tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34591549.post2969796472475295800..comments2023-11-05T18:46:32.295+11:00Comments on Baino's Banter: Arson is an Act of TerrorismUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger44125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34591549.post-4180595684251337462009-02-10T21:24:00.001+11:002009-02-10T21:24:00.001+11:00AV I imagine you're much like us with tinder dry b...AV I imagine you're much like us with tinder dry bush and summer fires being pretty much the norm. These are one out of the box. God help whoever started them because nobody here will.<BR/><BR/>Taffy's, Kuringai often goes up to be honest. Unfortunately, people love to live in these wooded areas which makes them vulnerable at the best of times. I hope your cousins are well entrenched in the burbs, even that can be uncomfortable when the smoke haze hits. (Do you have a blog? Next time, link your name if you do)<BR/><BR/>Yes Wuffa we're fine. Thanks for posting on your own site too. I'm sure the Victorians could do with all the good karma they can get.<BR/><BR/>Ces, I don't think we have anything to worry about from Jehadist, redneck arsonists are doing the job for them!<BR/><BR/>Ropi 'crucial' is a very good word for it. Residents describe 'fireballs' and the absolute ferocity thanks to high winds and very hot weather. They are the worst national disaster we've ever had.<BR/><BR/>Quickie (or should we start calling you "Where's Wally") tributes from across the world have been pouring in today.<BR/><BR/>Terrence, apparently Arsonists are like serial killers. They get off watching the result of their handiwork, often return to the scene of the crime and feel no remorse. I just hope the firies don't catch em first!<BR/><BR/>I'm sure they'd thank you Ted. It's been quite an obsession here over past days but everyone's rallied and already $27 million has been raised in less than 24 hours. Aussies are good at rallying to the cause.<BR/><BR/>Yep Nick. Big police forensic presence at the moment and the Victorian commissioner, Christine Nixon will be heading a reconstruction task force from March. There's a great will to catch these bastards.<BR/><BR/>Thank you everyone. Comments closed now. All over bar the cleanup. Let's move on.Bainohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14156193098088048637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34591549.post-32186644198114993672009-02-10T21:24:00.000+11:002009-02-10T21:24:00.000+11:00Terrible. We had a shocking day on Saturday - stin...Terrible. We had a shocking day on Saturday - stinking hot, dust storms, and the change finally came in. I had no idea what was going on until my father called me late in the day. Since then the news keeps getting worse, and it's not all put out yet.<BR/><BR/>I thought we had it tough here because it was hot. I won't complain like that again...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34591549.post-66556895390484570612009-02-10T20:02:00.000+11:002009-02-10T20:02:00.000+11:00I see a special police unit has been set up to tra...I see a special police unit has been set up to track down the arsonists. I hope to God they find them before they start yet more fires.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34591549.post-69580689735406469002009-02-10T15:53:00.000+11:002009-02-10T15:53:00.000+11:00We have had similar incidents in California with f...We have had similar incidents in California with fires deliberately or accidentally started by individuals. But we haven't had the huge number of deaths that you've got in Oz. I'm really sorry to hear about the news. I was quite amazed at what I saw today in the news. My thoughts are with the families who lost their homes and their loved ones.TCLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00545798771125392092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34591549.post-7999587430950071002009-02-10T10:18:00.000+11:002009-02-10T10:18:00.000+11:00ces, your link is now dead :(ces, your link is now dead :(laughingwolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08873675614347328116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34591549.post-69682347155636945292009-02-10T08:42:00.000+11:002009-02-10T08:42:00.000+11:00I literally cannot begin to fathom why anyone woul...I literally cannot begin to fathom why anyone would start this deliberately.<BR/><BR/>The same person would likely be unable to kill another outright but can do effectively the same thing to multiples, albeit at a step's remove, and seemingly not care.