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I just wanted to stop by and offer my thoughts and deepest sympathies to any of our Southern Australian collegues, and their friends and families, that are caught up in the bush fires.
We may be shivering in sub zero temperatures here in the UK, but these fires are Mother Nature at her worst. We should not complain.
I am just sitting in my hotel at Heathrow catching up with all the news at a number of websites (The Age; Herald;Ninemsn). The numbers are sobering and I sad I not there .... time to phone home.
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Craig Payne
Department of Podiatry
La Trobe University
Melbourne, Australia http://www.latrobe.edu.au/podiatry
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I agree, mother nature can be a beauty and a beast.
Watching the news avidly, unbelievable when we are experiencing such extremes of cold and snow.
Lets hope the fires are under control soon and no more casualities
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Craig Payne
Department of Podiatry
La Trobe University
Melbourne, Australia http://www.latrobe.edu.au/podiatry
__________________________________________________ ___________________________________ God put me on this earth to accomplish a certain number of things - right now I am so far behind, I will never die.
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She said they sought refuge in an open grassed area at the bottom of his 72-hectare property when a burnt man cradling his infant daughter approached them.
"He was so badly burnt 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 kids I need you to save (my daughter)'," Ms Jones said
Six of the victims were in one car trying to outrun the inferno which swept through Kinglake in minutes. Dr Harvey said the town was littered with burnt-out cars, and he believed many contained bodies.
A POLICE taskforce will be formed as early as today to investigate suspected acts of arson that caused Saturday's firestorms.
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Country Fire Authority deputy operations chief Steve Warrington said an arsonist in Gippsland was setting new fires in front of the existing Churchill blaze
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Craig Payne
Department of Podiatry
La Trobe University
Melbourne, Australia http://www.latrobe.edu.au/podiatry
__________________________________________________ ___________________________________ God put me on this earth to accomplish a certain number of things - right now I am so far behind, I will never die.
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I would like to echo the thoughts already expressed here. It's not something we can comprehend in the depths of winter and I hope to goodness those responsible are apprehended......................
Wendy
We have many friends in the area and some family, waiting to hear from them is the hard bit, but not as hard as it must have been for them, yet they just keep going.
One of our friends saved their house and spent the night taking it in turns to watch for spot fires...the township of Whittlesea is a political center as every politician flies in to be seen..."Malcolm Turnbull due here this morning" Mum tells me .
There will be some sad and some truly amazing stories to be told from this one.
The damaged vehicles driven into Whittlesea including firetrucks, that are bubbled, melted and scorched driven by those fleeing tell just part of it.
The bit that amazes me is the tourist element...people just going up there just to look, if your going at least help or take something of use
Codolences to those who have lost loved ones.
What a horrific time in our Nations Histroy. Largest loss of life outside a war zone.
Then we gert to see just how wonderfull and kind we are as a nation, we have donated millions for assistance in only a few short days.
May your god be with you,
BUT there before the grace of god go you or I,
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Heather J Bassett
137 Wheatsheaf Road
Glenroy 3046
Victoria
Australia
I wish, as well, to extend my sympathy to all those suffering from the fires in AUS.
As a Podiatrist in RI, USA I am not to far away to feel sorrow. I truly hope all turns out well for those in the fires path. My family and I shall you keep you in our prayers and thoughts.
God Bless
Dr. Rob
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These events remind us all of the value of what we take for granted. Life, security, a home, these things are tenuous.
Lets hope that this proves one of those events which does as much to unite a nation and bring out the best in humanity as to break it. How often do we see the nobility of human nature shine in times like these.
My sympathies to all who have friends or loved ones in the area.
Robert
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Exhausted firefighters battle bushfires....FIREFIGHTERS described by the Prime Minister as a legion of heroes are battling on
and worst in people
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Originally Posted by Craig Payne
This takes the cake:
and now we have this:
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REPORTS emerged of looters prowling ruined towns......Looters move in to rob the dead
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The consumer watchdog has warned people to beware of scammers pretending to be bushfire charities.
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Survivors vent anger at arsonists
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Craig Payne
Department of Podiatry
La Trobe University
Melbourne, Australia http://www.latrobe.edu.au/podiatry
__________________________________________________ ___________________________________ God put me on this earth to accomplish a certain number of things - right now I am so far behind, I will never die.
The views expressed above are those of the author and not that of La Trobe University This is where I am, where are you?
Four weeks ago a friend had new water pipes (plastic) put in from the Dam at the bottom of the hill to the 30,000 ltr tank at the top of the hill, the pipes run on the angle past the house.
He has complained trying to get the plumber back as parts of the new pipe are on the surface where they should not be.
When the fires came they came from the front of the property heading for the house, the embers falling on the pipe melted holes in the pipes wetting the ground and extinguished most of the fire heading to the house, he is now looking for the same plumber to buy him a or three.
Fortunately with 30,000 ltrs in the tank already they had enough to to extinguish the rest.
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