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They Set The Fire and Watch Us Burn
2020: The undeniable travesty of government inaction and neglect.
Climate scientists warned the Australian government for over a decade
In 2008, the Garnaut Climate Change Review stated: Projections of fire weather suggest 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.
At the start of 2019, climate scientists, meteorologists, and firefighters attempted to raise concern, but the government refused meetings and barred the federally funded experts from mentioning “climate change”. The forced silence motivated a coalition of retired fire and emergency service chiefs from every state and territory, but their pleas were ignored. Concerned for Australians and the environment, the coalition addressed the public via the media, but the Murdoch dominated outlets ridiculed and killed their voice.
19 million hectares (46,950,023 acres) of forests evaporated
The plumes of smoke emitted from the intense bushfires generated their own weather conditions. The pyro-cumulonimbus clouds created firestorms (fire thunderstorms), fire tornados, lightning, and strong winds that carried embers across the dry land. Clouds rained fire.
