Today at Port Huon

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Donk107 said..
Hi all

A bit of a bushfire thing happening down here at the moment

Lots of smoke but nothing else at the moment

There are boats out there somewhere

Regards Don

Stay safe Donk

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theselkie said..

Donk107 said..
Hi all

A bit of a bushfire thing happening down here at the moment

Lots of smoke but nothing else at the moment

There are boats out there somewhere

Regards Don

Stay safe Donk

Don best info I have is that the fire front is about 2km from Geevston so about say 5 km from you but the wind has dropped

Hi all

Thanks for your thoughts and information

Just returned from the community briefing at Geeveston and things are looking up with the conditions yesterday not as bad as predicted and for the next couple of days things should be ok with next Wednesday being a bit of a concern

There was a couple of spot fires ahead of the main fire that were a concern but these have been contained

People asked about the lack of information released to the public and the authorities said they were a bit unsure of where the edges of the fire actually were due to the large amount of smoke making it difficult to get helicopters up

The SE sea breeze kicked in a few hours ago and the view out the front looks a lot better now

Regards Don

Just an update

The police came around and told us to leave and this was confirmed by a workmate who is the chief of the local fire brigade

Currently at Huonville at the evacuation centre and waiting for the 7pm update

Regards Don

Best of luck Don, hope the weather gods smile and it misses everyone.
Did you or anyone else move their boats out?

Hi Lydia

the area of concern at the moment is Castle Forbes Bay and the police are stopping cars at the Huonville bridge and only letting residents through but only to Franklin

The Fire fighters have set up a post at the Kermandie Hotel car park and working out of there

We went to the briefing tonight and they said it depends on the wind as to what happens but they are really concerned about Wednesday

I will try to call some people who chose to stay at Port Huon tomorrow and see what is happening down there

This is the map from the briefing tonight but it shows the fire as it was yesterday and it has run a bit today with the string NW winds

Regards Don

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Donk107 said..
Hi Lydia

This is a image from the sentinel hotspots website

Regards Don

Geez Don, that looks pretty grim still.
Is the concern for Wednesday due to the expected winds?
Hope you guys are all managing OK.

Good luck to you Donk and everybody there. I went through the Ash Wednesday fires in SA so I have a very good idea
how folks are feeling.

Forecast is bad for today with hi temperatures, strong winds and low humidity and the fire is now getting near the populated areas and also heading further south

The if it jumps the river near Cradoc like it did in 1967 who knows what will happen

3 confirm homes already lost in the northern area of the fire

Hoping for the best but not confident we and a lot of other people will still have a house to go home to

Regards Don

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shaggybaxter said..
Hi Don,
How are you guys travelling down there? Have the conditions eased at all?
Cheers,
SB

Hi Shaggy

Finally back home tonight after being evacuated on Monday and allis well

The Fire is still going but favourable condition during the last couple of days has slowed it down and allowed the fire fighters, helicopters and water bombing aircraft to make some progress against it

Not out of the woods yet with bad condition forecast for Sunday but we will wait and see what happens

3 homes have been lost so far on the northern boundary of the fire and a fair bit of damage to the Tahune Airwalk and the Southwood Mill but hopefully the fire fighters can keep it away from any other homes

This is what it looks like now on the hotspot website which is a lot better than it did a few days ago

Regards Don

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2bish said..

Donk107 said..

shaggybaxter said..
Hi Don,
How are you guys travelling down there? Have the conditions eased at all?
Cheers,
SB

Hi Shaggy

Finally back home tonight after being evacuated on Monday and allis well

The Fire is still going but favourable condition during the last couple of days has slowed it down and allowed the fire fighters, helicopters and water bombing aircraft to make some progress against it

Not out of the woods yet with bad condition forecast for Sunday but we will wait and see what happens

3 homes have been lost so far on the northern boundary of the fire and a fair bit of damage to the Tahune Airwalk and the Southwood Mill but hopefully the fire fighters can keep it away from any other homes

This is what it looks like now on the hotspot website which is a lot better than it did a few days ago

Regards Don

Good to hear that you're back home Don. Hope they can keep a handle on it over the weekend. How's the smoke level down there?

Hi 2bish

Still a lot of smoke around the area but it depends on the wind direction as to where it is going

Apparently Cygnet has been copping a fair bit since the fires started

Regards Don

Lots happening down here this afternoon with the wind fanning the fire

Lots of fire and police vehicles heading south in a hurry and water bombing choppers flying overhead

We are back on emergency alert but the fire is a few miles south and the wind here has settled down so we are ok at the moment

I went out to the boat yesterday and it was filthy with lots of ash on it but otherwise it was ok

Regards Don

Hi Sands

The good thing about Tassie is that nowhere is very far from the water if the choppers need to refill

There are some flying over with buckets underneath and others with hoses that hover over the water and suck it up with a hose and they have been working hard down here for the last couple of weeks but I think that until we get some decent rain this thing will be ongoing

At the moment the area that the fire has burnt is 57,000 hectares and we have had it all around us apart from the east where the river is

Regards Don

It's rainng

yea

Regards Don

That fantastic Don, glad to hear it. I hope its widespread, you know it's been 11 days since you first posted?
That's a big stint.
Glad to here good news, and a nod to all the SES and Fire services, they must be pretty stuffed by now.