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  • Use mighty power of nature

    In the northwestern Australia, we have huge tides,

    huge evaporation and huge dry rivers and lakes.

    Evaporation is up to 4m per year.

    Huge 12m tidal erosion can revive old dry paleo dormant once mighty rivers, creeks and lakes,

    desalinate the country and change deserts to rain forests to provide more rain across Australia = less Bush Fires

    World population is growing rapidly and we need more land, energy, food, water.

    see: Mitic CLIMATE ENGINEERING

  • Hey walkabout...if only you had any idea how the Goverment operates!!! why dont u go for a long walk bout off a short bridge!!!dumb cunt

  • Australia can thank the Goverement for this catastrophy! It is there fault

  • the fires were terrible...i was there

  • I hope your family was not hurt

  • thanks, no my family was not hurt, but so many other peoples families were killed and hurt severly, i am scared as the next fire season is not far away, please pray, where are you from?

  • For such a comment, you only deserve all that is bad in life. How can you be so ignorant and completely imbecilic!

    Shame on you!

  • Could say the same about the Idians. Rude as hell!

  • @dayal35 A large percent of patriotic Australians are not white, in fact many are from Indian, Asian and American ethnic backgrounds.

  • on my birthday....

  • jeff kennett sold emergency 000 to an overseas company. john howard and jeff kennett sold a lot of Australian owned and Government owned service off shore ..

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  • former prime minister of Australia.

  • Heartless fucken imbeciles! Did any of you meet the grieving families, talk to them and share their torment? Who here who gives Rudd shit did this? I bet none of you... idiots! Hopefully the next fire kills your families, lets see how you react then! Dead shits.

  • @damon79 Thankyou for your comment. I am a much traumatized survivor of the Kinglake fire and I had the luck to meet Mr. Rudd. I watched him and he was wonderful, he listened, hugged and had a tear for us as well. So many fucking rubberneckers came and made merry on burnt home sites, posed and smiled like a hunter who shot his prey, it was a tough time for us and we are still suffering two years later. Lots of us are in counseling beccause we just cannot get over the horror and death.

  • Kevin Rudd needs to get a grip of himself and be a professional, for God's sake.

  • RUDDS A DUDD

  • Don't look at me, I voted for Howard.

  • same.. howard is better.

    although rudd has his moments when you can tell he's been affected by the situation immensley, this is one of them

    How can you be professional and with a emotionless face when people are dying before your eyes, you cant.

  • Gee Kevin is a good actor

  • @aandiee I just saw your idiotic comment.  How do you know Kevin Rudd was acting moron. I am a traumatized survivor of the Kinglake fire and I have photos of Mr. Rudd and believe me, he was more uplifting by his presence and his willingness to hug people and listen to our horror stories. Bet you would have been one of the fucking rubberneckers who posed and smiled on burnt out homes while we tried to explain that those burnt out properties were still someone's home. You know nothing.

  • why is everyone so dead set on the fires where lit by people? only one that seems to of been lit by someone was the one just out side mirboo north

  • A lot more people are going to be left without a home because of Kevin Rudd than because of the fires.

  • I agree.

  • hey hey

  • Fire may be lit by Paul Watson

  • Bye Bye Warriorz1992. Bought time youtube started booting these hate spouting tossers.

  • why u love kevin rudd, u think him smart? he evil dictator but u loving kevin rudd because he lie to u.

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  • hahahahaha I'm not a sick pathetic pussy like you!!!! grow up and stop sending all that nonsense bull shit!! Your gay, you had a big cry over all the Aussie's defending their country and you call them racist!! How dare you, you fucking started this! Learn proper English you faggot!

  • My not listen to u speak poo.

  • What the fuck is wrong with your English!!!! What are you like retarded or something?!!! That would explain all this shit your talking about! And you don't even know what pussy means LOL you are pathetic!!! You talk shit!!!

  • u still being chit chat. u big mouth girl. u never talk like human. u eat too much ham.

  • Oh my fucking God!!!!! You sound like your talking some alien language!!!!!!!!! Learn how to fucking speak asshole!!!!!!!!!! And yeah I have a big mouth cause you are being a racist shit towards my country!!!!!!!