<BR/><BR/>The world is full of knuckleheads.Terence McDangerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17583127956432566540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34591549.post-46384685704836453942009-02-10T05:35:00.000+11:002009-02-10T05:35:00.000+11:00I've been looking at this tonight and it was horri...I've been looking at this tonight and it was horrible. Lives lost, lives ruined - and by some mindless yob no doubtPaddy in BA (Quickroute)https://www.blogger.com/profile/12748161252400814925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34591549.post-72976832823835860952009-02-10T05:11:00.000+11:002009-02-10T05:11:00.000+11:00These flames look quite crucial. Luckily in Hungar...These flames look quite crucial. Luckily in Hungary arsons are rare. Well it is not completely true because cars are set to fire sometimes and there were some uprisings in Budapest which caused fires but we had only smaller fires in forests.Ropihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17214991557644729165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34591549.post-36455227020091315842009-02-10T04:35:00.000+11:002009-02-10T04:35:00.000+11:00baino, this was an article last year:Islam group u...baino, this was an article last year:<BR/><BR/>Islam group urges forest fire jihad<BR/><BR/>• Josh Gordon <BR/>• September 7, 2008 <BR/>AUSTRALIA has been singled out as a target for "forest jihad" by a group of Islamic extremists urging Muslims to deliberately light bushfires as a weapon of terror.<BR/>US intelligence channels earlier this year identified a website calling on Muslims in Australia, the US, Europe and Russia to "start forest fires", claiming "scholars have justified chopping down and burning the infidels' forests when they do the same to our lands".<BR/>The website, posted by a group called the Al-Ikhlas Islamic Network, argues in Arabic that lighting fires is an effective form of terrorism justified in Islamic law under the "eye for an eye" doctrine...<BR/><BR/>http://www.theage.com.au/national/islam-group-urges-forest-fire-jihad-20080906-4b53.html?page=-1<BR/><BR/><BR/>These people are irrational, and Obama and the liberals are worried about protecting their rights.Ces Adoriohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17338000465619901229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34591549.post-22350432757046621942009-02-10T04:20:00.000+11:002009-02-10T04:20:00.000+11:00baino, no words can express the horror of these fi...baino, no words can express the horror of these fires :(<BR/><BR/>and then there are the floods, further north... more tragedies :(<BR/><BR/>glad you and yours are safe, though!laughingwolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08873675614347328116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34591549.post-26213658367603271942009-02-09T23:05:00.000+11:002009-02-09T23:05:00.000+11:00I remember the devastation the bush fires left whe...I remember the devastation the bush fires left when I was in Sydney a few years back (our friends also live near the ku-ring-gai national park) but can't imagine how much worse this is.<BR/>My thoughts go out to those who have lost loved ones. I have cousins living in the Melbourne area and pray that they are safe.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34591549.post-28415372936968788702009-02-09T19:30:00.000+11:002009-02-09T19:30:00.000+11:00God, that's just too awful, Baino. We haven't had...God, that's just too awful, Baino. We haven't had it nearly as hot here, though out in the countryside the heat has also soared into the 40s. Stellenbosch, a town part of the greater Cape Town area was on fire the whole of last week and the fire brigade were on strike. The locals had to do the firefighting themselves. We've had two fires so far on the mountains here - one on Saturday night, one started yesterday afternoon, filling the garden with smoke - but nothing like those Victoria fires. And yes, ours too are evidently arson.<BR/>You honestly have to wonder what the hell people are thinking when they do stuff like this.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04871239587214383387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34591549.post-16872047395662659382009-02-09T19:16:00.000+11:002009-02-09T19:16:00.000+11:00Moon, we get telecasts of your fires as well. Seem...Moon, we get telecasts of your fires as well. Seems to be a common thread, arson the world over. <BR/><BR/>We're not in the line of fire JD, Sydney basin just gather's smoke occasionally but the Victorians are in strife.<BR/><BR/>I can't watch the news any more Megan. I'm with Bimbimbie, too hard. Too sad.Bainohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14156193098088048637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34591549.post-58632626485150462022009-02-09T17:46:00.000+11:002009-02-09T17:46:00.000+11:00Tsup*!*Can't watch the news reports anymore.Tsup*!