Posted on 02/08/2009 5:05:06 PM PST by JoeProBono
You wouldn’t have a link, would ya?
www.couriermail.com.au that it's at 108 ... go read the pages ....
I’ve been reading horror stories about this. I had to stop, it’s too damn sad.
Not putting in links must be the new sport.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/feb/09/australia-bush-fires-death-toll
Or is there a glitch in the system?
Writers: Jewel Topsfield and Daniella Miletic
Date on story: Monday 9 February 2009
I was reading about this catastrophe yesterday, really bad stuff.
I recall a Discovery channel (or something) show about this type of disaster. They talked about “super firestorms” and how they are pretty much impossible to defend against once they get so big. Of course on the show it had all of some huge city (Sydney, Melbourne??) being destroyed.
Yeah, but wow! You think you try the best to prepare you and your family for things, and then something really big happens like this.
Just heartbreaking. Prayers for those lost and those who have lost.
This is tragic. They suspect arson. Lots of arson. So I hope that the fire detectives down under will be blessed with sufficient clues to nail the SOBs who started this. These fires are hard to control because they are so hot that they create their own weather. Nasty stuff.
We have eucalyptus trees here in Southern California. Some places they have taken them out and replaced them with less oily trees. Those babies go up like torches in a wildfire. I bet Australia has plenty of them — aren’t they native there??
We get those firestorms, too, when there’s a forest fire here in So Cal. They do create their own weather, winds. The flames/ embers leap across freeways in the winds. Very scary. And they suspect arson in this? Isn’t that terrible?
Bush’s fault!
If anyone comes up with a google earth space shot I’d love to have the link. Thx.
Yep, they are - most Australian trees are eucalypts. You obviously know what they can do in California - imagine forest where there’s nothing but eucalypts ablaze.
Start with the mosques and look for anyone that got burned.
Australia is on the other side of the International Dateline. It has been Monday in Australia for some time.
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