  • Speak like a normal person!!!!!!!!! And I do have proper hygiene moron! Your just sending crap that makes no sense! You get up at like 5 in the morning, you have no time to have a shower! You smell like a whale you cunt!

  • australia government give you deceitful education, my comment is accurate. you listen to Kevin Rudd lie. sad life

  • No you fucking asshole! you don't speak properly! I don't care about Kevin Rudd! As long as he keeps hard working ppl like us Australians get income I'm fine with him. And no your comment is NOT accurate!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!

  • stink girl

  • What the fuck! This isn't even about racism any more!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You are a fugly cunt! What are you a girl or a boy? I honestly don't care, I hope you get raped and you can go burn in hell for all I care!

  • STINKY GIRL

    SAYONALA

  • What the fuck!!!!!!!!! Stop saying the same thing over and over again!!!!!!!! Piss off and never come back! I hope your yt account gets deleted you skanky whore!!!!!! Your pathetic!! And I do not stink! Is that all you got for come backs huh?, Stinky girl LOL you are so lame!!!!

  • hahahaha your account got closed you dirty ugly pathetic freak!!!!

  • what the fuck are you on about!!!! I'm Australian you cunt!!!!! What the fuck!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Meh..wrong video, some fuckface replied to me.

  • OK THEN...

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  • thats a generalisation

    learn some english dickhead

  • im seriously not lying but nearly my whole family got affected. 1st of all, both my grandparents in flowerdale fires and my aunties and uncles lived in whittlesea, murrindindi & my cousins were living in healesville and ive had a very emotional time trying to put up with these very sad fires. really upset and some of my friends lived very close to the whittlesea fires i think they stopped right in front of his house when they were put out. omg i feel so lucky but very sad :'(. f*cken arsonist :@

  • Hey Australians !!! Watch this video on You Tube : "Aussie Thugs Attack leb guy" . There is my mate on that Video . Don't mess with him . He started the Bush fires and if you ever meet him in Cabramatta , you will be scared !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • aussie is poverty nation. No freedom, no fair treatment. why aussie men like they country? they country is bad.

  • we are like the 9th richest country in the world fuck face!!!!!!!!!!! We are not in poverty! At least we actually try to help less fortunate countries cause we are a caring nation!!!!!!

  • You is tell myself lie. Why you give lie to me? You is brainwash. My word is correct.

  • OMG why don't you actually learn English!!! You can't speak properly!!!!! You write "You is tell myself lie. Why you give lie to me? You is brainwash. My word is correct." You're supposed to say "You told me a lie. Why did you lie to me? You're brainwashed. And I can speak correctly"! Fuck you don't know how to speak! Stop lying!!! Asshole!

  • Blah blah blah. More dribble spewing from a japanese mouth. Wipe your chin and get your facts straight. Oh hows your economy going there TheWarriorz1992. Not as good as Australia's economy is coping.

  • You bad country people

  • Your ugly as hell!!!!!! We have a good country!!!!

  • Is you tell me instrcut? My not need you advice, you is brainwash slave. You government make you into servant. You too stupid, no freedom. so sad.

  • For fuck sakes!!!!!!! Speak proper English!!!!! I can't understand you! And I don't care about all the bulshit your saying so piss off!!!!!!!

  • What is you point? You give up argument? yes you loser girl. you never win.

  • Something of interest, most of summer has actually been below average temperatures so far.

    I have to admit I do question the 46.3 dec (Melbourne city) and 47 dec (Avalon) temps recorded.....These temperatures were mentioned by BOM and blasted out by the media.

    But I would like to know more, direct location?...was the monitoring device near concrete/road or in a park?

  • no home is worth the loss of human life...you can replace property but not loved ones.....my heart breaks for all those lost...I was overseas at the time and only realised the scale of this tragedy when I returned...God bless you all...........

  • I think the Aussie government should set up underground concrete bunkers at every school so that if people's escape routes are cut off they have a chance of a safe haven. If these bunkers save just one life they would be worth building.

