Topic: fire
Massive fires in Somerset West and Helderberg area
February 28, 2009 by evl
The fires are now coming closer to Erinvale. Check out the photos of the fire in Somerset West
Farm in danger, Somerset West and Sir Lowry's pass fire
February 24, 2009 by evl
Watching from the viewpoint on Sir Lowry's pass we saw this farm house or barn being in danger of the fire. I left before I could see what happened next but I am sure it got closer.
At the end I think the fire did not get to the big barn.
Helderberg Mountains burning close to the Signal towers
The fire reached the mountain this afternoon and it was going up the mountain to the signal tower, if the fire reaches that tower most of Cape Town will be without cellphone signal or radio signal
Farmer's truck and fighting the fire in Gordons Bay
February 24, 2009 by evl
I am not exactly sure what to call this area. Must be part of Sir Lowry's pass but I guess it does not matter. Here we see the farmer fighting the fire, they look really tired and must of been fighting the fire all night as it seemed.
Somerset West fire, close to Sir lowry's pass
February 24, 2009 by evl
The entire hill was orange and the skies turned dark as the fire moved to Sir Lowry's pass from Somerset West. Unbelievable big fire that has been burning for two weeks.
How government is endangering Cape towns unique flora species
February 18, 2009 by Daizy
Cape Towns flora areas are one of the few that is registered as an World Heritage site. They are unique to this South Africa you can find thousands of different species just in one small area. These plants are called Fynbos. And it is being severely mismanaged.
You have probably read a couple of times of Cape fires, which we get often. But when I was a little girl there was something called controlled fires, especially for the fynbos. If you look at the mountains you can see 'fire roads' which separates the bush in blocks. Too understand why the previous government made these roads there is something you have to understand of fynbos, it needs to burn every 7 years to germinate the seeds. This is very true for our national flower the Protea which cannot survive without it. Now the old government understood this and also that these mountains will burn no matter what you do because it burned long before we where here.
What the government has failed to do is keep this up. The fire roads has basically disappeared and there are some people building in those areas where fire is most likely to occur. And most of all they have stopped the annual burnings and when it burns they try to put it out. There are some areas where the mountains have been so ravaged by fire the flowers aren't growing back because they have been burned to many times. Remember Proteas cycle is every 7 years the whole ecosystem is messed up because the cycle has changed. Because the bush is just left to grown and foreign plant species are brought in, it's not controlled. Where in the past it was. The fact is we should not have so many fires it's because the plants is growing out of control that we do.
Gordons bay fire and helicopter with sign in background
January 8, 2009 by evl
This is a pretty cool photo because it has the sign that they want to remove from the mountain. I think it has grown on everyone and its part of helderberg. I wonder how the mountain will look without that sign. Anway, you can see the smoke from the Gordons bay fires in the background as well and this helicopter rushing to the fire.
Al Quaeda blames Barack Obama for Israel-Gaza conflict
January 7, 2009 by Daizy
Seeing that the conflict goes back to 1960 I cannot fathom why they can blame him. Apparently they believe it's Obama's present to Israel. Huh?! Ok how can a war that was started by Hamas even remotely be blamed on Obama or America.The way the Muslims continue to think that the world revolves around hating them, is seriously clouding their judgment. Hamas continual rocket fire into Israel started this current battle, not Obama. Then they people argue put Hamas has the right to be angry because they live in a segregated community. Now flashback to when the border was made and the Israeli's was forcefully removed from their homes to give it to the Palestinians, all the Arab countries agreed upon the boundaries. Actually everyone was happy to force Israel into giving Gaza to the Palestinians. What a mistake. The Israeli's created and oasis where there was desert. They built all the hospitals and schools they had flourishing greenhouses. Where is all those things? Destroyed by Hamas for some inexplicable reason. Their hate so much stronger than their common sense. I saw on tv how the Israeli settlers cried over they're homes and farms as they where being forced from their homes. Back then it was green and beautiful now it's becoming desert again.
Green houses before Palestinians took over Gaza
They burned them all 14$million worth greenhouses destroyed for arms smuggling tunnels.
