Support Australia!

[Nestama]

Yeah, in the other thread talking 'bout housing demolition I mostly said it'd be a nice thing of SE to do. Defo like the idea of them using Renewable Energies and such, though. That'd be the better thing to do.

Just donate to Red Cross (or other legitimate charity groups) if you want to show support. Having SE spend time on making a mount, putting on the Mogstation and then not getting the funds for the work they did is a bit... eeeeh. Heart in right place, but... better to directly donate and not expect something out of it.

[RitsukoSonoda]

Are Australians even afraid of the brush fires? I mean there's all kinds of other things down there that can cause havoc and kill people.

I have a friend down there not close to the fires themselves but close enough to complain about the smoke. He reports there hasn't been instances of things like giant spiders mutated by eating the brush fire running into populated areas yet.

[Lium]

What is Australia's position on climate change?

[hasana]

Since OP was 80 but he only posted 1 message I was curious about how long he has been playing the game and so I checked is character and I found something very interesting: He owns the flying cloud from 2017 or so https://eu.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodes...5112495/mount/ and to my knowledge this mount was not made purchasable meaning he is far from being a new player. And since 2017 there were some disasters.
Some of you guys might remember that they stop housing demolition until 4.2 at some point for a similar reason and according to the lodestone https://eu.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodes...33e139e9792abf 4.2 came out in january 2018.

Yet OP only made 1 post here with the well being of fellow Australians in mind asking for a very specific mount.

[TitanMen]

Since OP was 80 but he only posted 1 message I was curious about how long he has been playing the game and so I checked is character and I found something very interesting: He owns the flying cloud from 2017 or so https://eu.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodes...5112495/mount/ and to my knowledge this mount was not made purchasable meaning he is far from being a new player. And since 2017 there were some disasters.
Some of you guys might remember that they stop housing demolition until 4.2 at some point for a similar reason and according to the lodestone https://eu.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodes...33e139e9792abf 4.2 came out in january 2018.

Yet OP only made 1 post here with the well being of fellow Australians in mind asking for a very specific mount.

Please don't shame wildfire victims. They are already suffering gravely from climate change, climate denial, climate inequality, and climate segregation. Climate minorities (people of color, LGBT, female, low-income, non-binary etc.) are often those who are most powerless to confront climate change. The least we can do is to help them by switching to renewable energy sources instead of trying to question victims of climate aggression. This isn't a law court. Please show some compassion to Australians currently suffering from climate change, climate denial, climate inequality, and climate segregation.

[Barraind]

The wildfires are caused by

Arson.

Theyve arrested 200 people so far for their part in it, all of whom have received payments in the last 3 months from an organization known to fund political extremism.

[Iscah]

Arson.

Theyve arrested 200 people so far for their part in it, all of whom have received payments in the last 3 months from an organization known to fund political extremism.

Would you like to provide a source for that claim?

It's the first I've heard of it, and it sounds very "conspiracy theory"-esque.

[Iscah]

Are Australians even afraid of the brush fires? I mean there's all kinds of other things down there that can cause havoc and kill people.

I have a friend down there not close to the fires themselves but close enough to complain about the smoke. He reports there hasn't been instances of things like giant spiders mutated by eating the brush fire running into populated areas yet.

Not "brush fires", bushfires - ie. forest fires, across several states, and when we've already been in drought for some time. They are far more dangerous than the animals that people like to make a big deal about. An entire region was evacuated because of it.

The images coming from the fires themselves are terrifying, as is the map of how big an area is affected. I'm fortunate to be nowhere near it, but there was thick smoke haze over the city yesterday that looked like fog.

What is Australia's position on climate change?

Our prime minister's position is to keep his head in the sand as long as possible (preferably in Hawaii), and wonder why people in bushfire-affected communities don't want to shake his hand when he comes to visit...

For everyone else, this may finally serve as a wake-up call.

[Nestama]

Would you like to provide a source for that claim?

It's the first I've heard of it, and it sounds very "conspiracy theory"-esque.

They're mistaking legal action with arrests. Only 24 arrests have been made for those who have deliberately started fires. The rest are legal actions against people not complying with fire bans and being silly with their cigarettes and matches. As for this 'political extremism' nonsense, I'm gonna guess that's just FaceBook, Twitter and/or Reddit nonsense.

Source on that info is from the NSW Police Force FaceBook.

[Barraind]

Would you like to provide a source for that claim?

It's the first I've heard of it, and it sounds very "conspiracy theory"-esque.

Heres a sample, starting in November and running until current. Theres more stories, but several sources are paywalled.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-50568026
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-11-...fires/11717444
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nat...a6d53c66391516
https://twitter.com/7NewsSydney/stat...ting-bushfires
https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/austra...tarters-in-nsw


Current speculation is that 85% of the fires in Queensland, NSW, Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania have been arson, and a few of the remainder are accidental due to cigarettes. This includes 183 arson arrests and more detained on suspicion.