I was speaking by phone with a former staff member of mine yesterday who doesn't know how her home wasn't burnt in the fires in Victoria on the weekend. It was just an act of God which turned the wind moments before her home was to be engulfed by flames. She didn't even know there was a serious bushfire in her area until she looked to the bottom paddock and saw flames racing over the hill.This seems to be the common story, things happened just so quickly and there was no advanced warning that the fires were on their way and people did not even have time to flee.
In the photo (from The Courier Mail) the city of Melbourne can be seen through the devastation caused by the weekend fires.
Click here and the link will take you to a gallery from the Courier Mail Newspaper with almost 300 photos of the fires in Victoria.
I also found this site this morning which may be of interest:
http://www.dse.vic.gov.au/fires/updates/report/index2.htm?time=Thu%20Feb%2012%202009%2011:03:57%20GMT+1000
I have also heard that despite it being in the midst of winter in Sweetwater Texas, bushfires is a real concern for our friends there as well.
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