PSA

After the terrible news of at least 8 dead (including 4 young children) in the South Australia fires, all of whom were incinerated in their cars while trying to escape, just wanted to remind the Aussies of a couple of the cardinal rules.
You either evacuate early
or
IF CAUGHT IN FIRE, DRIVING - Shelter in Car

* Don't drive into or near bushfires. If caught in a bushfire don't drive through flames or thick smoke.
* Stop at a clearing or roadside in a low vegetation area. Turn ignition off, and hazard lights and headlights on.
* Stay inside unless near safe shelter. Keep vents, windows and doors closed. Lie inside, below window level, under a woollen blanket until fire-front passes.
* After the main fire-front passes, if heat or fumes inside become severe, get out and move to already burnt ground, keeping your whole body covered.
* The petrol tank is unlikely to explode in the period you need to stay in the car while being shielded from the deadly radiant heat of the fire-front.

Maybe it wouldn't have saved these people, but it is well known that trying to drive through a bushfire is a death sentence.

PSA

After the terrible news of at least 8 dead (including 4 young children) in the South Australia fires, all of whom were incinerated in their cars while trying to escape, just wanted to remind the Aussies of a couple of the cardinal rules.
You either evacuate early
or
IF CAUGHT IN FIRE, DRIVING - Shelter in Car

* Don't drive into or near bushfires. If caught in a bushfire don't drive through flames or thick smoke.
* Stop at a clearing or roadside in a low vegetation area. Turn ignition off, and hazard lights and headlights on.
* Stay inside unless near safe shelter. Keep vents, windows and doors closed. Lie inside, below window level, under a woollen blanket until fire-front passes.
* After the main fire-front passes, if heat or fumes inside become severe, get out and move to already burnt ground, keeping your whole body covered.
* The petrol tank is unlikely to explode in the period you need to stay in the car while being shielded from the deadly radiant heat of the fire-front.

Maybe it wouldn't have saved these people, but it is well known that trying to drive through a bushfire is a death sentence.

(no subject)

Why the hell am I writing CJ/Toby??? I can't write Toby.
*bangs head*

(no subject)

Why the hell am I writing CJ/Toby??? I can't write Toby.
*bangs head*