Western District fires — history repeats itself, again

There's an old saying "those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it", George Santayana.

This posting is a work in progress before I advertise its presence.

The fires of this last weekend 17–18 March 2018 in the Western District, Victoria, as shown on the Vic Emergency notification web site as at 1326 hrs on 20 March 2018.

We've been here before, notably Ash Wednesday 1983.

What did we learn? A lot from CFA's investigation of the major fires including Cudgee–Ballangeich and more about this as I develop this posting. Maybe it's more about what we've forgotten or has not been passed down through the years since.

Meantime, I'm happy to take any comments that may assist in developing this posting.

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