FF:VIC Victorian Fires - "All Wings Report In"

I'm still here. I had the Keilor fires above me, and the Kinglake fire to one side and the sky is bright orange, but they're moving away. My sister was missing in Bendigo for a while but has checked in. All is fine on my end.

How's everyone else? Everyone okay?

 

I'm not in Melbourne at the moment (in Malaysia for the summer, and ... well, long unimportant story) but I've been following this on the news and ... gosh, this is horrible.

 

I'm in Melbourne, and my friends brother is out in the fires. I hope hes okay.
108 people confirmed dead.

 

Still here.

We were on high alert yesterday, but the winds changed.

My Uncle lost his house and my brother and his family haven't been heard from since yesterday morning, but I think that's mostly the result of downed phone lines in his area.....at least I hope so.

 

I can't help but think this thread should've been called

"All wings report in"

It's all good in my end of town. The Dandenongs up the road were put on alert but they got through OK.

 

I was worried about you Brooke, but I saw you posting and knew you were okay. I am so sorry for the loss of life. California gets these fires a lot and we have family out there. SO I can SORT OF relate but luckily for me I have never had to experience it. God bless all of you out there dealing with it.

~Kim

 

Yes well it is the worst natural disaster in Australian history according to the news. My principal called us all into assembly and basically was crying on the podem about it. But I'm just happy I'm pretty safe here.

 

Oh no! The thing about this is that it bands Australia together, it just shows how we all come together when something like this happens. That says something about Australians. I am also concerned about the floods in Queensland. And they say some of the fires may have been lit deliberately, who would do that?

 

Yeah they have arrested a person I forget who, and some teenager who started one in NSW. It makes me sick too. And my friend explained to me that they do it because they get an adrenaline rush out of it. They lit the fire, try to get away and it goes out, but sometimes it doesn't.

 

Yes, I think they deserve punishment for those they killed, but in my Jedi ways I don't feel hate for them. But what they did is very wrong, I can't imagine if my loved ones where out there. Maybe that's why I don't hate them. Hmm. But I think they will be very hated by Australia.
On Sunrise this morning, it said that the news of it was going all around the world, and showed news shows talking about it. Apparently the army is helping out now, and the British premier has said he will help out as most he can. I think its great that all these people want to help.

 

Yeah, I'm not a mother, it still hurts me and I have compassion for them. I'm not stone cold. Apparently skies are black there. The fires destroyed everything people owned. I can't imagine that. I can't imagine losing loved ones. It'd be horrific.

 

I know. I can't comprehend in my mind how hard it must be because I've never experienced something like it, but my heart goes out to them. I wonder what the death toll is now. My friend is very upset I can tell. Her brother is still out there. He went fishing out there and now the town is surrounded by fires. The last resort they have is to jump in the lake.

 

The toll is 130 and rising.....words can't say it.

Just spoke to Mrs Mixo....everything is fine at their place, all safe and well.

We just talking to a friend of mine who has lost 4 of his friends and he's searching for his best mate.

 

No word yet, they are currently listed as "missing"