Comments on: The fire http://airminded.org/2009/02/10/the-fire-2/ Airpower and British society, 1908-1941 Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:15:39 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: david tiley http://airminded.org/2009/02/10/the-fire-2/comment-page-1/#comment-97158 david tiley Mon, 16 Feb 2009 22:06:15 +0000 http://airminded.org/?p=1263#comment-97158 The picture is shifting now, but I guessed then that some people who died trying to escape never intended to go. They wanted to fight but the house caught fire completely and they were trapped. But now we are hearing more and more stories about people who simply didnt know it was coming, or who were overwhelmed by the speed. And something went badly wrong with the communications system. The picture is shifting now, but I guessed then that some people who died trying to escape never intended to go. They wanted to fight but the house caught fire completely and they were trapped.

But now we are hearing more and more stories about people who simply didnt know it was coming, or who were overwhelmed by the speed. And something went badly wrong with the communications system.

]]> By: Brett Holman http://airminded.org/2009/02/10/the-fire-2/comment-page-1/#comment-97137 Brett Holman Mon, 16 Feb 2009 15:29:46 +0000 http://airminded.org/?p=1263#comment-97137 David: I'm not sure I take your meaning. Pretty much by definition they left it too late, since there was obviously some earlier point in time when they could have escaped to safety. The question is would they or perhaps could they (given the incredible speed of the firefront) have known by that point that they should have left? David:

I’m not sure I take your meaning. Pretty much by definition they left it too late, since there was obviously some earlier point in time when they could have escaped to safety. The question is would they or perhaps could they (given the incredible speed of the firefront) have known by that point that they should have left?

]]> By: david tiley http://airminded.org/2009/02/10/the-fire-2/comment-page-1/#comment-96958 david tiley Fri, 13 Feb 2009 13:27:13 +0000 http://airminded.org/?p=1263#comment-96958 That 1851 picture is a great reminder that this goes far back into our colonial history. From some of the survivor accounts, it seems that people were sometimes trapped between a burning house and a burning landscape and then tried to escape in their cars. I am not sure that all of those terrible burnt vehicles with the incident tape on them come from people who planned to go but left it too late. Interesting too that the announcement of a Royal Commission is a repeat of 1939 - the Stretton Commission was in the field just three weeks after the fire. That 1851 picture is a great reminder that this goes far back into our colonial history. From some of the survivor accounts, it seems that people were sometimes trapped between a burning house and a burning landscape and then tried to escape in their cars. I am not sure that all of those terrible burnt vehicles with the incident tape on them come from people who planned to go but left it too late.

Interesting too that the announcement of a Royal Commission is a repeat of 1939 – the Stretton Commission was in the field just three weeks after the fire.

]]> By: JDK http://airminded.org/2009/02/10/the-fire-2/comment-page-1/#comment-96943 JDK Fri, 13 Feb 2009 06:43:26 +0000 http://airminded.org/?p=1263#comment-96943 Good post Brett. It's the topic of conversation and action across Victoria. While the good deeds can't bring those lost back, they can help with as lot else. We are doing what we can. Good post Brett. It’s the topic of conversation and action across Victoria. While the good deeds can’t bring those lost back, they can help with as lot else. We are doing what we can.

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