    In regards to "karma" if the recipients were guilty of something horrid then ok but they were just innocence caught in the wrong place at the wrong time. Saying that they deserved this is like saying the people who died in the 2004 Tsunami deserved it.

  • Oh really?? Australia has no friends?? Hmm, I beg to differ.

    Australia has continuously assisted other countries in times of need. Australian's are not all racist - There are good, honest, kind hearted people who live there. Don't stereotype all Australian's to be that way.

    Innocent people died. Have some sympathy.

  • Why does it always have to come down to things like race, or fate, or karma?

    This was a terrible tragedy which was Not specific to race. I know that I for one have never treated an Aboriginal badly, So if you feel bad for the way that you have treated aboriginals, then make amends, but please dont include us all in your speech.

    Talking about the way the aborigines were treated generations ago has absolutely nothing to do with these fires.

    Its time to move on. Sorry if I offend.

  • look like the face of the Middle East  they burning of forest Australia

  • Sorry? Are you talking to me??

    You make no sense at all...

  • Children and adults were lost in these busfires people burnt in horrible pain and loss of quality of life, the sick twisted person/people who started these fires can't run from his evil doings forever, once he or they have lived his/there life someday he/they will meet there decided fate through God.

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  • Wondeful caring primeminister a man with a heart of gold feeling and a true blue Aussie he is about helping the battlers, the needy and the ordinary Australian..  With loev adn care fr others in need extrodinary love and miracles are possible. God Bless our Australians in need and God bless Kevin Rudd

  • Typical you

  • Do you love Jesus? Idon't think so, since you Aussies are always insulting one another about your racial differences.

  • Nah? you cannot be serious.

  • I AM RIGHT OK

  • オーストラリアのすべて

  • And burn the gutless bastard alive.

  • Waiting assist New Zealand soon

    New Zealand sent Marine to help Australia

  • To those who doubt that bushfires are common in those parts of Australia, if they weren't, how would plants evovle there that require bushfires to germinate? It's one of the few places in the world where that happens also. If fires were naturally rare, would these native plants have survived hundreds of thousands of years until today?

  • Now is the opportunity to rebuild in cleared areas with fire retardant materials, practice more strategic burn-offs, have evacuation plans etc. Instead we hear the defiant "We will rebuild. Nothing will stop us" old line. That is precisely the kind of blind defiance of the circumstances surrounding them that led to this tragedy in the first place. If you want to live there, you live by the law of that fire-prone regions. It won't bend for you - you have to bend for it. It's like a boss at work.

  • Before whites came there were frequent natural bushfires in that region, which were limited in area for one main reason: frequent fires means less fuel for the next fire. With people now able to stop that happening, when it finally does rain, it pours.

  • Australia's chickens have come home to roost.

  • does anyone kno who the fire bug is, drop me a line,

    news and cops tryin to keep it quite,

    fuck that he should be named and shamed,

    tell me if u got somthin legit, dont waste my time with bullshit or some childish crap havin a go at me i aint got the time

  • what about the fires in l.a. america are they retarded as well as yourself as you to are an american as well. THINK BEFORE YOU LEAP

  • bull shit these fires are natural disasters.

  • You disgusting piece of shit!!!!!

    Pathetic human being......

  • i recall some past wildfires in california being lit by arsonists so what is your point, people are people mate. this is a tragic event whatever the cause.

  • dearest newyorkvsarmy

    hey dickhead just because some psychopathic fuck decides to set our country side alight means its the fault of all aussies does it? well that sounds like the rantings of uneducated & immature american. congratulations you have one of the lowest brain cell counts in the world, aren't you special

  • some of the fires were lit by australians, not all of them

    and how many people in america have shot people in massacres or killed other people?

    are you really that ignorant that you believe because some people lit them, the entire country is to blame?

    are you also aware of how many millions of dollars and donations have been made across the country?

    we are not a retard society.

    you are the kind of person who makes everybody hate america.

  • It's sad that decent people dies in that fire and pieces of shit like you get to live.

    At least have the bollocks to explain your reasoning you cowardly cunt!

