Hell of a day...
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- LeRoi0
The toll has risen to 173.
What a tragedy.
- 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?.
- 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.
- megE0
omg...
- coco_ono0
:(
- 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.
- 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...
- 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
- 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.
- NotByHand0
My prayers go out to everyone affected by this.
- akrokdesign0
so sad. so sad. :-(
- RoyBoyII0
126 now confirmed dead..
:(
- BusterBoy0
My brother in law in Kinglake said he was sitting there watching TV...absolutely no warning. He was alerted by a neighbour...they went outside to be confronted by the terrible noise of the fireball approaching. 29 now dead in his small town...just so random.
- BuddhaHat0
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-…
In Kinglake, where witnesses said most of the town was destroyed, one woman quoted by the Melbourne Age described the arrival of a badly burnt man and his daughter seeking shelter on a patch of open ground.
"He had skin hanging off him everywhere and his little girl was burnt, but not as badly as her dad, and he just came down and he said 'Look, I've lost my wife, I've lost my other kid, I just need you to save [my daughter],'" she said.
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How awful.- My mind is just screaming at the attempt to process this. I can’t even comprehend.MrOneHundred
- NotByHand0
I've seen it all over the news here (US) today.
CNN/NBC/CBS/ABC
- BusterBoy0
Curious as to what sort of coverage this is getting in the US. I was watching the NBC Today Show from Sunday morning and it hardly rated a mention.
- BuddhaHat0
Online donations through the Red Cross here http://www.redcross.org.au/defau…
- LeRoi0
Hard to comprehend the ferocity of these fires and the devastation caused. People with well organised fire plans and years of experience stood no chance.
The best we can do is help out by donating cash.