[JohnTruels]

As a former Ground Pounder, I can honestly say that that is the worst devastation I have ever seen. That is all I can say, too. I'm just shocked that someone would do this on purpose.

[Daleman1984]

Take a look at the amazing footage shot by firefighters who found a koala after the fire, it had managed to escape with only a few burns - the little guy held out his paw and let people give it 3 bottles of water. Koalas are generally not friendly!!


http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/

I would just like to point out to those who don't already know that Koalas don't actually drink water. They live on the moisture from the leaves in the gum tree. It just goes to show how shaken up this one must have been. In reality you would rarely even see one in the wild let alone get close to it, they are extremely timid. It is truly heart-warming footage to come out of such a dark event.

Try this link if no luck with the other one. Not sure if it will work though.

http://player.video.news.com.au/pert...XGMnCtBmV7ZN48

My sincere condolences to those who were affected.

[S.T.D.]

In Melbourne today the air was very smokey from backburning. Actually the weather forecast for today was one word, "Smoke". My car was covered in ash and you could see it floating in tht air - it was like being back in Kagoshima. Last night the moon was blood red.

In some places the bushfire melted the glass in headlights. That puts the temperature of the fire at over 1400 degrees C.

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[ZonaPutaX]

In some places the bushfire melted the glass in headlights. That puts the temperature of the fire at over 1400 degrees C.

............... Damn.

[weluvjessicaalba]

Now I suppose this is kind of bushfire pr0n, but I think it gives the tiniest sense of what it was like to be in the way. I leave you to judge for yourselves the merits of the voiceover... But the audio at around 2:00 of the sound of the fire is what makes this simply jawdropping. That and the fact that it gives a clear wide shot of the speed and size of the fire's approach.

How many other people were videoing like this until it was too late, transfixed by the spectacle of the flames?

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