    You're very tough on the internet aren't you!

    There are sick fucks in every society. Some of them set fires, others mock the pain and heartbreak of the grieving.

    What a sad little maggot you are!

  • Get your facts straight, the fire that caused the most devastation was started when a power line fell down.

    Also, I'm offended that you brand Aussies just because of the work of a few dickheads.

  • i am an aussie, i love my country and the people here band together when it is needed/required.

    to those haters going on.... if you dont like it here.. dont come here, and if you are here... leave.

    our country is mutli cultural but either way.... australian law is AUSTRALIAN LAW

    it is upsetting to see people commenting about race or religion... my point..... people - all colours, all ages have died due these fires.... some from natural disaster and some from ARSONISTS.

  • The images we see are akin to a third world country suffering from violence and war and crisis. DRCongo. Iraq. Afghanistan. Liberia. Lebanon. Kenya.

    And now Australia - looking every bit a third world nation needing help.

    Burned out car wrecks.

    Women crying. Dead bodies.

    Land devestated as if by atomic bomb.

    Smouldering crushed homes & businesses.

    Yes you will recover.

    You must.

    But forever you will know you are only one step from the ghastly image that you claim others to be.

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  • Learn from your Hubris and never imagine again that your nation occupies a glorified position of untouchability by disasters natural or man made.

    The ugly images broadcast to the world of Australia and its recent events must surely now give you pause to sit in quiet contemplation as to how your behaviours have upset your own people so much that they would turn on you and set such fires upon you deliberately. And then turn your thought to how you have upset the world.

    Change your behaviours.

  • You are pathetic!!!

    Get off your lazy youtubing arse and contribute something to Humanity...

    It was 47 degrees celcius when these fires started, and victoria is in one the biggest droughts in our history...47 degrees is approx 115 fahrenheit - Not all the fires were deliberately lit....trees fucking burst into flames... You want us to control nature to prove we are better people??? Tradgedy makes you happy, because you can use them to back up your stupid opinions?...go to hell

  • 2 of the fires r 100% man lit...just cant find who did it

  • Australia is the best country in the world, i am proud to be an Aussie,

    all you australia bashers, stay in your own wonderful countries and leave us alone. We dont need your help or comments as Aussies get together in times like these..

  • There is no humor in my words.

    I am entirely serious as is merited by the seriousness of the situation.

  • The quote is out of context.

    Shame to you that you must resort to such silly tactic as to misquote and quote out of context.

  • Quote- DISGUSTING BEHAVIOUR FROM AUSTRALIANS It seems that some Australians are lighting fires deliberately to kill and damage their nation. These are the type of self destructive actions Australians love to accuse other nations of conducting and there by labelling other nations as uncivilised and babaric. But their hypocracy is clear. End quote. How is that out of context?

  • oh fuck off, the ppl behind these events should rot in hell but dont be blaming all australians. Most of our nation is shocked and horrified of what has happened. You seem to be one absent minded prick fuck off and take a look at yourself before judging an entire country.

  • disgusting behaviour from australians?

    you do realise the millions of dollars people have donated from australia to help?

    if you were over here you would see effect all through the country.

    just because a few disgusting pricks started a few of the fires, it doesnt make australia hypocrits, it makes those people evil or mentally challenged.

  • To be honest I dont care if they are a terrorist or have severe mental problems! they should rot in hell for what they did... even if they do have a 'mental problem'...that doesnt make killing so many people OK!

  • Fires lit by aljazeera muslims

  • not all the fires were deliberatly lit, it was 45-47 degrees and over 40 degrees for more than a week as well as strong winds- australia is very aware that we have bushfires, im sure that the most days over 40 degrees in over a century and strong winds made this kind of thing unpredictable- everyones looking for someone to blame - there isnt alot you can do to stop the sun, wind etc so shutup and go help someone thats something we can do.

  • See, this is the thing.. Your comment just now PROVES that you are the "uncivilised and barbaric" one..

    The only people I've seen leaving negative comments about this topic are religious fanatics, Christians and Muslims alike..

