Australia bushfires

sweetpea Top Member Posts: 5,982	Australia bushfires Jan 9, 2020 14:56:33 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by sweetpea on Jan 9, 2020 14:56:33 GMT
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grindle Top Member Tamar Valley Posts: 19,753	Australia bushfires Jan 10, 2020 5:27:06 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by grindle on Jan 10, 2020 5:27:06 GMT so sad, so much lost. Fortunately my son is nr Perth where it's ok

jellibeans Top Member Posts: 2,226	Australia bushfires Jan 10, 2020 7:59:31 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by jellibeans on Jan 10, 2020 7:59:31 GMT Yes so very sad ,we have friends that have a huge farm and more friends in Sydney they are living a nightmare.

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Australia bushfires Jan 10, 2020 9:30:19 GMT

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Post by SueA on Jan 10, 2020 9:30:19 GMT

Not sure what you've posted sweetpea, might be at my end but I can't see your pic.
My half-sister (we had the same dad) lives in a retirement village on the coast about an hour from Sydney, she has Alzheimer's now & her husband has written to me saying that they have a constant smell of smoke & burnt leaves landing on their villa. There's bush nearby but no fires there yet so hopefully they'll be O.K., one of her sons lives in New Zealand now & the smoke has reached there. Heart breaking watching all the poor bewildered animals trying to escape the fires.

sweetpea Top Member Posts: 5,982	Australia bushfires Jan 10, 2020 21:36:47 GMT SueA likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by sweetpea on Jan 10, 2020 21:36:47 GMT its a pic of Kangaroo Island SueA before and after. you might be able to google it if you can't see my pic.
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Australia bushfires Jan 11, 2020 3:17:59 GMT

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Post by keith on Jan 11, 2020 3:17:59 GMT

We are over 100klm from the fires but the smoke haze is effecting practically every one in one way or another.

Unless you have been through a fire not this one (my son has and survived he had no option he had to stay) What he has seen would shock you.

He rang and said all OK then no word for 3-4 days later.

Victoria fires: Smoke stench, haze blankets Melbourne as fires
Do a GOOGLE on the above and follow the link

This might work???
www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/stench-of-smoke-haze-blankets-melbourne-as-bushfires-rage-on-20200106-p53p3w.html

Keith

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jellibeans Top Member Posts: 2,226	Australia bushfires Jan 11, 2020 8:13:13 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by jellibeans on Jan 11, 2020 8:13:13 GMT One of my friends is suffering terribly out there as she is asthmatic.

grindle Top Member Tamar Valley Posts: 19,753	Australia bushfires Jan 11, 2020 8:32:35 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by grindle on Jan 11, 2020 8:32:35 GMT just seen my nephew's area now has a fire, although they say it's being controlled, I do hope so

Eli Top Member Posts: 5,143	Australia bushfires Jan 11, 2020 16:01:10 GMT Andrew likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Eli on Jan 11, 2020 16:01:10 GMT All very sad, such a worry Hope everyone's relations/friends etc are all right.

Andrew Top Member Posts: 1,153	Australia bushfires Jan 11, 2020 20:04:09 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Andrew on Jan 11, 2020 20:04:09 GMT I can only echo what Eli has said. It's such terrible news, and my thoughts are certainly with the people and wildlife in the affected area's.

sweetpea Top Member Posts: 5,982	Australia bushfires Jan 11, 2020 22:10:36 GMT grindle likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by sweetpea on Jan 11, 2020 22:10:36 GMT It would be good if our Doris redirected some of that misguided foreign aid to help the Aussies who clearly would appreciate it.
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Australia bushfires Jan 12, 2020 13:23:14 GMT keith likes this

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Post by Cherry on Jan 12, 2020 13:23:14 GMT

That was a good link keith. The Age is a quality newspaper. The fires are really out of hand and It is sad to see another fireman dyeing for the cause. Your son has had a close call in the past, but good that he is ok.

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Australia bushfires Jan 13, 2020 5:14:23 GMT

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Post by keith on Jan 13, 2020 5:14:23 GMT

If you are an animal/bird life lover this is hard to read without getting emotional.

www.wwf.org.au/get-involved/bushfire-emergency

The fire the son was involved in saw many birds dropping out of the sky because of the heat and the smoke.

Keith

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grindle Top Member Tamar Valley Posts: 19,753	Australia bushfires Jan 13, 2020 5:40:44 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by grindle on Jan 13, 2020 5:40:44 GMT it's tragic seeing some of the pictures keith

keith Senior Member Posts: 434	Australia bushfires Jan 14, 2020 3:03:24 GMT grindle likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by keith on Jan 14, 2020 3:03:24 GMT grindle What gets me is the wild Koalas can be handled so easily when suffering from burns etc. Keith
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