*<BR/><BR/>Can't watch the news reports anymore.Bimbimbiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12427788003822538655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34591549.post-80254813599417690632009-02-09T15:52:00.000+11:002009-02-09T15:52:00.000+11:00I have been watching the news. Horrible. :(I have been watching the news. Horrible. :(Meganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09387041422819664987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34591549.post-28354475357682433882009-02-09T15:04:00.000+11:002009-02-09T15:04:00.000+11:00Tis awful, Baino. I just saw a clip on the news t...Tis awful, Baino. I just saw a clip on the news that said 128 lives had been taken by the fire and smoke inhalation. My thoughts and prayers are with you and those in the line of fire that has ravaged the land.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34591549.post-23230237625323435222009-02-09T13:56:00.000+11:002009-02-09T13:56:00.000+11:00We have terrible wildfires here as well,and some a...We have terrible wildfires here as well,and some are started on purpose.. I cannot imagine what it would be like to be caught in one .. so so sad... what a terrible waste of peoples lives ..<BR/><BR/>The people who start these will find their own fires... in hell ..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34591549.post-63921962783148242722009-02-09T13:22:00.000+11:002009-02-09T13:22:00.000+11:00Kath go for it. I just had to put something down i...Kath go for it. I just had to put something down in print. It wasn't what I wanted to post at all but needed to be said.<BR/><BR/>Yep Paddy .. an appropriate expletive I think! Not that your school board would approve!<BR/><BR/>River,welcome over and I'm glad that you're safe and sound. Adelaide's had a hard time with this persistent heat as well and I know exactly how you feel. There's very little 'good' news coming out of this other than communities really sticking together. Let's hope the cooler weather is helpful!Bainohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14156193098088048637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34591549.post-8998182939504977472009-02-09T13:10:00.000+11:002009-02-09T13:10:00.000+11:00I'm sitting here in my safe little Sth Aus. unit, ...I'm sitting here in my safe little Sth Aus. unit, praying for a miracle in the form of statewide rain for Victoria. I'm finding it terribly hard not to cry at the devastation.Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794655013673748992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34591549.post-16075455828697397342009-02-09T09:34:00.000+11:002009-02-09T09:34:00.000+11:00Fucking fuckers ..... people like that deserve not...Fucking fuckers ..... people like that deserve nothing better than to suffer the same fate their actions have caused to others.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12364142419334330145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34591549.post-10138065108090413252009-02-09T09:15:00.000+11:002009-02-09T09:15:00.000+11:00Brilliantly written - and genuinely felt - Baino. ...Brilliantly written - and genuinely felt - Baino. Can I just put a link to this, because I honestly, truly don't know how to write about it, despite being a Victorian resident.Kath Locketthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09677312773827236567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34591549.post-33864698314108266632009-02-09T08:22:00.000+11:002009-02-09T08:22:00.000+11:00Hi Maria, yep we're all fine. Some small fires aro...Hi Maria, yep we're all fine. Some small fires around Sydney but all contained thankfully.<BR/><BR/>Ryan, you're an angel and good point. Blood donors are badly needed. I admire you kiddo, it's a great thing you do. While we're all languishing in the water,you're volunteering for a fantastic organisation. Hats of to you and your ilk.<BR/><BR/>Definitely the worst we've had EM, worse even than the Ash Wednesday fires in South Australia a few back. The death toll just keeps rising.Bainohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14156193098088048637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34591549.post-4787069073225829382009-02-09T08:05:00.000+11:002009-02-09T08:05:00.000+11:00Oh God, that's just terrible. I'm so glad you've ...Oh God, that's just terrible. I'm so glad you've got your tribe around you. And so sorry others weren't so lucky xAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34591549.post-36958705170754666742009-02-09T07:43:00.000+11:002009-02-09T07:43:00.000+11:00This comment has been removed by the author.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05081015139930784365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34591549.post-26975001236259311122009-02-09T07:29:00.000+11:002009-02-09T07:29:00.000+11:00Hi, I have just come off Skype to a friend in Denl...Hi, I have just come off Skype to a friend in Denliquin..she says that there are now well over 100 fatalities....I cannot say enough to convey my thoughts and feelings.<BR/><BR/>Would that I had found your blog in better times.Magpie 11https://www.blogger.com/profile/05069987326331833522noreply@blogger.com