{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"PoohsDen","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.ourowncorner.com\/poohsden","author_name":"Vinitha","author_url":"https:\/\/www.ourowncorner.com\/poohsden\/author\/pooh_admin\/","title":"Hazard Reduction Burning in Australia &#8212; PoohsDen","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"qsXzrTLjbo\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ourowncorner.com\/poohsden\/hazard-reduction-burning-in-australia\/\">Hazard Reduction Burning in Australia<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ourowncorner.com\/poohsden\/hazard-reduction-burning-in-australia\/embed\/#?secret=qsXzrTLjbo\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Hazard Reduction Burning in Australia&#8221; &#8212; PoohsDen\" data-secret=\"qsXzrTLjbo\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/www.ourowncorner.com\/poohsden\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","description":"When friends ask me how I find Australia, I tell them the truth &#8211; it is strange, different and exciting. Australia (in particular Gladstone) landscape is something I have never seen before. Eucalyptus trees everywhere, yellow grasslands that remind me of Africa, exotic birds and animals I have associated with zoos, I-cannot-believe-my-eyes kind of coral reefs. It is fascinating and strange.\u00a0I savor the strangeness and launch myself on a mission to learn more about this place and be a part of the strangeness. Spring has sprung this side of the world &#8211; a spring unlike one I have seen before. I associate Spring with a tight buds curled up blooming into colorful flowers, tender green shoots staking claim and tea parties. Unfortunately I did not find anything like that in Gladstone instead I was engulfed in a smoky haze the first week of Spring. I learned about Hazard Reduction Burns. Every Spring, to reduce bush fires during the hot summer months, fuel sources (shrubs, grass etc) are removed. Obviously some of the fuel sources are removed by hand and mechanical clearing. But there is also controlled burning to remove the ground litter. This has been a practice in most of [&hellip;]","thumbnail_url":"http:\/\/www.ourowncorner.com\/poohsden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/IMG_0296.jpg"}