Black Summer and Pyrocumulonimbus clouds

Pyrocumulonimbus (pyroCb) clouds are thunderstorms that occasionally form above intense bushfire and transport smoke into the stratosphere

"PyroCb events are important sources of stratospheric aerosol. During the Australian forest fires in 2019/2020, such convective plumes transported quantities of smoke into the tropopause region comparable to those of a large volcanic eruption. In this study, we investigate the heat emission threshold at which wildfire plumes transition into pyroCbs."
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Impact of Sensible Heating and Water Vapor Emission on Pyro-Convective Plume Characteristics
https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2025JD043552
#FossilFuels #bushfires #Fires20192020 #fires #thunderstorms #smoke #stratosphere #PyrocumulonimbusClouds #pyroCb #ClimateDisruption #BlackSummer

#BlackSummer (2019-2021)

In the dark, early days of a zombie apocalypse, complete strangers band together to find the strength they need to survive and get back to loved ones.
#ZombieApocalypse #FilmMastodon

Trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQA1omPJN24

“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>

After climate disasters - the ongoing 'post-event'.

"Health organisations are calling for a more proactive approach to disaster support, including permanent resilience teams. Some Mallacoota residents are still without homes, five years on from the devastating Black Summer fires.
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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09-23/mallacoota-builders-struggle-five-years-after-black-summer-fires/105562838
#FossilFuels #disasters #bushfires #BlackSummer #floods #governance #ClimateBreakdown