Comments on: Ash Saturday http://davec.org/2009/02/ash-saturday/ Has he gone yet? Thu, 02 Sep 2010 15:09:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Dave http://davec.org/2009/02/ash-saturday/comment-page-1/#comment-1701 Dave Mon, 23 Feb 2009 13:23:22 +0000 http://davec.org/?p=277#comment-1701 <p>Very true.</p> <p>The semi-official name for this disaster now seems to be "Black Saturday". However, we might have to think of a better naming scheme in the future. If predictions by climatologists are borne out, as they have been so far, such extreme conditions will start occurring on a regular basis. (If we believe Andrew Bolt, of course, climate science is all lies, and the real villains are the greens. All of them, without qualification.)</p> Very true.

The semi-official name for this disaster now seems to be “Black Saturday”. However, we might have to think of a better naming scheme in the future. If predictions by climatologists are borne out, as they have been so far, such extreme conditions will start occurring on a regular basis. (If we believe Andrew Bolt, of course, climate science is all lies, and the real villains are the greens. All of them, without qualification.)

]]> By: Ben http://davec.org/2009/02/ash-saturday/comment-page-1/#comment-1699 Ben Sat, 21 Feb 2009 13:17:49 +0000 http://davec.org/?p=277#comment-1699 <p>Interestingly, the recent bushfires aren't actually 'Australia's worst natural disaster', as has been parroted by a number of media outlets. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclone_Mahina" rel="nofollow">Cyclone Mahina</a> takes that unfortunate award (although it did occur in 1899, before Federation, which shouldn't make any difference).</p> Interestingly, the recent bushfires aren’t actually ‘Australia’s worst natural disaster’, as has been parroted by a number of media outlets. Cyclone Mahina takes that unfortunate award (although it did occur in 1899, before Federation, which shouldn’t make any difference).

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