Fires in Australia

[Oldfisti]

Some pics from boston.com...


http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/02/bushfires_in_victoria_australi.html

[the_Journeyman]

Those are some impressive pictures.  Interesting how the molten metal has run from the wheels & axles on the cars ~

JM

[Got Duc]

Amazing photos.

Hopefully they get that fire under control soon

[swampduc]

Wow, just devastating. Some of those pics remind me of when I came back to New Orleans after Katrina - whole neighborhoods just gone.

[CairnsDuc]

I'm at the other end of the scale, I'm at the top of Australia and we have only just had flood waters start to drop enough for supplies to get through, our supermarkets have had no supplies for 11 days, no mail getting through, nearly 110 semi trailers sitting down south loaded up with food and supplies for nearly 2 weeks, they only just got through yesterday and they are talking of more rain and closing the roads again in another couple of days!

Only a couple of people have died because of the flooding, we are pretty used to it up here in Northern Australia, Same drill every year, Stock up the fridge/freezer/pantry as it will rain and it will flood.
Some properties out west will be cut off for 2 to 3 months every year thanks to the wet season.
We have not had a wet season like this for 20 years.

But, it's a minor issue when compared to the bush fires.....

[Super T.I.B]

I'm at the other end of the scale, I'm at the top of Australia and we have only just had flood waters start to drop enough for supplies to get through, our supermarkets have had no supplies for 11 days, no mail getting through, nearly 110 semi trailers sitting down south loaded up with food and supplies for nearly 2 weeks, they only just got through yesterday and they are talking of more rain and closing the roads again in another couple of days!

Only a couple of people have died because of the flooding, we are pretty used to it up here in Northern Australia, Same drill every year, Stock up the fridge/freezer/pantry as it will rain and it will flood.
Some properties out west will be cut off for 2 to 3 months every year thanks to the wet season.
We have not had a wet season like this for 20 years.

But, it's a minor issue when compared to the bush fires.....

Yep, strange bloody country we live in  . And what about the croc that came in from the estuary into flood waters and claim a five year old boy. That poor kid.