[Taxacom] Extinction by fire

[John Grehan]

A friend of mine has just driven towards Sydney to get away from the
atmospheric conditions. He described the worst of it as "Imagine a pea soup
fog comprised of smoke that created a orange glow, and its on the money." I
just realized that he is an actual example of a climate change refugee -
even if only temporary.

John Grehan

On Wed, Jan 1, 2020 at 3:55 PM Leonie Stanberg via Taxacom <
taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu> wrote:

> Sydney City NYE fireworks were about money, the economy & tourism.
> Not about common sense.
>
> We have a total fire ban.
>
> Fireworks were cancelled in many of the major Sydney suburban centres eg
> Parramatta (25 km from city CBD), Liverpool (26 km) & Campbelltown (42 km).
>
> Fireworks were cancelled in our Capital City - Canberra (located within the
> state of  NSW).
>
> A laser show would be far more sensible.
>
> Leonie Stanberg
>
>
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> Date: Wed, 1 Jan 2020 02:30:25 -0500
> From: John Grehan <calabar.john at gmail.com>
> To: taxacom <taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu>
> Subject: [Taxacom] Extinction by fire
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> Lately there has been a lot of attention given to the deliberate burning of
> forests in Brazil, but it seems that the fires in Australia may also be
> having an immense destructive impact on species survival. There may be
> Australians on this list who are much better versed on the situation than
> I, but I am receiving some rather horrifying communications from Australian
> colleagues to the effect that major habitats are just disappearing up in
> smoke and all the species with it. More worrying is the seeming
> indifference at certain quarters that this may well be a new situation of
> unprecedented loss going into the future. Still, apparently did not put off
> major fireworks (and more smoke) for the New Year. She'll be right mate - I
> guess.
>
> John Grehan
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