Pictures sent from a fireman in Australia

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Got some pics forwarded by a friend (distributor) over in Australia, who received these from a fireman on the front lines of the massive fires which fanned out across Victoria. 300 odd people dead, countless pets, livestock and rural locations burned to the ground. Very bad summer in Australia.

[Guest]

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[Guest]

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[strittmatter]

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300 casualties is horrific, not that any less is not.

What the heck is going on over there?

[The Outback Oracle]

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It's just a result of a whole lot of f......s and a bit of bad luck...aka a black swan that was going to happen sometime. I guess in the modern comfortable world we live in ...it was just the unimaginable!

[Mega]

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The fact the ******* GREEN types refused to allow ANY buring off am sure had bugger all to do with this!!!!!!

Am told OZZY people are PISSED with them!
Mike

[Mega]

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http://www.guardian.co.uk:80/environ...alia-aborigine
Mike

[The Outback Oracle]

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The fact the ******* GREEN types refused to allow ANY buring off am sure had bugger all to do with this!!!!!!

Am told OZZY people are PISSED with them!
Mike

True mike, I had thought the whole back-burning question was fixed years ago afterthe big fires around Sydney and then subsequently Canberra where people lost their lives. I was really shocked to hear that it was not being done routinely these days and the Greens still held to their stupid beliefs, and held sway in the decision making process.
A fire break is hopeless without back-burning. There will be no apologies from "Greens" though as they are never wrong about anything!

[Guest]

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Don't have it in for the "greens" much, but if they were flat against back burning around fire breaks, in a drought stricken country like Australia, you're absolutely right.

True mike, I had thought the whole back-burning question was fixed years ago afterthe big fires around Sydney and then subsequently Canberra where people lost their lives. I was really shocked to hear that it was not being done routinely these days and the Greens still held to their stupid beliefs, and held sway in the decision making process.
A fire break is hopeless without back-burning. There will be no apologies from "Greens" though as they are never wrong about anything!

[The Outback Oracle]

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http://www.theage.com.au/national/po...e.html?page=-1

I guess as a society we have changed. A few decades ago, many Australains either lived in teh "bush" or had connections to it. That is no longer the case and most of us are too unaware of the dangers that living amongst nature can bring. We build into forest areas but carry with us the "protected' feeling we get from living in a city. People who have never fought a fire cannot possibly imagine what a big fire is like. So the needs for "protection or safety mechanisms" tend to get a low priority. It's just a fact of life.
My wife and i were bush-walking in Yosemite National Park one day when it started to snow. Given I'm an Aussie, who had never even seen snow, it scared the hell out of me because i had no idea what was coming...would we get "blinded', could we find our markings, how cold?, I justy had no idea.
So, the same thing applies to these people in the fires. Unless you've been in one you just can't imagine what is going to happen. Unfortunatley, neither could our legislators.
I have looked at Real estate in some pleces and walked away because I perceived dangers from serious fires. Yet these areas are heavily populated and 'premium' places to live. It's just a different way of looking at things.

[Guest]

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My friend in Bayswater, Victoria sent me another pic of the fires. This time it's some friends of his that had the misfortune to have a wedding scheduled this past week right near an edge of the fires:
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Someone was getting married at the De Bortoli winery on Black Saturday and they had this for a back drop on that horrid day.

Could imagine that it would be hard to get out of your mind. This winery is about 25-30 minutes from our office in the picturesque Yarra Valley northeast of Melbourne

Will
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