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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: Iain on 09 February 2009, 21:01:05
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Bloo*y awfull, poor poor people......
To think some of the fires were started on purpose...
Think the death toll now is about 170 :(
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A topic that's being closely watched in our household, brother in law and his family are in Victoria.
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A topic that's being closely watched in our household, brother in law and his family are in Victoria.
Likewise... my SWTSMBO is a tad worried .. we think they are about 100 miles away .. but no contact for a couple of days ..... :(
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Carol has been in touch with her bro via msn, their local fires have been put out with nearst now being circa 100 miles away.
They're in Rosebud, dunno if that's anywhere near your folks Nige.
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A worrying time for those involved, can't even immagine what it must be like to be honest. :(
Also can not believe that some fires have been started deliberately. :o
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my Mum just got on a plane to go to Australia today :o
Id rather she was in the cold Scottish weather right now
Doug
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Carol has been in touch with her bro via msn, their local fires have been put out with nearst now being circa 100 miles away.
They're in Rosebud, dunno if that's anywhere near your folks Nige.
wow .. that is spooky ...... whilst doing this Chris just got a text from Aus !! Family is all OK .. they are in Bendigo, had a bit of a scare but seems its now under control
Another friend of hers in Geelong (??) apparently e-mailed today .. also OK but has had to lodge a fireplan with some officials ???
From her bruv .. apparently the latest news can be found here ..
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/02/09/2485733.htm
Don't know if that helps or not .. :(
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173 Dead so far, that they know of :o :o :o
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Just can't understand what inspires the dimwits who start these fires :o :o
My feelings go out to anyone who is involved in this and wish the firefighters all the best... Particularly as most of them are volunteers :o
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Very sad, indeed.
A sketchy list of those who are either dead or missing presumed dead is here:
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,25030476-5018723,00.html
The notes beneath the names of the victims really personalise the tragedy, in a chilling way.
Warning: some may find it an upsetting read. :'(
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Very sad, indeed.
A sketchy list of those who are either dead or missing presumed dead is here:
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,25030476-5018723,00.html
The notes beneath the names of the victims really personalise the tragedy, in a chilling way.
Warning: some may find it an upsetting read. :'(
Think I will choose to pass on that. :(
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Very sad, indeed.
A sketchy list of those who are either dead or missing presumed dead is here:
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,25030476-5018723,00.html
The notes beneath the names of the victims really personalise the tragedy, in a chilling way.
Warning: some may find it an upsetting read. :'(
Think I will choose to pass on that. :(
Understood, Mike. Didn't mean to upset you more. :-[
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Very sad, indeed.
A sketchy list of those who are either dead or missing presumed dead is here:
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,25030476-5018723,00.html
The notes beneath the names of the victims really personalise the tragedy, in a chilling way.
Warning: some may find it an upsetting read. :'(
Think I will choose to pass on that. :(
Understood, Mike. Didn't mean to upset you more. :-[
No, not a problem. I appreciate the fact that you warned of the content, I just don't want to know too much detail, of such a tragedy. :)
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My sister and brother in law live in Yackandandah in Victoria, which is about 200 miles north of where the main fires are, but due to the very hot and dry weather (they've had 47C ish) the whole area is like a tinderbox.
When you live out of the main cities, it is sort of an unwritten rule that you join the volunteer fire service. Both my sister and brother in law are in this service.
They have recently had fires near Beechworth and Stanley which are about 20K away from them, but this is a pretty normal occurance at this time of year. What's happening further south is not normal. At times like this they never leave the property together, there will always be one of them there just in case something happens. They have also had to register a plan of their action if the fire does encroach their property, just so the authorities know where people are...
Unfortunately this time of year is what they call the 'Bushfire Season', and fires actually start by bushes and trees 'exploding' in the heat, which starts the process off.
Then you get the other type of fire which is started by the idiots or in this frightening case in South Victoria, 'Murderers'.
I think a lot of us have relatives or friends in Australia, and our thoughts are with them....
BUT north of Sydney they are suffering from the worst storms they've had for years, and people are getting flooded out of their homes.....
What a crazy but lovely country!