Tag: fire
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Fire drill
I do respect fire drills. Honestly, I do. However, when the alarm started sounding at around 11:30 this morning I happened to be naked, wet and soapy, as a result (fortunately) of being in the shower. I was fairly certain it was a drill because I’d seen another drill earlier in the morning for the…
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Ash Saturday
The fires burning in Victoria are now considered worse than those of Ash Wednesday (16 February 1983). I don’t have any particular personal connection to it, but it seems remiss to leave this event unmarked. Meanwhile, fires are also burning in New South Wales, and the floods continue unabated in Queensland. Perth isn’t such a…