With the Victorian bushfires recently, and still today, there have been hundreds of homes lost. Thousands of lives have been disrupted. I'm glad to report that disaster was averted yesterday in the Frugal household. Yes, the Internet connection was reinstated without bloodshed.
I went to use the computer last night and check the football score for a match in progress. Oddly the page wouldn't load. I had been checking my emails so I knew that the Internet connection should be made. After resetting the modem and still not being able to connect I started to wonder. Then I realised that The Boy had had three friends over from school and they'd been running around playing guns, etc. I looked at the extension cable for the modem and for some reason the plug on one side was sticking out a bit further than the other side. Pushed it back in and hey presto. We have Internet. Disaster averted.
The disaster would have occurred when my missus went to use the computer and couldn't check her Websites. She doesn't like computers much and when they don't work she would have gone ballistic. Little bit of a temper, has my wife.
Phew. That was a close one.
Showing posts with label bushfire. Show all posts
Showing posts with label bushfire. Show all posts
Friday, February 27, 2009
Sunday, February 15, 2009
Arsonists - Time To Reinstate The Death Penalty
Temperature 44-47 degrees celsius. Middle of summer. Winds up to 100km/h. Countryside bone dry. Perfect weather for the arsonist to ply his trade.
A couple of days later and 181 people lay dead with a death toll expected to reach 300. This is the greatest loss of life since the Ash Wednesday bushfires which claimed 75 lives. I seem to recall seeing the smoke from those fires as they weren't too far away.
Not all of the deaths occurred due to arson but police suspect that there could be 30 people has died as a result of one arsonist-lit fire alone.
It's quite senseless. And so is the fact that anyone found guilty of lighting a fire deliberately and causing loss of any life is not able to be put to death. I don't think there is a place in our society for these people and we should not have to pay anything to maintain them in jail, even if it is for the rest of their life.
Bring back the death penalty. It won't bring anyone back but the arsonist certainly won't have the opportunity to ruin anyone else's life.
A couple of days later and 181 people lay dead with a death toll expected to reach 300. This is the greatest loss of life since the Ash Wednesday bushfires which claimed 75 lives. I seem to recall seeing the smoke from those fires as they weren't too far away.
Not all of the deaths occurred due to arson but police suspect that there could be 30 people has died as a result of one arsonist-lit fire alone.
It's quite senseless. And so is the fact that anyone found guilty of lighting a fire deliberately and causing loss of any life is not able to be put to death. I don't think there is a place in our society for these people and we should not have to pay anything to maintain them in jail, even if it is for the rest of their life.
Bring back the death penalty. It won't bring anyone back but the arsonist certainly won't have the opportunity to ruin anyone else's life.
Saturday, January 17, 2009
What Do You Do When The Forecast Is For 42 Degrees Celsius?
What do you do when the forecast temperature is 42 degrees C? Most normal people would go to work or those still on holidays might sleep in before lounging around the house for the day. In both cases you would expect the air conditioning to be put on.
The temperature reached 41.8 C when we went for our lunchtime walk. Some bastard had lit a fire in Kings Park at 6:30 in the morning. That's what he decided to do on a hot day. There wasn't a lot of smoke about as t had been contained pretty well.
Later that afternoon at 4pm it was ablaze again. We were having a sundowner at work so I decided to have a few drinks and play some pool before grabbing some photos of the smoke. It had died down a bit in the the two hours that I was busy but you get some idea of the fire.
Bushfire in Kings Park on 42 degrees Celsius day.
What a bloody jerk. Shooting is too good for him.
The temperature reached 41.8 C when we went for our lunchtime walk. Some bastard had lit a fire in Kings Park at 6:30 in the morning. That's what he decided to do on a hot day. There wasn't a lot of smoke about as t had been contained pretty well.
Later that afternoon at 4pm it was ablaze again. We were having a sundowner at work so I decided to have a few drinks and play some pool before grabbing some photos of the smoke. It had died down a bit in the the two hours that I was busy but you get some idea of the fire.
Bushfire in Kings Park on 42 degrees Celsius day.What a bloody jerk. Shooting is too good for him.
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