OT: Australian fires

[wayne burdick]

Our thoughts go out to our Australian customers and their families, as well as the thousands of other Australians affected by wildfires.

California, too, has seen record droughts and wildfires in recent years, so we can empathize. But the number of fires in VK as well as their wide geographical impact appears to dwarf ours.

Wishing you better luck in the new year--

73,
Wayne
N6KR



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[Rick M0LEP-2]

A few days back I heard that the area burned so far during this fire
season in Australia could best be measured in terms of the size of Wales
or Belgium.

There are a fair few radio amateurs in VK putting their radio skills to
work helping with the fire-fighting efforts.

Wishing them all the best of luck.

On Fri 03 Jan Wayne Burdick wrote:

> Our thoughts go out to our Australian customers and their families, as
> well as the thousands of other Australians affected by wildfires.
>
> California, too, has seen record droughts and wildfires in recent
> years, so we can empathize. But the number of fires in VK as well as
> their wide geographical impact appears to dwarf ours.
>
> Wishing you better luck in the new year--
>
> 73,
> Wayne
> N6KR

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73, Rick, M0LEP   (KX3 #3281)

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[K9MA]

In Australia, there are sheep stations the size of Belgium!

73,
Scott K9MA

On 1/2/2020 10:37, Rick M0LEP wrote:
> A few days back I heard that the area burned so far during this fire
> season in Australia could best be measured in terms of the size of Wales
> or Belgium.


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[VK1OO, Mike Walkington]

Hi Wayne

Thanks for thinking of us. A horrendous situation and at the worst possible
time with so many people on their summer holidays in the most fire prone
areas. We have a team of US / Canadian firefighters here that came over
before Christmas to bring their expertise to the fight. And Aussies were in
California and Canada during your fire season. Wonderful to see how we can
help each other in trying times.

Best wishes
Mike
VK1OO





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Cheers
Mike
VK1OO (ex AC7MZ, VK1KCK)
K2: 2599
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[Kev Schache]

Hi Wayne,

i am certain that I am speaking on behalf of all Australians, both
customers and others, when I say that your thoughts and empathy, both
personal and from Elecraft, are much appreciated at this seriously
distressing time. As an 85 year old first licenced in 1960, I have lived
and in some cases fought through many great droughts and bushfires
causing huge losses, but none of this magnitude. Your encouraging
thoughts assist us in staying focused in looking to the future and
rebuilding.

May your new year be filled with encouraging words likewise

73,

Kev   VK5KS       K2/100, KX3, PX3


On 03-Jan-20 2:25 AM, Wayne Burdick wrote:

> Our thoughts go out to our Australian customers and their families, as well as the thousands of other Australians affected by wildfires.
>
> California, too, has seen record droughts and wildfires in recent years, so we can empathize. But the number of fires in VK as well as their wide geographical impact appears to dwarf ours.
>
> Wishing you better luck in the new year--
>
> 73,
> Wayne
> N6KR
>
>
>
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[Matthew Cook]

Thanks Wayne et al,

For those that are curious about the fires here in Australia you can take a
peek at our Rural Fire Service and Country Fire Service pages...  The black
areas in all cases are fire grounds, both past (1-week) and present.

https://www.rfs.nsw.gov.au/fire-information/fires-near-me
https://apps.geohub.sa.gov.au/CFSMap/index.html
https://www.emergency.wa.gov.au/

The conditions this year across all of Australia are unprecedented, which
now includes a tropical cyclone in our states north west;

http://www.bom.gov.au/australia/charts/viewer/index.shtml

Our thoughts go out to those that seem to be under attack on all fronts and
we thank you for your kind words !

73

Matthew
VK5ZM

On Fri, 3 Jan 2020 at 02:28, Wayne Burdick <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Our thoughts go out to our Australian customers and their families, as
> well as the thousands of other Australians affected by wildfires.
>
> California, too, has seen record droughts and wildfires in recent years,
> so we can empathize. But the number of fires in VK as well as their wide
> geographical impact appears to dwarf ours.
>
> Wishing you better luck in the new year--
>
> 73,
> Wayne
> N6KR
>
>
>
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