“For the first time since #BlackSummer, I unpacked our sizeable #bushfire #EvacuationBag in the middle of #winter, hoping that wet conditions meant there’d be no need to use it.

At last the load of bottled water, photo albums, protective clothing and #BoltCutters (to get through #fences if we need to escape cross-country) wasn’t in the way every time I lost my slippers behind the bedroom door.” — #MichaelBurge

Help is not coming, You are it.

#Australia / #summer / #FirstResponders / #RFS / #NSW / #NewEngland <https://theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/oct/09/rural-bushfire-season-nsw-optus-triple-zero-vital>

#BTW: #ChickenWire is #Horrible; but #BoltCutters are #Grrrreat...!

And, #TheFediverseRemembers...

For #TheLittleFroggies...!

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#NotNews24 | #UnbreaklingSeasonalNotNews... #IT's #DefinitelyNotNews... #OftenLess... #FrequentlyFewer...

#IT's #DefinitelyAutumn...

We will #AlsoAlsoAdd...

#ChickenWire is #Horrible; but, #BoltCutters are #Great... For #TheLittleFroggies...!

Did we #Decide on a #BringYourBestWelliesToWorkDay...?

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It’s terrifyingly easy to sabotage our oil and gas pipeline infrastructure

https://www.fastcompany.com/4021796/its-terrifyingly-easy-to-sabotage-our-oil-and-gas-pipeline-infrastructure

An environmental activist group demonstrated the surprising ease of disrupting the North America oil and gas pipeline system. Armed with nothing more than some bolt cutters and hardhats, a group of five activists simply cut through a few chains and twisted shut the emergency valves at five different cross-border pipelines, located in four …

#BigOil #BigGas #EasilyDisrupted #NorthAmerica #BoltCutters #HardHats #DirectAction #ShutValves