    • @mobius2011
      @mobius2011 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Absolutely. I mean, they are not in power at any government level anywhere in the country and never have been, but they are still to blame.

  • @ayo2036
    @ayo2036 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Use a hose

  • @mcol4644
    @mcol4644 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Looks like a city

  • @MatteoBarrera4830
    @MatteoBarrera4830 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    but will they stop using so much coal?

    • @jordanfenwick123
      @jordanfenwick123 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      ... What does that mean, and why do you have 3 likes as I'm typing this...?

    • @grantwaller2641
      @grantwaller2641 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Nope. Too many people getting too much money from coal. Sod the planet. Gimme cash.

    • @licencetoswill
      @licencetoswill 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Excellent point Matthew

    • @jordanfenwick123
      @jordanfenwick123 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @CasualDude Yes, but this is a video about bush fires. I already know alot about greenhouse gases and the sort. Understand my point now?

    • @jordanfenwick123
      @jordanfenwick123 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @CasualDude Alright, I'm done replying. Don't be a keyboard warrior.

  • @DeafIaint
    @DeafIaint 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Going back a bit to describe this horrible event Victorian ?

  • @Thisisaweirdthing2makeusdo
    @Thisisaweirdthing2makeusdo 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thoughts and prayers to all Aussies.

  • @newvoyeur
    @newvoyeur 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Will this wake up the world to coming devistation of climate change. Work together, stick to the multiple conference agreememts made, stop burning fosil fuel etc. - very doomily doubt it ! Australia should have done much more on renewables, but guess coal&oil /mining lobbyists put big damper on that :-( Time to transition to a sustainable world new era !

    • @Sirdiggar
      @Sirdiggar 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      It's in human nature to destroy ourselves and our surroundings.

  • @-Gumbo
    @-Gumbo 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Will this warm the earth up, or cool it down??????

    • @adamdesouza6153
      @adamdesouza6153 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      warm, more co2 going into the atmosphere from the burning wood

    • @shaggybaggums
      @shaggybaggums 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It's not enough to kick off the next ice age on it's own but that's a lot of carbon that wasn't in the air a few weeks ago.
      I've brought some extra thick socks just in case.

    • @TheBestestOne
      @TheBestestOne 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@adamdesouza6153 These fires are not caused by Co2.. and it will release a miniscule amount of Co2.

    • @shaggybaggums
      @shaggybaggums 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @CasualDude The global ocean conveyor belt is a constantly moving system of deep-ocean circulation driven by temperature and salinity.
      Once enough fresh water from melting glaciers changes the salinity enough in certain places the warm currents will no longer reach the places it does now and the world will start to freeze.
      If I understand it correctly, been a while since I heard about it.

    • @TheBestestOne
      @TheBestestOne 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @CasualDude you do realise Co2 drops when it cools so it would have to be a hot climate to stay in the atmosphere already.

  • @realbudgiesmugglertwohatsb2611
    @realbudgiesmugglertwohatsb2611 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Sko Mow
    We the people need a leader we are at war, the enemy is strong where is our weaponary to fight back, why did you go to Hawaii while our country was catching fire..you tick all the boxes for being a coward..

  • @silt69
    @silt69 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    We build world air firefight force?

  • @Banano79
    @Banano79 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    rip

  • @3301-s4t
    @3301-s4t 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    To think that an area of almost all of South-East England has burned away is devastating to me... and almost half a billion animals dead😢

  • @ellis3768
    @ellis3768 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Victoria has fallen.

  • @dfbr3357
    @dfbr3357 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I have an idea how to control massive bushfire if happen again in future but gov that I need to speak too

  • @trollface1994
    @trollface1994 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    ... least they won't have to put another shrimp on the barbie ;)

  • @Upsurging93
    @Upsurging93 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Is it now time that Australia take climate change abit more serious?

  • @eaglek3824
    @eaglek3824 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The real end is coming..2020.
    ☠☠☠☠😱😱😱💀

  • @bobdillion440
    @bobdillion440 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Let it burn or start cleaning the wood it’s one or the other, these fires happen for a reason

  • @Skylark_Jones
    @Skylark_Jones 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Why are there so many fires all over the world?

    • @kieran68uk48
      @kieran68uk48 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Global warming

    • @-Gumbo
      @-Gumbo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Arsonist's trying to prove global warming.

    • @xx-wp3mq
      @xx-wp3mq 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Kandrew22YT you realise many are started by people?

    • @kieran68uk48
      @kieran68uk48 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@xx-wp3mq ye but people are causing global warming

    • @thelanguageofthebirds
      @thelanguageofthebirds 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      5G

  • @PapaSmurfzzHD
    @PapaSmurfzzHD 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    who dislikes videos like this, whats your thought process? is it "oh a video about fire, i dont like fire its very hot.... dislike"

    • @mclovin8739
      @mclovin8739 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      It's just a video dude

  • @thevalley2008
    @thevalley2008 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I'm still waiting on someone to mention the natives, what about the aboriginal people.

    • @KerrieRedgate
      @KerrieRedgate 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      thevalley2008
      They live in cities or in the Northern Territory regions, they don’t live in our national parks. Most of the fires are in the eastern and southern States, if that’s what you’re curious about.

    • @thevalley2008
      @thevalley2008 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@KerrieRedgate ic, thanks for the info. And the reply.

  • @johnmccartney1176
    @johnmccartney1176 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Patti here: what started the fires?

  • @trueblue2124
    @trueblue2124 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow

  • @coreyjameshaims449
    @coreyjameshaims449 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Did it kill all the poisonous everythings yet?

    • @kyyah2
      @kyyah2 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      you're still alive so no