Hell of a day...
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- RoyBoyII0
126 now confirmed dead..
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- akrokdesign0
so sad. so sad. :-(
- NotByHand0
My prayers go out to everyone affected by this.
- slappy0
They are saying the arsonists could be facing murder charges on our local coverage. Why do these asswipes always wait for the hottest days on record to light fires.
- Andy_ssw0
Was thinking of donating a bit of time to actually help someone in person. Anyone in Melbourne heard of a way to do it? i heard ot on the radio but can't remember if it was an email or online?
- http://www.redcross.…utopian
- Would like to do the same... The Red + are saying they're not putting the call out for volunteers just yet..LeRoi
- BuddhaHat0
In the car just then I was listening to Malcolm Turnbull speak in parliament after he'd been out to visit the region this morning. He sounded like he was about to cry for half of it. The treasurer came on straight after and is talking relief packages already.
The other thing he mentioned is that in one part of Australia we've got a metre of rain falling in less than 4 days, and in another we've got bushfires destroying everything in its path. Mother Nature's going to town on us right now...
- BusterBoy0
Just spoke to my wife. Her brother's (my brother in law) house is apparently one of only 3 houses in the entire area to have not burnt down.
It's friggin amazing. The house is all timber and pretty overgrown so no idea how it survived. As I said, just fucken random.
I feel kind of guilty right now. On Saturday I was sitting in a pool watching the howling winds blow smoke over Melbourne thinking about those poor souls that must be dealing with all they had to.
Just heard news about a woman 38 weeks pregnant found dead curled up under a blanket.
Another story about a man who packed his family into the car at home...wife and two kids. He went inside to get something, came out to find the car had exploded into flames. His family all dead.
So tragic.
- coco_ono0
:(
- megE0
omg...
- thelukeandrews0
was reading an article in the paper this morning about a guy who was so badly burned his skin was peeling off his body, was carrying a burned baby saying "please help my baby!! my wife and daughter just brurned to death!!"
wow.
- chossy0
I wonder if in the future people could have a hole somewhere near the house or a special place where they can all congregate, which was fireproof or something?.... not sure if holes are the right idea it might end up acting like an oven?.
- LeRoi0
The toll has risen to 173.
What a tragedy.
- liveslow0
Are these people just surrounded by the fire? Or is the fire spreading so fast they can't get away from it? It's hard for me to understand why so many people are dying, it seems they could/should have evacuated before hand...
- autoflavour0
completely messed up.. i have been not really paying much attention to the interweb the past few days and then i noticed it in a newspaper here in Berlin.
- fiver0
bump for the above question, because i don't understand how so many people are dying either
- autoflavour0
I cant speak for victoria, but in New south wales often the house which go up are ones right on the edge of bushland.. and while they do the annual maintenance around the house (cleaning gutters of leaves etc) most if not all of them are just too close to the surrounding bushland.
it is a sad and unfortunate event, but in the aftermath of these events, eventually someone will point it back to poorly designated residential areas.
173 people though is definitely much worse than previous years.
- autoflavour0
in answer to your questions regarding how people are dying so quickly, have a read of this and perhaps it will give you an indication.
- sikma0
There's now where you can hide. Fires like this travel so incredibly fast and are so hot they will literally melt a car. With in minutes you can be surrounded. Scary as hell.
- LeRoi0
The conditions on Saturday were such that unless people fled early from these fires, they stood no chance of survival. The state was extremely dry from drought, winds were strong and temperatures were in mid to high 40s.
Stories coming from this disaster indicate that people had no idea of the danger untill it was on top of them... and by then even with fire-plans, the conditions were overwhelming...
- ghandolf0
The BBC reported that it's a combination of the hot temperatures, the high winds and dry foliage. The fire's been blowing quickly and houses literally 'explode' into flames.
They also said they expect the death to possibly rise to about 230 when they finally get into some of the areas.
Such a tragedy. Our prayers are with all of you.