Stephen observed the other night that the CFA website is showing that Saturday is expected to have a fairly elevated fire danger rating. The weather predictions aren't calling for a hot day - the high is supposed to be around 25C - but it is going to be windy. It's surprising; I wouldn't have expected a rating of "very high" so late in April - but there you are.
The ban on outdoor burning was lifted last week - and so the hills have been smokey as people have been hurrying to clear their properties of dried debris from the trees. A friend who works for the CFA told me recently that most of their call outs are for burn-offs on private properties which get out of control. Saturday is normally a day when outdoor burning is permitted, but I almost hope the CFA will declare a ban - after the summer we've had, the CFA folks deserve to have a quiet, uneventful weekend.
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