These channels guide rainwater into two open retention ponds either side of the entry, and into protected tanks beneath the house. This also helps protect the house in a bushfire, as it means the fire can't penetrate from beneath. When bushfires strike, the risk to life is highest when p...
If you live in a bushfire-prone area, with ahigh risk of damage to transmission lines, consider talking to your neighbors about installing a community-scale battery. These are neighborhood-scale facilities that enable people to store solar power and share it when needed. Regardless of whether yo...
While a short-lived blackout is usually just a minor inconvenience, prolonged power outages can cause significant disruptions to your way of life and even put people at risk. Having no refrigeration for extended periods or power for critical medical devices can be life-threatening for some. It ...
This weekend we visited four different libraries and the library with the best Halloween decorations was Waverley Library!! ️🦇🎃🐈⬛ Otto had his very first Judo grading!! He's so proud of his new belt Otto trying out some more paper
People living in Australia are highly exposed to risks from extreme weather events including floods, bushfires and tropical cyclones. Communication is crucial in emergencies, to prepare for risks, warn people, reduce impacts, save lives and increase resilience. Social media has become increasingly ...
the craziest thing happened. The burned ash from the bushfires surrounding Sydney rained down on us on Bondi Beach. And worried about carbon emissions -- not viral transmissions -- we were already wearing masks. The air was so choked by a plume of smoke that was so big that it reached ...
However, what people say they want and what they actually do can often be two very different things. Austrian Airlines have been offering carbon offsetting for some time but fewer than 1% of passengers pay to offset their carbon emissions[3]. Similarly, KLM offers a CO2ZERO scheme for carbon...
in one place.And pack a go-bag. What you pack will depend on the biggest threats in your area -- a go-bag looks different if you're packing it in earthquake-prone San Francisco or for a bushfire-prone house in Australian bush. But having everything in one spot will be a lifesaver ...
“They [rural profile] have a good memory of associationism, of working in the field… These people are the ones who put their hands to their heads, thinking, ‘How can it be that [urbanites] want to go to the middle of the mountain in a residential area?’ But it also must be sai...
For example, Rappold et al. reported an increase in hospital admissions for cardiopulmonary disease (e.g. asthma, COPD, pneumonia, heart failure) during a peat wildfire event in North Carolina, USA [73]. Similarly, Morgan et al. identified an association between the levels of bushfire PM ...