Bushfires in Victoria

[CountArach]

Death toll at 108 and rising

It is now the deadliest bushfire in Australian history and there are still 31 fires burning... At least two towns have been wiped off the map.

I guess the burn area there is extremely remote, so people can't evacuate?

Pretty much - it was also moving very quickly so there wasn't a lot of warning in many cases.

[seireikhaan]

Wow. Unbelievable. I can't possibly imagine what the folks there must be going through. Not even the floods we had in spring can compare to this. Over a hundred dead?

[desert]

Reminds me of those California wildfires last year.

[Hooahguy]

my prayers go out to the families of the deceased.

[||Lz3||]

Condolences... what else can I say?


that's why it's not a good a idea to build houses of flammable materials...

[Beefy187]

Condolences... what else can I say?


that's why it's not a good a idea to build houses of flammable materials...

What most buildings in Kyoto are made of wood? Yikes!

My condolences to those who are affected. May they keep their chins up and live strong

[Decker]

Reminds me of those California wildfires last year.

I tend to think those were over exaggerated imho. At least from what I remembered when they finally used the heat sensors or whatever they were called.

And from what I've read and heard of the eye witness accounts. The fires are reminding me of the descriptions of the fire bombing of Hamburg during WWII. This is really sad, and to think some ******* arsonist started them. I've also heard the toll has surpassed 130

Death Tolls Rises

[pevergreen]

It seems to have died down now, but Victoria is still on Very High Fire Danger alert.

Its bad. Real bad. Worse than Ash Wednesday fires. And those were horrific.

Go a few thousand km's north, towns are flooded. Mackay is about to get hit, could be flooded on the same weekend it was flooded last year. The floods are causing hundreds of millions of damages. And then fires. 5 year old boy jumped into the floodwater after his dog, croc got him. Bugger.

[Raz]

Last I heard the death toll hit 130, it's a real shame, since many of them are children.
Apparently it's been labeled as Australia's worst natural* disaster.

*It'd be made a whole lot worse if it were an act of arson.

[CountArach]

*It'd be made a whole lot worse if it were an act of arson.

It is. Fires are constantly being re-lit.

[Strike For The South]

It seems to have died down now, but Victoria is still on Very High Fire Danger alert.

Its bad. Real bad. Worse than Ash Wednesday fires. And those were horrific.

Go a few thousand km's north, towns are flooded. Mackay is about to get hit, could be flooded on the same weekend it was flooded last year. The floods are causing hundreds of millions of damages. And then fires. 5 year old boy jumped into the floodwater after his dog, croc got him. Bugger.

Are you ******* kidding me? Things like that happen?

This is a horrible time for oz. My heart to all those in need

[Fragony]

Are you ******* kidding me? Things like that happen?

Distant cousin was eaten by a shark in Australia, water was up to his knees, tigersharks are nasty.

[pevergreen]

Are you ******* kidding me? Things like that happen?

More often than you would think.

http://ten.com.au/video-player.htm?c...s-fire1-090209

News report from about 2 hours ago.

[Fragony]

Death toll at 108 and rising

It is now the deadliest bushfire in Australian history and there are still 31 fires burning... At least two towns have been wiped off the map.

Pretty much - it was also moving very quickly so there wasn't a lot of warning in many cases.

Unbelievable. What can I say what a tragedy.