Sadly there are now 84 confirmed deaths and 750 homes lost. I know of at least one town and hear that more are wiped from the map. The death toll is expected to exceed 100 by tomorrow. It is the worst bushfire in our recorded history. http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=744864 I was in the Canberra fires of 2003 and came through ok.
There are also bush fires In New South Wales and Victoria. We are all praying for a cool change and rain, lots of rain in the fire effected areas. We have also had a heatwave through mostly Adelaide and Melbourne but Canberra and most of south east Australia have coped it too. At last report Adelaide had 60 deaths attributed to the heat wave. Add to all of this that Australian is in the grip of one of the worst droughts to date, and we are the dryest inhabited continent on the planet to start with. WOW, feeling kinda screwed at the moment. In the north of the country, northern Queensland they are experiencing terential rains and flooding, the worst in their recorded history was one report. If you want to offer financial assistance the Red Cross Australia are set up to take donations. I world financial crisis just become a lot harder for some. Hug your families tonight. Think of those who will never be able to do that again. And if you are so inclined, pray to which ever deity you hold dear for those who have passed and those who are left to morn. If you want to know more go to http://news.ninemsn.com.au/headlines/ Regards Deb -----Original Message----- From: owner-l...@arachne.com [mailto:owner-l...@arachne.com]on Behalf Of Sue Duckles Sent: Sunday, 8 February 2009 23:22 To: Alan & Sheila Brown Cc: lace Arachne Subject: Re: [lace] Fires I got this from my uncle in Perth, W Australia.... they are ok, apart from a few bush fires, but he's talking about the fires in Sout Aus & Victoria..... latest news on bush fires 65 comfimed dead 750 homes lost whole towns wiped out it is aincredable one fire started by fag but and expecting more deaths when the police can get into the towns, I hope that everyone on list is ok. We too have missed the snow in East Yorkshire.... about 2 cms on Monday and just freezing temperatures at night. I used to say we miss the flooding too, but after 2007 I can't say that any longer!! At least our village wasn't too badly affected, and Agnes is ok.... she's on a bit of a hill! (Their road gets slippery when it freezes though....) ours is a cart track to the house, and the road at the end is gritted! People in Oz, please let us know you're safe and still able to get at your lace pillows! Sue in EY On 8 Feb 2009, at 10:45, Alan & Sheila Brown wrote: > I hope that none of our friends 'down under' have been caught in the > current bush fires raging in Victoria and S.Australia. Maybe one of > them might be able to tell us about the situation. > Here in Sawbridgeworth we, at the moment, have missed the worse of > the snow, as we do the flooding when it rains. We count ourselves > very lucky that slight differences in height have such effect. > As Cath Barley says a good excuse to make lace. > Sheila, with the sun trying to shine. > > - > To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the > line: > unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to > arachnemodera...@yahoo.com - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
