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I cant help but get teary and feel for these familys who have lost everything from pets to children and other family and friends.
and the saddest part is its not over the death toll is still rising and fires are still burning.
i hope it all ends for them soon so they can try and rebulid there lives.
It's so awful and knowing it's flooding in Qld and raining here is crazy. I hope they get the fires under control.
Melb Uni's Vet Clinic has offered free vet care for animals in need of treatment due to the fires
It's horrible I lived in Kinglake/St Andrews area most of my life and now in Bendigo.
Many friends/neighbours - don't know where they are/ houses burnt to the ground.
A girl I went to school with was burnt to death in her car - her and her kids at Strathewan.
Where we live now near Bendigo we had a fire nearby in Redesdale and One in Eaglehawk and we were packed ready to evacuate and I said to my husband " which way? there's a fire to the north and one to the south and the wind keeps changing direction and it's 47 degrees"
so sorry to hear about these horrible fires, particularly as arson is supected in some cases, how awful :sad:
aw, that's so touching :(
awwww that photo is so moving...
i was thinking (on top of people's suffering of course),
I am imagining that a lot of cows and animals stuck in
intensive farms somewhere around those areas
must have been terribly affected.
unlike people, they didn't choose to live there and
unlike people they were chained
in those places.
They had not even one chance to escape.
I didn't hear any news about this on tv,
nobody is pointing that out..
but
i'm guessing a lot of farm animals must have perished...
(on top of koalas and wild animals)
yes that is always my concern, too, poor confused animals.
That's so sad treehugga, I really hope the fires don't get any closer to you.Quote:
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And there've been lots of koalas needing water photos circulating at the moment, just from the heat wave Australia has had, poor lil guys.
treehugger thats very sad sorry to hear about your friends.
i also hope the fires near you dont move closer. ive been stuck in one you cant get out of but not as bad as the ones around that area. its a scary thing.
There were a lot of animals both native and domestic that perished and are injured.Quote:
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Most people would have tried to save them, but the fires were on top of them in minutes without prior warning. Houses and cars were expoding due to the heat.
It's hard to comprehend if you don't know the area or conditions of the day, but the fires, which are still burning out of control in many cases, are in extremely thickly tree'd mountainous regions.
The temp was 47 degrees celcius and the wind fierce. It was the hottest day in Australias history and like being in a fan forced oven on full blast. You couldn't breath or swallow properly.
I don't know of anyone who chains animals in those areas or of any intensive farms that operate there. It's mainly bush and open farm land. Lots of horses etc have died etc. Many animals also died just from the intense heat of the day alone.
I found some dead possums outside my house the next day on the ground, fallen out of the trees due to heat stress I imagine. It's not over. We're on alert again this weekend.
Sounds horrible, treehugga :( I hope it settles down, they said on the radio there was some rain overnight which helped a little but that they've warned ppl to still be on alert.
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I'm really sorry about your friends, Treehugga - I hope that in the past few days, you've had more good news than bad.
How are you and your family keeping now? Please keep in touch, when you get a breather or two.
All the best to you and yours..................Vee