burning to the ground

[loenah]

it makes me cry listening to the abc online streaming radio.

I'm planning to spend at least half the day tomorrow (well, today really) trying to get to broadford, the closest relief center for those hardest hit in the north east of melb. fires (kilmore, wandong, marysville, kinglake etc...)
i'm a bit worried about a fire in broadford atm though... i'm not going to be dumb and drive down if there's a risk to myself.
However, if i cannot get to broadford, then i will be going to donate blood (which is on my to do list for the fires anyway), getting together blanekts, and other things that those towns would have lost.

i wish i could do more, offer them counselling and all this sort of stuff, but, i'm not even sure it will be well recieved people randomly driving into town to try and help.

i encourage any readers who can, to donate anything, these ppl have lost houses, and that means everything that is in them from toilet paper to clothes, to beds, to toothpaste.
not to mention the things we cannot replace...

information can be found on abc.net.au