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Fires In Australia.


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I know there are a few Aussies on this site.

Just hoping everyone is safe wherever they are!

My daughter has lost her house in the Blue mountains. My other daughters best friend has also lost her house (Susan Antonio who just joined this site recently) and many other friends of theirs have also lost homes or are being impacted by fires in some way or another.

It's been the most frightening experience for our family as most of my family live right in Winmalee where over 200 houses have been destroyed and the crisis still continues with bad weather ahead.

So many fires are still burning in different areas. It's just unbelievable that we are seeing this kind of thing so early in the season.

My heart goes out to all those people who are now faced with having lost everything they owned, pets...oh that just upsets me so much. My daughters boyfriend braved the fire to try and get in to save their two dogs but unfortunately he was only able to save one.

I have so much respect and gratitude for the firies who are out there facing horrific circumstances. Just true hero's.

While so many homes have been lost, so many have also been saved, including my parents and my sisters homes.

Just praying that what they are predicting weather wise will not be as bad as they fear.

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Here Here!

 

I too have a friend affected by the Blue Mountains fires, but lucky so far.

 

Kudos to all the Emergency Workers and Volunteers!

 

Kel

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Sorry for your friend. So many people affected hey.  Can't believe it's got this bad.  Now a state of emergency?  I hope they are just over reacting and taking every precaution rather than it actually turning out to be as horrific as they are worried about.

Just found out that the house we were renting a little over twelve months ago there in Emma parade in Winmalee has been burned down.  That whole street is practically gone!

Feeling so lucky that the twists and turns of life led us away from that area now.  

I'd like to donate directly to the bushfire brigade.  

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I was sorry to be reading about this today. I enjoyed my trip to Sydney last year and I wish I wasn't working so much as I really wanted to get out and see them. Hope all is well.

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Yes, a shame you didn't get more time to explore that area.  Won't be much left after this I'm afraid but luckily the bush always bounces back, as will the people in time.

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That would be a nice ride by bike up there.  There are some quaint little stops along the way and I don't think any of those were badly affected. The fires have eased now, thank goodness. 

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