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Bush Fires in Australia leave many dead. (Prayers required)

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  • Started 3 years ago by Moonshadow_NZ
  • Latest reply from Pollys_Mum_in_UK_2605
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  1. NZ has offered to send 100 firefighters to assist with this tragedy. We are also entering our own extreme fire season and have had several already with many properties lost but on nowhere the scale of Australia. In my own area we are at extreme fire danger.

    Posted 3 years ago by Moonshadow_NZ #

  2. Please stay safe, MS. Does your area have an emergency evacuation plan in case that is ever needed?

    Posted 3 years ago by Kitten Whisperer #

  3. as seen from space,Gosh!
    http://freepressinternational.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/vict_amo.gif

    Posted 3 years ago by Buttercup #

  4. Bless the NZ firemen as they leave to help with the fires. My prayers are also with those affected. As requested I think this needs to stay near the top.

    Posted 3 years ago by SoxsMom #

  5. I donated,just FYI the Australian dollar is about$ 0.6693 again the US dollar. I donated $10 and it amounts to about $6.

    Posted 3 years ago by Buttercup #

  6. I think it might be the other way round, BC (ie an Australian dollar is worth about 66 US cents). I just checked on xe.com (currency converter) and it said $10 US should be just about $15 Aus. The Down Under currencies are not usually as strong as your dollar. So you have given much more than you know!

    Posted 3 years ago by jcat #

  7. Jcat,he Australian Red Cross would only let me donate in Australian dollars though,I will probably go back and donate more now that I know the exchange.

    Posted 3 years ago by Buttercup #

  8. How sad. The story about the heatwave and the thread with that poor koala bear had me worried. Then these fires. All of those people and all of the emergency rescue workers are in my prayers. I am also praying for rain and cooler temperatures.

    Posted 3 years ago by krazikat #

  9. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29067017/

    I do hope that no one actually helped set these fires, sigh.

    Posted 3 years ago by AZDEBRA 5/27 & crew #

  10. KW, MS's evacuation plan is probably run to the beach or harbor, they're close enough.
    Being serious though there is Civil Defence plans in place for everything from tsunami's to fire's to floods. There are regular evacuation points and most likely if there were fires the suggestion probably would be head for the beaches.
    My thoughts are with the aussies.

    Posted 3 years ago by Airyshone #

  11. Here's a good explanation about why the Australian bush fires are so destructive. We don't get them like that in NZ as we tend to have more evergreen trees.

    http://www.skwirk.com/p-c_s-57_u-479_t-1306_c-5027/bushfires-and-bushfires-in-australia/qld/bushfires-and-bushfires-in-australia/disasters/natural-hazards

    Unfortunately Deb some of these fires will almost certainly have been started by arsonists and as the Australian Prime Minister said what else can you call those people but mass murderers. Hopefully they will be brought to justice.

    Posted 3 years ago by Moonshadow_NZ #

  12. Well, that's good, MS, because I'm over an hour's drive away from the beach so I really don't think running there in the case of a bushfire is a viable option. I could just about manage to run to the local swimming pool, two streets away...

    Seeing Kevin Rudd just about break down on the news was sobering. I will never understand anyone who could set a fire in those conditions, knowing people will probably die.

    Posted 3 years ago by jcat #

  13. Neither do I Jcat. We are now under a strictly no fires here but we did get a lovely drop of rain tonight.

    Posted 3 years ago by Moonshadow_NZ #

  14. I've been hearing about this. How incredibly awful.

    Posted 3 years ago by MeezerMama in OK; 10/23 #

  15. *bump*

    Link to the Red Cross disaster appeal about two third of the way down page 1

    No word from JessieJ yet :o(

    Posted 3 years ago by MadcatwomanintheUK #

  16. bump. the toll is up to 170.
    :(

    Posted 3 years ago by Buttercup #

  17. On the good side, BC, I also heard on the news that the Red Cross fund has already reached $11 million. People are so generous!

    Posted 3 years ago by jcat #

  18. JessieJ has posted and she is well.

    http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/14269

    Posted 3 years ago by SoxsMom #

  19. *bump*

    For the disaster appeal info

    Posted 3 years ago by MadcatwomanintheUK #

  20. Bump

    Posted 3 years ago by SoxsMom #

  21. MS will keep this bumped. Should have a report tomorrow night with a total from her fundraiser.

    Posted 3 years ago by SoxsMom #

  22. The death toll is now over 180, whole towns razed to the ground, hospitals running out of morphine for burns victims ......

    Here is the link for donations if any of you feel able to help. One Australian dollar is worth a bit more than 50 American cents, so a donation of say $20 Australian will cost you approx $12 or $15 US

    https://www.redcross.org.au/Donations/onlineDonations.asp

    Posted 3 years ago by Pollys_Mum_in_UK_2605 #

  23. bump

    Posted 3 years ago by Pollys_Mum_in_UK_2605 #

  24. bump

    Posted 3 years ago by Pollys_Mum_in_UK_2605 #

  25. Thanks for the bump, PM...I'm off to make a donation

    Posted 3 years ago by linda #

  26. Thank you Linda, they need so much help. They also need to know that the whole world is supporting them with prayers as well as donations. So thank you also to everyone who has given support in that way too.

    Posted 3 years ago by Pollys_Mum_in_UK_2605 #

  27. i had heard about this a few days ago, and was so horrified myself...it was bad enough when i thought it was a natural disaster, but when i too was reading they suspected it was mainly arsons, i was so angry to think people have the heart to such things. some people are really heartless. and for us, it's echoing in the news....in a suburb of philadelphia called coatesville, there's been a rash of arsons that have been unable to be solved. the death and distruction toll is not nearly as high, but the same thought comes to mind - who could be so heartless as to do such things? even pyromaniacs, it's terrible that it does not bother them in the least...in fact they get thrills, from seeing this kind of thing. i hope to hear of more small miracles that come from all tragedies!

    Posted 3 years ago by Nirmal #

  28. The weather today is much cooler which greatly assists the fire fighting, hoping they get more of the fires under control as the forecast for early next week is high temperatures and winds again with possible lightning. The stories coming out of this tragedy are heart breaking and heart warming all at the same time. I have heard there has been enough clothing donated but now they require suits and good dresses etc so the people who have lost everything can attend the funerals of their family,friends and neighbours looking respectful.

    Posted 3 years ago by Moonshadow_NZ #

  29. Horribly Sad & Tragic. My heart goes out to all of them.

    Posted 3 years ago by feral #

  30. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29134950/ Suspect arrested in the wildfires

    Posted 3 years ago by AZDEBRA 5/27 & crew #


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