wombatie Posted January 22, 2020 Report Share Posted January 22, 2020 (edited) The fires are now under control. They may flare up again because we still have 2 months of summer/fire season left. We had 2 days of rain/ hail and electrical storms, lots of areas were flooded. Here are some stats., from the newspaper. New South Wales; Deaths 21 Houses/ Property Destroyed 2305 Hectares Burned 5.2millionVictoria; Deaths 5 Houses/Property Destroyed 387 Hectares Burned 105million Millions of wildlife killed along with farm animals. There were also huge fires in Queensland and South Australia. Marg Edited January 22, 2020 by wombatie NC Scroller, LarryEA, Wilson142 and 7 others 2 3 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimErn Posted January 22, 2020 Report Share Posted January 22, 2020 I can't even begin to imagine the devastation. 105 million Hectares, that is twice the size of Texas - puts it in perspective for me OCtoolguy and Dave Monk 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrappile Posted January 22, 2020 Report Share Posted January 22, 2020 (edited) Didn't I see a picture on a news site, where the fires were under control, now it is flooding, showed a picture of a shark swimming down a street!!! And I have always wanted to visit Australia..... may have to rethink that.... Scroll down the page a little to see the shark https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/10772094/shark-swimming-australia-fire-storms/ Edited January 22, 2020 by Scrappile OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meflick Posted January 22, 2020 Report Share Posted January 22, 2020 I am sorry for the loss of life, human and animals, and the destruction of homes and land. Having had my family home burn and be totaled when I was in college, I understand how that loss feels. Good to hear the fires are now under control and will continue to say prayers for them to be completely extinguished and for recovery. Sad to know that many fires were started by people. OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCtoolguy Posted January 22, 2020 Report Share Posted January 22, 2020 I'm so happy to hear that things might be settling down for you folks. You've had a bad run of it for sure. My heart breaks over the loss of wildlife and people's homes. Glad to hear you're safe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OzarkSawdust Posted January 23, 2020 Report Share Posted January 23, 2020 Thanks for the update Marg, and so glad to hear you are safe! OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombatie Posted January 23, 2020 Author Report Share Posted January 23, 2020 If you click on the link that Paul put on about a quarter of the way down is a map, on the left side in bright yellow you will see an island in the middle of the bay, it's called French Island the on way on to it is be ferry, well on Saturday they had a bush fire an it burned over 150 hectares. There are over 3000 koalas on that island used for breeding because they have no diseases, luckily only a few were lost. If you get your magnifying glasses out you will notice that on the main land the island is off Hastings where I live, there were LOTS of water bombers going over and very low too. Marg OzarkSawdust and OCtoolguy 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombatie Posted January 24, 2020 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2020 I am sorry to say that 3 American's who came over here to help with the fires died yesterday when their plane went down in New South Wales after 5 flights with a water bomber. They are heroes. Marg OCtoolguy and meflick 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxfold Posted January 24, 2020 Report Share Posted January 24, 2020 7 hours ago, wombatie said: I am sorry to say that 3 American's who came over here to help with the fires died yesterday when their plane went down in New South Wales after 5 flights with a water bomber. They are heroes. Marg Oh My Goodness, how sad. Heroes indeed. Such caring souls and such a tragic end. RIP. OCtoolguy and wombatie 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meflick Posted January 26, 2020 Report Share Posted January 26, 2020 I am sorry for the loss of any further lives Marge, I pray that the fires can be complexly put out so all the firefighters from around the world who have come to help your country out as well as yours can all go home. OCtoolguy and wombatie 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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