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Maybe Rick may decide this is in the wrong section,hope he will excuse if so.
I would hope that the folks out there,some forum members perhaps,know
they are in the thoughts of people herein the UK at this desperate time.
Being an oldtimer, as my forum name suggests,I, like many of my generation feel far closer kinship with the old Commonwealth countries than I do for any others and hope that this tragedy has peaked now and that no more families are involved.

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buzzy bee · Joined: 23 Nov 2007 Posts: 3382 Location: South Cheshire

dito from me, hope things get better soon

Rick · Site Admin Joined: 27 Apr 2005 Posts: 22820 Location: UK

Staggering to see those images on the TV. It puts our gripes about a few inches of snow into context

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peppiB · Posted: Sun Feb 08, 2009 11:20 pm Post subject:

I have an aged aunt and 5 cousins live in that area so the problems are very much on my mind. Sad

47p2 · Joined: 24 Nov 2007 Posts: 2009 Location: Glasgow

I also have relatives in the area. I sure hope it is brought under control soon.
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old gto · Joined: 10 Dec 2007 Posts: 172 Location: Orlando, Florida

Central Florida is no stranger to wildfires, so we know the devastation they are facing "down under".
Our thoughts & prayers go out to all our Aussie friends.
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PAUL BEAUMONT · Joined: 27 Nov 2007 Posts: 1281 Location: Barnsley S. Yorks

I echo all your sentiments. I find it appalling to hear that a significant proportion of the fires are set by arsonists. What sort of people can they be?
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Keith D · Posted: Tue Feb 10, 2009 1:24 pm Post subject:

At least one person has already been arrested for arson regarding the Victorian Bushfires. He is being kept in custody. Probably to keep him alive. Folk here are very, very angry. The police have warned that there will be many more charges to follow. Who needs terrorists when we have scum like this?

Kevin Rudd, our Prime Minister, has promised that all these towns will be rebuilt. Unfortunately it will not bring the 181 (at this time) confirmed dead, back to life. Rudd is talking about charging the aronists with mass murder - which of course is what it is.

There are also very serious bushfires north of Victoria in New South Wales, but these have been rather overshadowed by the disaster in Victoria. I am safely 3000 km away from the bushfires, but this forum has members in Victoria and in New South Wales, who are pretty close to the fire front.

In addition to all of this, Northern Queensland is under massive floods due to very heavy cyclonic rain over the last couple of weeks.

Keith