  • You know you are an complete asshole, right?

  • SylvieKloot, how, 'pre-tell' has Australia offended and insulted the rest of the world?

    What do you mean Australian terrorists? The fires were predominantly acts of nature and the ones that were not acts of nature were lit by arsonists, not terrorists. People with severe mental problems...like yourself.

  • Um....

    No?

  • Shed a tear for the country Sylviekloot? Shed tears for the families who lost loved ones, for the older couple who survived to face their children, but not been able to save the grandchildren, or the orphans, or the grieving parents.

  • The suffering of the survivors is as great as those who died. So all of you who have chosen to use this forum to preach your political opinions should be ashamed of your actions, that you can show such utter disregard for the suffering of your fellow human beings. Or you can continue with your litanies of hate toward each other, and perpetuate the Global social tension, BUT GO AND DO IT SOMEWHERE ELSE!

  • What is the death toll now?! So sad =[ xxx.

  • a big contributor to this has been the complete lack of back burning in recent years thanks to the greenies and what they want. to hell with them, they are killing us with their do gooder attitudes. 181 people dead, near 100 missing, more could die in hospitals, towns gone, just gone. this is hell here and it is the greenies that should be in hell.

  • This is terrible. :( And to think that ARSONISTS started this makes it even worse. :(

  • not all of the fires were from arsonists, some were started because of dried out undergrowth and extreme heat and wind, heat + fuel+oxygen= perfect fire conditions its really very sad =(

  • To ieodksnw787, with respect, you just cant comprehend whats its like here. Australia is the driest continent on Earth to start with, the winds fueling the fire at 100 km /h. the ground was dried out for 3 days of +40 deg temp, the area was ready to go up. At its worst flames were over 50 m high and moving faster than a car can go, the radient heat was so intense it starts to burn you from 200 m away. Also the Aussie gumtrees have oil in them which explodes into flames in such a fire situation.

  • thx for the info.

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  • yeah I didn't finish watching the video. Sad indeed.

  • Because, shock horror, Australia is different to southern California.

  • Brush fire??????

  • ieodksnw787, the reason so many people died is because they didnt have the time! some people tried 2 flee, but they didnt have any gas in their cars so it became impossible. also, form the moment they saw the fire, some people had 90 seconds to leave.. nowhere near enough time! and some people were driving out of town when trees fell onto the road, blocking any kid of escape.

  • The forests in south eastern Australia are some of the most dangerous in the world for BUSH (not brush) fires. The trees contain a highly flamable eucalyptus oil in their leaves and coupled with temperatures of 117F/46C degree heat, 60 -70 mph/ 100+kph winds, and over a decade of drought entire valleys can be consumed literally in seconds. There were reports the fire was moving at over 120kph/ 75+mph. They didn't stand a chance. Lucky for you guys California is a walk in the park by comparison.

  • yes I better understand the situation now. Since alot of ppl were told to remain (b/c escape was just as dangerous) and also b/c it was a huge rural area whereas the greater LA area is mostly suburban.

    But we do have the Santa Ana winds which are comparable and every time this happens ppl are on edge - I can't smoke a cigarette outside w/ out a dozen dirty looks coming my way.

    I feel so bad for those who died and their surviving families.

  • Australian flora burns for longer and hotter than the flora in America. In fact, Australia is the only place on earth where the flora thrives from burning... regeneration... Hot temperatures, high winds changing direction and 12 yrs of drought created the perfect storm.

  • As others have already pointed out, this is Australia.

    And this bushfire has been described as having as much energy as 500 atomic bombs by scientists. It's not a matter of running or driving away for some. They couldn't.

  • most people didnt have anywhere to escape too. there was just fire all around them, it didnt help that the vast amount of bush land and high winds sped the fires up. And some people did try to escape but ended up getting burnt to death in there cars =(

  • because there were multiple fires ablaze across the area. a couple joined with one another and the combination of the australian bush (our eucalyptus trees are highly flammable, they basically explode when lit), the lack of backburning and the extreme heat caused them to move at amazing speeds.

    nobody forsaw anything this bad, its our worst bushfires since Ash Wednesday, which killed around 40 something people i think.

