Danielle Angel
02-08-2009, 03:10 AM
Just had to write somewhere how sad I am.
Not far from me (2hrs) whole townships have burnt to the ground in our bush fires. Sadly 3 of my sisters friends have lost their homes, they are 3 of many of 100's of houses burnt to the ground. Forgetting the stock, property loss, there are now 35 persons confirmed dead and many more missing. The fire authorities are sifting through wreckage and not liking what they find fatality wise. Of course the fires are still burning so there are very few concentrating on the sifting efforts. As we slept the fires tore through these communities, there was no warning and no time. There is basically no entry in or out as fallen tress have blocked roads. All efforts aside, this is a difficult situation.
In the last 30mins my house has started filling with smoke with another massive fire no more then 20 mins away at Beachworth. Basically, NSW and VIC have fires everywhere and lives being destroyed as each minute passes. With yesterdays temperature over 47 Degrees Celsius with winds, 40c+ for the last two weeks and a drought it is not very promising bushfire wise, it never was.
In QLD it is the complete opposite with many homes flooded out and many lives destroyed there. I am not keeping up with this obviously with all this fire crap happening.
I am truly so sad, I broke down when I saw that a family of 6 were trapped and burnt in their car. Those poor children! Anyway enough of my dribbling. No point praying lol, time to deal with it and help these people. I will be on high alert to my friends needs and are awaiting their phone calls if necessary for them to ring. I am actually hoping they have canceled local live poker games tonight ... now that's a first and says everything!!:(
Not far from me (2hrs) whole townships have burnt to the ground in our bush fires. Sadly 3 of my sisters friends have lost their homes, they are 3 of many of 100's of houses burnt to the ground. Forgetting the stock, property loss, there are now 35 persons confirmed dead and many more missing. The fire authorities are sifting through wreckage and not liking what they find fatality wise. Of course the fires are still burning so there are very few concentrating on the sifting efforts. As we slept the fires tore through these communities, there was no warning and no time. There is basically no entry in or out as fallen tress have blocked roads. All efforts aside, this is a difficult situation.
In the last 30mins my house has started filling with smoke with another massive fire no more then 20 mins away at Beachworth. Basically, NSW and VIC have fires everywhere and lives being destroyed as each minute passes. With yesterdays temperature over 47 Degrees Celsius with winds, 40c+ for the last two weeks and a drought it is not very promising bushfire wise, it never was.
In QLD it is the complete opposite with many homes flooded out and many lives destroyed there. I am not keeping up with this obviously with all this fire crap happening.
I am truly so sad, I broke down when I saw that a family of 6 were trapped and burnt in their car. Those poor children! Anyway enough of my dribbling. No point praying lol, time to deal with it and help these people. I will be on high alert to my friends needs and are awaiting their phone calls if necessary for them to ring. I am actually hoping they have canceled local live poker games tonight ... now that's a first and says everything!!:(