Victorian Bushfires 2009 Aftermath
It's Tuesday the 10th of February here in Australia, after our fourth day of fires the death toll now stands at 181 people dead (and on the increase), 750 houses raised , 5000+ Homeless , Countless people still missing.
I must admit i spent yesterday evening just crying, just the scale and scope of it is quite overwhelming.
Both Bendigo and Redesdale fires have been contained.
So we ended up with a tonne of smoke and ash, and nothing else thank goodness. Unfortunately a lady mum knows from the Lympodema group , wasn't so lucky her house was raised to the ground. The fire was so eractic, jumping from place to place, often being 50 to 100 metres apart. Leaving a wooden house unscathed and burning down a stone/brick house right next door.
Talk about the perfect storm... 12 years of drought ,2 weeks of extreme heat wave culminating in the hottest day on tecord on the friday, ferociously strong winds
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My own pictures at home of the Sunday Evening, the rain teasing us by raining up above the rooftops but vapourising right there...