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BBAU 2014 Launch Date 7th/8th September

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Connoisseur said:
Better safe than sorry but seriously BB has never creeped this late into the year before, at Ch 10 it was always a first half of the year program so that obviously never came into consideration.

Bushfires are becoming more frequent and severe though (climate change, global warming etc...) and you can never be certain from year to year of the potential severity of a bushfire around any given area like the BB compound that has a lot of dry vegetation to burn.

You can flippantly dismiss it out of hand all you want but the severity of a bushfire could be on the extreme end of the scale that the BB compound can't be saved, what then?
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Last years fire near the house was man made. In the 14 years the house has been built it has never burnt down. No need to worry.
 
Channel 9 won't reschedule because of that. If it was up to dreamworld it might be a different story
 
might be a good thing if it did though...
as long as nobody got hurt obviously
 
insider06 said:
Last years fire near the house was man made. In the 14 years the house has been built it has never burnt down. No need to worry.
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Look I'm not saying that there's a 99% possibility that it would happen, all I'm saying is that it's best to avoid a risk as much as possible from the outset. If Dreamworld was in a built up area it would not be an issue but since it is in a kinda semi rural location the possibility, however small, is very much there. Not that I'm losing sleep over this, it's something for whoever works at Ch 9 and responsible for BB to consider. :whistling:

In the 14 years the house has been built it has never burnt down
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The same goes for many communities and properties that have been destroyed in bushfires until well, a bushfire goes through the area for the first time. Just because a major bushfire has never occurred in a particular area doesn't mean it never will.
 
I'm sure they have fire plans in place and would have plenty of warning. The house would be evacuated at the first sign of danger, otherwise the law suits would be crippling. There would be absolutely no 'stay and fight' plan.
 
Jam said:
I'm sure they have fire plans in place and would have plenty of warning. The house would be evacuated at the first sign of danger, otherwise the law suits would be crippling. There would be absolutely no 'stay and fight' plan.
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Indeed, with so much of the house being timber construction, you'd get out first.
 
Dreamworld doesn't shut down over the summer because of a bushfire risk so why would they care. I think the worst thing will be that schoolies could potentially be on during the finale.

Would make for a sick wrap up party but nightmare situation if you want to go and attend
 
Jam said:
I'm sure they have fire plans in place and would have plenty of warning. The house would be evacuated at the first sign of danger, otherwise the law suits would be crippling. There would be absolutely no 'stay and fight' plan.
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Would make the weekly task more interesting.

Agree though it's an irrelevence - it happened, they were very lucky. Procedures which would have already been in place would I'm sure have been looked at again just to make sure they can evacuate quickly and easily if needs be, but they hope they never need to and certainly don't plan the series around the possibility. (Side note but BB Israel has had to cancel two planned evictions and has a safe room in the house due to current events)


Back on topic though and can't see The Block and BB working back to back for too long - a week or two at best. If they were both still half an hour long it would be fine, but even if scheduled for an hour each you'd probably be looking at a two and a half hour stint. Not that you have to watch both of course, but you'd be forced to watch the last 15 minutes of the Block most nights by Nine employing the usual delaying tactics I'm sure.
 
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meandyou said:
Get over the brushfire, it has nothing to do with the launch date, and it's boring
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Nobody is forcing anyone to read it. Anything I find boring (which there is plenty in a reality forum) I skim over, simple for those who have the brain capacity to do so that is.

Jam said:
I'm sure they have fire plans in place and would have plenty of warning. The house would be evacuated at the first sign of danger, otherwise the law suits would be crippling. There would be absolutely no 'stay and fight' plan.
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The point I'm making is that it'd be disastrous for a reality show based on keeping housemates secluded from 'society' to no longer have the complex to do so. Not something not that difficult to grasp I would've thought but yet posters kept on chiming given the impression it went over their heads. I've never inferred that Ch 9 would just let them die in a fire for the sake of the authenticity of the show. lol
 
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Connoisseur said:
Nobody is forcing anyone to read it. Anything I find boring (which there is plenty in a reality forum) I skim over, simple for those who have the brain capacity to do so that is.
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If your so inclined to bore people to death start a appropriate topic and stop hijacking this one
 
I'm being polite by responding to those who've commented on my posts that are relevant to this thread, you know the BB house and what could affect its schedule. It'd be easier if you just ignore my posts, just a thought.
 
Connoisseur said:
I'm being polite by responding to those who've commented on my posts that are relevant to this thread, you know the BB house and what could affect its schedule. It'd be easier if you just ignore my posts, just a thought.
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No, I like your posts normally, move along nothing to see here.
 
As a well trained volunteer bush fire fighter and having visited the house and living in the region I can say with some sort of certainty that bushfire is not a particular concern for the BB house.

My reasons are as follows:
  • The humidity is relatively high year round in South East Qld, typically you'd need a run of weeks with <8% relative humidity to achieve the conditions required for a bushfire, this is not the case for the Gold Coast. Sure freak fires can still occur, like the previous fire but typically the weather conditions are just not right for dangerous bushfires in SEQ
  • The fuel load is low. As has been previously mentioned you need a high fuel load on the ground to fuel a bushfire. Surprisingly trees don't burn really well, it takes a lot of effort to start one burning so without the ground fuel load there is no bushfire. Given the recent fires there and burn-off efforts through the off season there is insufficient fuel on the ground to sustain a bushfire that would threaten the house.
  • There is a sufficient clearing/fire break between the house and the bushland. If you actually visit the house, while it appears to be in dense bushland it's really not. There are significant clearings between the house and the nearby bushland as per the fire regulations in Qld.
  • The house is fully equipped with fire suppression equipment in the event of a major fire. If you've been to the house you'll clearly see the fire suppression equipment throughout the house, so in the event of a fire it would be contained quickly.
  • The house meets fire regress standards, so if all the above fails the HMs would easily be able to escape without much worry for their safety.
So in summary, yes Australia gets bad bushfires, I've fought them and can tell you they are BAD! These fires happen on the Southern East coast not the Central and Northern East coast. The Dreamworld location for the BB house is in a very low risk of a fire area and while there have been bushfires in Coomera none have even come close to threatening the BB house even though they came within a couple of hundred metres of the house. The house is built on a swampland and it's surrounded by water, the stuff there just doesn't burn well.

TL: DR Nothing to see here move on. Fire is very unlikely at the BB house.
 
I'm not the one in charge of making scheduling decisions for Ch 9 programs so it beats me why expressing concern about bushfires as merely a viewer of the show has unsettled so many. Relax I was just putting it out there, it can run though the whole of fire season if that's what your collective hearts desire and any misgivings I have about doing so won't make an iota of difference.
 
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