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Serious fire whirl Australia- in real-time
Wild footage at actual speed of the Fire tornado event recorded on September 11 2012 near Mt. Conner Australia (details below)
DETAILS: When this "fire tornado" event was recorded, Cameraman Chris Tangey used both 1080i normal speed and 720P slow motion, changing between them several times over that 40 minute period. This means that until now many shots previously seen on television or online were at 2.5 times slower than they actually were on the day. For the very first time a series of wild clips are precisely corrected back to real-time, or as it happened speed. The furious flickering of the 30 metre tower of fire and winds is now evident and explains Tangeys' quote: "I have never seen anything so big, move so fast, in my life"
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Comment by Jim Conrad on June 19, 2013 at 12:54am
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Sorry, I should have said his FELLOW Aussies!
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No, I don't remember where he was from exactly, but his name was Robert Munday. He taught us how to do the melon roll. We were at the state fire camp and the Canadians showed us the technique. As for being common practice, we Yanks had never heard of it or seen it! My best time was three mins. pretty poor when you consider the Aussies said they have to do it in a minute during training!
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Comment by Peter Parsman on June 18, 2013 at 6:10pm
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Do you mean melon-roll Jim? Yes of course, pretty common practice everywhere I think! Do you know where he was from? btw it is not Territories (plural) here, just Territory
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I just met an Australian firefighter living in Alberta at a training camp on our side of the border. I think he was even from the territories. He taught us how to MELLON hose for transport, do you guys do that?
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Sometimes the conditions surprise a fella! I have seen a few fire whirls but never one as fierce or long lasting. Amazing video. Thanks for posting.
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Probably right Jim, it had come at the end of a record 6 month period of nil rain (mostly through winter) in this semi-desert region. I've spoken to many lay-people who expected it to be a hot day, lots of wind around and for it to have happened in the middle of the day or at least mid-afternoon. Apparently it was none of those, just 77F, nil measurable wind (at ground level anyway) and it happened after 5pm, just 90 minutes before sundown.
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Hmmm I wonder what the Haines Index for the day was? I would say 6
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