Bunkers in a Blaze?

Susie

Susie

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www.heraldsun.com.au Please see left side of front page.
Have been reading the above "bunker" story with amazement!
Youngest daughter has never mentioned any bunkers, although she's lived for years in the area mentioned.
Having spent most of WW2 in a bunker or cellar, you would never find me hiding in one ever again!
I'd rather make a run for it, or move away altogether.
Would you open your bunker door to neighbours caught in a blaze?
Please see last paragraph of story:
"Hundreds of people in Melbourne's outer East have taken extra steps in a bid to stay safe this bushfire season---and they don't want their neighbors "scrambling" to them in a case of a blaze!"
 

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I think the idea is to have somewhere that will protect from radiation as the fire sweeps over your property.
You don't stay in it very long. Then you come out and start putting out the spot fires etc.
Sensible neighbours should have left early if they have no protection and no plan.

By the way, the link didn't work.
 
Warrigal said:
I think the idea is to have somewhere that will protect from radiation as the fire sweeps over your property.
You don't stay in it very long. Then you come out and start putting out the spot fires etc.
Sensible neighbours should have left early if they have no protection and no plan.

By the way, the link didn't work.
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Thought maybe you were too far away so I tried it too. Something about moved and nothing showed.

There are times when I can not get things from Australia. I have had people post something and ask me if I can get it. So I tried and could not get it.
 

BobF said:
Thought maybe you were too far away so I tried it too. Something about moved and nothing showed.

There are times when I can not get things from Australia. I have had people post something and ask me if I can get it. So I tried and could not get it.
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Sorry D.W. and Bobf about the link not working.
Please try: www.heraldsun.com.au
See left side of front page
 
I give up. If you have one story to post post the link to that story only, not the entire page. I have no idea what you are trying to post. Sorry.
 
AZ Jim said:
I give up. If you have one story to post post the link to that story only, not the entire page. I have no idea what you are trying to post. Sorry.
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The topic is fire bunkers. Click the link. Click on 'news' at left edge. Cursor to the right in the pictures and there is a picture of a fire bunker. That is your goal.
 
I still don't see it, shouldn't be that difficult, I agree with Jim to link to the story and not the entire website. Sorry Susie, can you link to the story itself so we can read what you're referring to?
 
Thanks Nancy for the link to the story. Interesting, it reminded me of an old Twilight Zone episode, The Shelter. http://www.imdb.com/video/hulu/vi2749081369 I don't know if I'd open the door to my shelter for my neighbors or not in an emergency situation, especially if the end result meant the demise of myself and my own family, the purpose of such a shelter to begin with. Susie, that's terrible that you spent time hiding in a bunker, I can't even imagine what you went through. :(
 
Heat radiation Butterfly. That's what kills you quickly.
The fire front travels fast through the tree tops and moves on, leaving smaller fires that you can then extinguish on or around your house.
 
Susie said:
Topic: Bushfire bunker owners keeping them secret from neighbours in Melbourne's outer east.
Thank you, NancyNGA.
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You're sitting securely in your bunker, when you hear frantic knocking on the trapdoor.
No way are you going to open it!
When the blaze has passed, you open the door, find a family of 2 adults and 2 children burnt to cinders.
What do you do now?
 
Warrigal said:
Heat radiation Butterfly. That's what kills you quickly.
The fire front travels fast through the tree tops and moves on, leaving smaller fires that you can then extinguish on or around your house.
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Thanks, Warri. Never thought of heat as radiation. When I hear "radiation" I think nuclear type stuff.
 

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