American network NBC publishes map showing the whole of Australia is on fire. - Polidicks

[img]http://resources2.news.com.au/images/2013/10/24/1226746/114078-153e1882-3c64-11e3-a826-323d4d841c99.jpg[/img] [quote][B]AMERICA, the nation which gave the world 307 Nobel laureates, has today shown that its media is about as smart as one of its famously dopey teen beauty pageant contestants. [/B] In a bizarre map produced by NBC News, pretty much the whole of Australia is depicted as being ablaze this week. You might have thought the bushfires of the past week have been confined largely to New South Wales, but noooo. Not according to NBC they're not.According to NBC, pretty much the entire country is on fire, including vast swathes of Cape York, the entire Darwin region, and vast portions of Western Australia's Great Sandy Desert where you'd be lucky to find two blades of grass to rub together. Now, it turns out there may be an explanation for what appears to be a major cartographical catastrophe. In all likelihood, NBC has taken the image from a Geoscience Australia product called [URL="http://sentinel.ga.gov.au/acres/sentinel/index.shtml"]Sentinel[/URL]. Sentinel is a national bushfire monitoring system which uses satellite data to enable emergency service managers and other users to identify fire locations across Australia. At any given time, the map will show hazard reduction burns, bushfires which pose no threat to life or property, plus of course much more serious bushfires like the ones we've seen this week. That's the mistake which NBC appears to have made. They've taken every fire on the Sentinel map and assumed they are all part of the current emergency. They've also more or less assumed that the whole of Australia is NSW, which is disturbing given the network spent pretty much the whole of the Sydney Olympics camped on the Opera House steps. You'd think they'd have picked up a little Australian geography during their extended stay.Then again, perhaps they thought they were in Austria all along. Or maybe all those kangaroos hopping down George Street left them a little muddled or something.[/quote] [url]http://www.news.com.au/technology/american-network-nbc-publishes-map-showing-the-whole-of-australia-is-on-fire-oops/story-e6frfrnr-1226746114107[/url]

I can confirm this, it's a yearly ritual for us Australians.

I can confirm my flesh burning as I type, thank you NBC for making this aware to the world.

[QUOTE=mr apple;42629774]I can confirm this, it's a yearly ritual for us Australians.[/QUOTE] Your military sets off a huge fire as a yearly ritual? That's awesome.

[QUOTE=mobrockers;42629801]Your military sets off a huge fire as a yearly ritual? That's awesome.[/QUOTE] The American military does that as well, just with your money.

[QUOTE=Reds;42629816]The American military does that as well, just with your money.[/QUOTE] Not American.

[QUOTE=mobrockers;42629845]Not American.[/QUOTE]Don't worry guy, the Dutch Army has a small propane stove designated specifically for this sacred ritual. They did have a big barbeque grill, but that had to be sold for funds that went to the F-35. :(

It's okay, guys, CNN has done worse [video=youtube;Z_d-dhBAl2A]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_d-dhBAl2A[/video] Looking forward to that whole "Carnival" thing you guys have going on, Hong Kong! :dance:

I love how news.com.au is ripping on the yanks for being, and i quote, "98% braindead". The irony.

since Australia is upside down, does this mean that the fires burn into the ground? You guys better be careful, this map suggests you could like detach from the planet if this is the case.

It's not like they don't know; saying "AUSTRALIA IS ON FIRE" is a more grabbing headline.

[QUOTE=mr apple;42629774]I can confirm this, it's a yearly ritual for us Australians.[/QUOTE] I don't know where you're from but this happens weekly here.

[QUOTE=Novangel;42630870]I don't know where you're from but this happens weekly here.[/QUOTE] Pfft. You Australians and your fires. Come to Canada and take a look at ours! Much bigger than yours! *insert evil laugh here*

[QUOTE=Major_Vice;42630819]since Australia is upside down, does this mean that the fires burn into the ground? You guys better be careful, this map suggests you could like detach from the planet if this is the case.[/QUOTE] We're getting off of this planet, and we're going out guns blazing. Except replace guns with fire. Australia introduced gun control laws in 1996, so we weaponized pure fire to compensate.

No more deadly spiders.

[QUOTE=Desuh;42630966]No more deadly spiders.[/QUOTE] Who do you think lit the fires?

[QUOTE=Explosions;42630970]Who do you think lit the fires?[/QUOTE] [img]http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs44/f/2009/141/1/e/Evil_koala_bear_by_franzelano.jpg[/img] Motherfucking Koalas.

[QUOTE=Novangel;42631041][img_thumb]http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs44/f/2009/141/1/e/Evil_koala_bear_by_franzelano.jpg[/img_thumb] Motherfucking Koalas.[/QUOTE] As an Australian, I can confirm this. That koala's fur isn't soaked with water. It produces pure flammable alcohol from its pores. It also lives off this alcohol. It is a self-sustaining alcoholic pyromaniac beast. The Australian government started calling them Flaming Drop Bears (FDBs) about five years ago. We don't go outside for fun anymore. Please send help.

NBC is just jealous that California isn't burning as much.

Honestly the biggest threat around here isn't bushfires, it's those fucking drop bears

[QUOTE=3noneTwo;42631258]It also lives off this alcohol. It is a self-sustaining alcoholic pyromaniac beast[/QUOTE] It is literally Australia incarnate.

I always see stuff about how shitty Fox News is but CNN and NBC don't get enough credit for being shit.

I am thankfully in Victoria (although we have our own bushfire problems) although I do have a very close friend up in NSW. I really hope she'll be alright.

how the hell can the desert be on fire

[QUOTE=Reds;42629799]I can confirm my flesh burning as I type, thank you NBC for making this aware to the world.[/QUOTE] [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/zde6V5r.png[/IMG]

entire country none in best state victoria

Australia is essentially Catachan, the country.

[QUOTE=Flyingman356;42640928]entire country none in best state victoria[/QUOTE] Victoria doesn't even exist, it's just covered up by names.

We even have bushfires where there's no bush. Spontaneously combusting desert rocks.

Anyone else really hates how the article unnecessarily bashes america in general? Like, it was only NBC who made a bizarre mistake, but yet they had to fill the whole article with "wow look at these amerifats theyr so dumb"