[AlexanderPalamayr]

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[AlexanderPalamayr]

Not a nice subject to continue but the latest reports are;
25 people confirmed dead with any areas still not accessable to check, many burn injury victums in hospital.
One town completely destroyed, others suffering major losses of buildings.
Farm animal losses extensive but not calculated yet. Now into the 100's of homes lost. We also have 4 NEW fires started overnite due to lightning strikes. Two of the bigger fires have joined up to make one enormus fire with other fires threatening to join.
It has been raining here for some hours now but the quantity is light, one warm day or strong windy day will dry it out again to the earlier dryness.

[JewJoleSole]

It is NSW's turn today. Horrendous weather conditions with strong winds and 40oC + temps and fires all over the place. After today the weather conditions look mild for at least the next week so I'd say we are nearly past the worst of it.

It is again very hot here today. By 8 am it was well above 30oC.

David

[RarensussyRen]

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[gueremaisse]

I hope this ends soon!!!! What should be done must be done and then life will continue...!!!

[AlexanderPalamayr]

More bad news, 84 confirmed dead ( expected to go above 100 ) 750 homes lost with possibly 5 whole towns wiped out, they only exist as a dot on a map now. 20 people in Intensive Care in Hospital with burns and some not expected to live through the night. Dozens of others being treated for burns of a lesser degree. The search and inspection of the fire areas far from complete. 6 major fires approaching many other towns.
The above is current at time of this post.

[soitlyobserty]

stay safe folks.

[staisacic]

Oh my gosh!!

Roy, and all others. Stay safe. Thinking of you all!
(thinking of moving to a place where this is an ongoing issue, I must say gives me pause...)

[AffipgyncDync]

This is horrendous! It's so overwhelming to think that this is happening and it can't just be stopped. Nature is powerful. It's humbling and sometimes devastating. I hope the heat wave finally clears away soon and you get lower temps....that, and a diminishing of the wind. 'Hoping for the best possible outcome for you. Good luck!

[xpllmr]

This was on the news tonight, and in the paper this morning. I hope no more lives are lost and the rains come soon to help put out this devastation. It must be horrible to be in that.

[monologue]

Those temperatures alone are damaging let alone the fires!! That's about 120F, which is really a hot day in the SW deserts here in the US. Those high winds are really making this a deadly event.

You are doing a good job of tracking the fire line Roy.

Stay diligent.

[AlexanderPalamayr]

Latest report as of now....108 dead.

[PlanTaleks]

I even read that they found charred bodies in cars...people have gotten stuck while trying to escape the fires...so sad

[AlexanderPalamayr]

Ron, thats right. They left too late. One site had 5 cars all crashed together, I don't know how many were lost there. The rule is if you can see smoke, leave then, if you can see flames its too late. The real problem was that the fire was driven by 100 kmph winds, they couldn't out run it.
The Police have reported that many of these fire were deliberately lit.
From the Prime Minister down its being called ...Mass Murder.

[Yarmark]

The devastation of the fires have been reported on our news too; so very terrible. Keep safe Roy.

[PlanTaleks]

it seems that some of the fires have joined to become super fires. Please be careful!

[AlexanderPalamayr]

Correction to previous report. as of this minute....116 dead. This total will rise.

Yes Ron, some of the fires linked up to form one massive fire in certain areas.
The area burnt now would be the same size or bigger than the US State of Rhode Island.

[RarensussyRen]

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[AlexanderPalamayr]

At the moment there are no problems here. As probably reported where forum members are, the count is...131 dead.
Watching the news today of the fire destruction in the Kinglake area, took me back to when I was a child and into my late teens when my family & I used to take day trips for picnics in that very area. In most of the gullies there were treeferns 10 feet tall and water ferns 8 feet across. The bloke that run the general store was a great person, probably long gone now due to age. My wife knows a lady who lives in the area but hasn't heard from for some time but knows she is / was still there. We will try to find out her fate.
Having now learnt of the other nearby towns/villages lost I realised that a number of former workmates from the job I left to move here live or lived in those other places, I will have to check on them.

[Gudronich]

What can you say; these things are so devastating.