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Wildfire climbs a mountain, vertically. [Blue Mountains, NSW, Australia
Dec 22, 2019 2:53 AM
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Zaryamain
Mate just bought a house near the top of that mountain. Evacuated today. Had the house for a week before fires began.
Vanfury
Ahhh home sweet home
ImgurNeedsMoreSmartass
A fire going against gravity?!? What next? Flying air?
phillipsnelson
Not funny. Former PM Abbott don't know that air has mass. Like how can CO2 be traded by weight if it doesn't weight anything.....
JimWasTaken
BeardedMountainMann
Australia? Makes sense.
ShittyMcFartPoop
that's sad. the 1st thing I favorited was a shot of the Blue mountains
confracto
I too am sad. Lived there for a year as a kid.
ShittyMcFartPoop
My sympathy, sincerely
WitchyVixen
IPostSwords
Source: https://www.instagram.com/p/B6WRyGblNs9/
MadeYouLookAgain
IAmCooCooCaChoo
Holy shit, everything really is on fire.
Taaltrek
What runs faster uphill than downhill?
witmanfade
It's fire, it'll do that.
CMarshmallow
People don't be thinking it be like it is, but it do
ringneckphotography4
Yeah, heat is radiant, it’ll do that!
KaiArgentium
Yea, heat is hot, it'll do that!
PatrickDiomedes
Long distance runner, what you standing there for?
immortalbucket
Fire burns up, so.
Dreadpirateshanks
It would be weird if it climbed the mountain horizontally.
MissSiesta
Everything tries to kill you in Australia. Even mountains
SmellOfMonkey
ChaseJohansson
Fire on the mountain, run boys run, devil's in the house of the rising sun
SuicidalThrillbillyturnedLunaticChillbilly
Chicken in the breadpan, kickin' up dough
zathlute
Bushfire*
IPostSwords
went for wildfire instead of bushfire cos Imgur is mostly an American audience - I know it's a bushfire. I'm out by gospers and three mile
zathlute
That's wild
usernamesarereallystupid
Cliffs of insanity!!
Djkb6718
Inconsieveable!
thesleeve3d
That sheer mountain wall should act as a good fire break. Fire: Hold my beer... But honestly, good luck and be safe out there y'all.
playswithf1re
we call them bushfires here..
IPostSwords
I know, but I figured Imgur is mostly an American audience. I'm out by gospers and three mile
PunchInTheDicker
I’m in the mountains too, but safe ATM. They expect it in my area between Xmas day-sat
playswithf1re
fair call. stay safe. evacuate early, those fires look fucking terrifying. <3 from survivor of black saturday
Bolderox
That's what happens when you soak your mountains in wood...
RyanWJ8696
Sadly these fires have decimated the local koala population, which lead to the most successful gofundme campaign in Australian history
Godefroyae
Apparently many koalas are inbred, the blue mountains ones are the most genetically diverse and could have helped this threatened species
RyanWJ8696
https://au.gofundme.com/f/help-thirsty-koalas-devastated-by-recent-fires
Retrikaethan
fire doesn't discriminate. if it can burn and the flames can reach it, fire will consume it.
brotherblue
Even the flames don't have to reach. The radiant temperature can be so high to cause nearby material to combust.
ozjuggler
The sheer cliffs cannot burn so they serve as natural fire break, but thermals can carry embers upwards + start spot fires, like any break.
Mokoshan
The mountain goat thinks he is safe. But fire is a wily predator.
troublecliff
The struggle... is soon over...
silvertonguedlover
i read that as willy and was so confused
nanikaprofound
I can hear his voice!
sunnydayingermany
The hills are alive....
DemonFluffer1000
We don't have mountain goats in Australia, the closest thing are rock wallabies
Vanfury
Lived in the mountains for a long time, can confirm we have them Ive seend it
Shmeadicus
I'd be impressed if it climbed the mountain horizontally.
btyo
Got wind?
houtaku
Cool post, still not a sword.
IPostSwords
I am allowed to have multiple interests. My house (and sword collection) being at risk of bushfires is pretty relevant to me
houtaku
100% true. Simultaneously, I am allowed to be disappointed when I get a notification of a new post from IPostSwords and they didn’t.
IPostSwords
The collection is in storage during fire season, packed in oil, plastic, and bags inside a fireproof safe. no photos til fire season is over
IPostSwords
2/ gotta have it safe incase a fire starts when I am not home, and easy to grab in case one starts while I am at home
Ploty
Aus lost it's Co2 target for the next 500 years, if it had any intentions at all......
drunkill
We had a Carbon tax in 2012. Current gov repealed it in 2014after they got into power and don't give a fuck about climate change.
btyo
The economy is reliant on the China... of course they don’t
Ploty
Wow that's impressive
ozjuggler
Nah, the carbon cycle works, they'll store +200tC/ha in 15 years. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0378112712002241
Ploty
Article from 2012 and Aus have neither forests or plantations?
ozjuggler
[Philosopraptor meme] If Australia doesn't have eucalypt forests, what is it that's burning in the video?
Ploty
Exactly my point
ozjuggler
wat
kadaeux
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-12-12/nsw-qld-bushfires-could-increase-carbon-footprint-scientists-say/11789504
kadaeux
No, it doesn't work. The fires are so bad that our forests are no longer carbon sinks, but a carbon source.
ozjuggler
That's crap, because the balance is an integral of over a decade of fluxes and within 1 year we won't have this drought any more.
ozjuggler
The IOD will go negative in 6 months and the El Nino will end within the year. http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/enso/#tabs=Overview
kadaeux
It's not crap at all. The fires are so intense that trees that thrive on low intensity fires will not be replenished.
AdeptusCannibus
Well...heat rises.
LaserDragon69
This was my exact thought as soon as I read the title prior to the comments
madeaweirdcommentchangedmyname
And fire spreads in every direction.
WellWellWellLookWhoItIs
Warm air rises. Heat transfers from hot to cold regardless of direction.
Kleck
ZachariasWolfe
Technically heat IS the transfer of thermal energy, it doesn't transfer.
IAmTheBadW01f
But convective heating is augmented by the airflow caused by the rising of the hot air
WellWellWellLookWhoItIs
? “Heat” uses fewer characters and I didn’t know how much room I was gonna use.