  • OmG! I feel so bad! my heart goes out to the people there!

  • Kooo Kooooo

    And England is saddened by the Norwegian invasion 1000 years ago!

    Your comment is a snide political remark that doesn't even comment on the above video. Take your low IQ and demonstrate it in the comments section of another video.

    My thoughts are with the people affected by this tragedy.

  • the power of the ABORIGINALS??

  • I bet arsonist is the eco-terrorist Paul Watson

  • The government has kept the focus on "fire bugs" for years, while taking huge sums from agribusiness to rape the water supply. This is far removed from the people who are victims. Australia needs to restore it's rivers

  • How ironic that Victoria has been the biggest opponent to water reform in Australia. The Australian bush has been starved of water by agriculture for years. These poor victims are paying for the YEARS of ignoring science and bad politics.

  • the govt told people to say home and fight a massive fire ,ohh ok then so the govt never knew how bad the fire was ,,,,,i think a lot of govt people should be in jail for causing the death of so many people ,they say arsonist made things worst but offer up 2 kids ,so 2 kids started fires all around the country i guess ,on their bicycles ,all i see it govt shifting the blame and creating more victims

  • government did not TELL anyone to stay. The position in victoria has always been fight or leave early, your choice. Noone tells anyone to fight a fire here.

  • They government didn't tell them to do anything of the sort -- the usual policy is you either leave when it's safe, or you stay in your house and do what you can, rather than drive around and risk getting cooked alive in your car. USUALLY, staying in your house is far safer than driving around near fires.

    It's up to you what you do -- the government did not recommend staying.

  • sorrow hardens an evil hart

  • What the Hell? What an ignorant mind you have! Of course, based on the media spoonfeeding you with utter bullshit, you're quick to assume that Muslims are the masterminds behind this. IDIOT, have you noticed how hot Australia has been? It reached 48 degree celcius, and this started a fire, then the wind picked it up. DO NOT BLAME MUSLIMS when it's simply nature taking its course, you ignorant, uneducated individual.

  • The reason that people are mentioning Muslims, KimDonesia, is that it was previously reported some time back that Islamic radicals said it would be a good tactic if they want to cause death and destruction against 'kuffars/infidels etc'.

    But people shouldn't jump to conclusions like that. It was probably lighting, and a few mentally ill individuals, rather than a purpose driven violent jihadist.

  • You say "jihadist" like it's a bad thing. Jihad means spiritual struggle, like being hygienic for God, praying 5 times a day, throwing away your Marilyn Manson CDs.

    And why would extremists go for the Australian outback anyway?

  • I say jihadist like it's a bad thing, beacuse it is. It's a religious struggle, that any thinking individual would see as childish, further, this struggle has manifestly turned violent with the likes of Osama bin Laden being a notable jihadist.

    It's about time you let go of your imaginery friend, isn't it KimDonesia?

  • i would say KimDonesia has a much better set of values then you have. Regardless of her imaginary friends. She represents the sane voice in the clamor if insanity and hate. But that some how offends you? Fucking cunt. And to the fuckwits thats trying to bring in the idea its Muslim jihadists setting blazes: You need to move your dumb cunt self to the United States of the mind numbingly stupid morons. I don't was to see such cowardly behavior from Australians. Lets help the victims first.

  • I never said that it offends me, so don't imply that I did, furthermore, calling me a 'fucking cunt' is a mark of a person who cannot construct an argument, which manifestly you cannot do.

    The reason people mentioned Muslims, which they should not have done because there is no evidence for them committing this act, is because some Muslims fanatics mentioned it as a way to cause death and destruction amongst infidels/kuffars.

  • Mein Kampf means struggle to you going to respect Hitler now or u gonna be biased little bitch and think your shitty Islam is soulution to every thing, ow this means peace muhammed married 6 year old girls and had sex with em cause it was normal back then fuck you ure shitty Islam pedophiles deserve death thats what ure prophet got painfull Death

  • because its wat makes us unique, its that uniqueness that makes us proud