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- How God is using the weather to get our attention.
- What are the futures prophecies based on the Bible?
- How the weather could play a role in the "End Times."
Bushfires
Recent projections of fire weather (Lucas et al. 2007) suggests that fire seasons will start earlier, end slightly later and generally be more intense. This effect increases over time, but should be directly observable by 2020.
The largest changes are expected in northern New South Wales.
originally posted by: hopenotfeariswhatweneed
...goverment working like a well oiled machine once again.
originally posted by: odzeandennz
This belongs in the hoax bin
"the fires were started by arsonists" (as if that nullifies the matter). This nonsense will be ignored by anyone with a remotely scientific background.
originally posted by: Stupidsecrets
Maybe if people would stop trying to live in places that have always been a tinderbox for fires would have an impact?
A 2015 satellite analysis of 113,000 fires from 1997-2009 confirmed what we had known for some time – 40 per cent of fires are deliberately lit, another 47 per cent accidental. This generally matches previous data published a decade earlier that about half of all fires were suspected or deliberate arson, and 37 per cent accidental. Combined, they reach the same conclusion: 87 per cent are man-made…
Almost 100 firebugs have deliberately started blazes across Queensland that have destroyed homes and consumed thousands of hectares of bushland. Some 65 fires continue to burn across the state on Friday, jumping from 55 reported on Thursday, as the fire threat deepens heading into the weekend. As firefighters remain on high alert, police revealed 103 of the destructive fires that have lashed Queensland since September were deliberately lit. Figures obtained by AAP reveal 98 people – 31 adults and 67 juveniles – have been dealt with by Queensland police for deliberately setting fires.