Surviving Disasters Past: The Black Summer Fires

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🗓️ 13 November 2025

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Surviving Disasters Past – The Australian “Black Summer” Bushfires, 2019–2020 📄 Episode DescriptionIn the summer of 2019–2020, Australia faced a fire season unlike anything in modern history. Fueled by extreme heat, drought, and high winds, the “Black Summer” bushfires scorched more than 46 million acres, destroyed thousands of homes, and killed or displaced nearly three billion animals. Entire towns were surrounded by walls of flame, skies turned blood red, and thousands were forced to flee to beaches to escape the inferno. In this episode, we look at what happened, how people survived the unstoppable fires, and what preppers today can learn about bugging out, fire awareness, and resilience in a world growing hotter and drier. 🧱 Episode Breakdown🔥 What Happened – How record heat, drought, and high winds turned scattered bushfires into megafires that burned for 79 days and reshaped the continent.🚨 Survival Lessons – The hard truths from Black Summer: when to leave, how fast fire can move, and why hesitation kills.⚙ Modern Prepper Takeaway – Building a “fire-season” go bag, prepping your vehicle, and protecting your home like a firefighter.🌫 Anytime a Wildfire Threatens – Real-world evacuation and sheltering steps that can save your life when seconds matter. 🎧 Podcast Sponsors Prepper Disk - What happens when the internet goes dark? Prepper Disk keeps knowledge online - even when you’re offline - with Wikipedia, maps, first aid, repair guides, and more. https://www.prepperdisk.com/casualpreppers BattlBox – The monthly subscription box packed with outdoor, survival, and EDC gear — not samples and junk. Get 15% off your first box at Survive.BattlBox.com/CasualPreppers LMNT – A tasty electrolyte drink mix with everything you need and nothing you don’t. Get your free sample pack with any purchase at DrinkLMNT.com/CasualPreppers M.A.D. Gear – Get the ReadyPlan app, your all-in-one digital emergency planner. Organize communication, gear, and evacuation routes — all in one place. Use code CASUALPREPPERS for a discount. #StaySurvived

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0:00.0	The threat of disaster is never pleasant.
0:04.9	Welcome to the casual preppers podcast.
0:07.6	These safety measures are essential.
0:09.5	The only place for prepping, survival, and entertainment.
0:12.8	This will be your source of survival instructions and information.
0:16.7	Every member of the family must be coached in the business of survival.
0:20.6	Here are your hosts.
0:22.0	Cam and Kobe.
0:24.9	Foyer.
0:26.0	Foyer.
0:26.9	Talk about fire.
0:28.3	Black summer fire.
0:29.6	The black summer fire.
0:31.2	Bushfire.
0:32.0	Bush.
0:33.2	2019.
0:34.3	Ruse.
0:34.9	Joeys.
0:36.9	Yep. Nicole Kidman. Yeah, there you go. Nicole Kidman. Silver Chia. That's it. Yeah. So that's, that's it. That's the whole episode. Welcome. Thanks for joining us. Go visit our sponsors. We'll see you later. Wrapped wrapped it all up a bunch of people and
0:55.4	randomness thanks for downloading
0:57.5	this is your first it's probably your last
1:01.6	thanks for joining us what's that noise that your
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