I woke this morning to the smell of smoke from the many Bushfires burning around Perth,

The Air is really bad for anyone with a breathing condition such as my wife, who suffers from asthma,

the funny thing is that we had planned to head South in a weeks time, for some clear air,

which is normally cooler by about 10 deg  than Perth at this time of the year.

Well the fires have put paid to that, so I guess we will just have to stay under the air con until the wind changers direction.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-02-06/favourable-weather-helps-firefighters-at-huge-sw-blazes/6074870?section=wa

The situation  in the South has not improved a great deal in the last 24 hours,

A new fire emergency alert has been issued because of the increase in size of a second fire near Boddington ......

 An emergency situation has been declared for the Shires of Boddington, Collie, Harvey, Williams and Waroona in respect of this incident.
 One house and two sheds have been confirmed lost.
 Firefighters have saved a number of assets.
 The fire was reported at 3.13pm on 31 January 2015.
 More than 50,000 hectares have been burnt.
 The cause of the fire is lightning.

K.J.   

-- Edited by kiwijims on Friday 6th of February 2015 10:12:46 AM