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john Macy[2] is currently offline  john Macy[2]
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Registered: June 2008
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Just looking at the horrifying stories of the fires
down under and wondering how our Australian paris
brothers are faring... My daughters friends family
has relatives in the area and are awaiting news.

Hope you are safe....
Re: Fires [message #102446 is a reply to message #102445] Sun, 08 February 2009 09:13 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Aaron Allen is currently offline  Aaron Allen   UNITED STATES
Messages: 1988
Registered: May 2008
Senior Member
Well, we know Kim's house is good or you wouldn't have been able to post
this info - so that's a good starting point !
AA


"John Macy" <nospamjohn@johnmacy.com> wrote in message
news:498f0d66@linux...
>
> Just looking at the horrifying stories of the fires
> down under and wondering how our Australian paris
> brothers are faring... My daughters friends family
> has relatives in the area and are awaiting news.
>
> Hope you are safe....
>
Re: Fires [message #102450 is a reply to message #102446] Sun, 08 February 2009 15:11 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Martin Harrington is currently offline  Martin Harrington   AUSTRALIA
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The fires are at least 80 kms out of Melbourne, (where Kim lives), so he's
in no danger, but the death toll keeps rising .. 108 as of this morning, and
they expect to find many more in the days and weeks to come.
It's now our worst natural disaster.

Martin H


On 9/02/09 4:13 AM, in article 498f17cf@linux, "Aaron Allen"
<know-spam@not_here.dude> wrote:

> Well, we know Kim's house is good or you wouldn't have been able to post
> this info - so that's a good starting point !
> AA
>
>
> "John Macy" <nospamjohn@johnmacy.com> wrote in message
> news:498f0d66@linux...
>>
>> Just looking at the horrifying stories of the fires
>> down under and wondering how our Australian paris
>> brothers are faring... My daughters friends family
>> has relatives in the area and are awaiting news.
>>
>> Hope you are safe....
>>
>
>

Martin H
Lend An Ear Sound
Re: Fires [message #102451 is a reply to message #102450] Sun, 08 February 2009 18:00 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Kim is currently offline  Kim
Messages: 1246
Registered: October 2005
Senior Member
Yes, Martin is correct.

I'm in Melbourne's Northern Suburbs, and the worst of the fires are probably
60km or so north east of my house. The fires are in forest areas however,
and I'm well into the suburbs, so there's no real danger here. I'm surprised
the air hasn't smelled of smoke at all however.

The good news is that it's been much cooler over the past 40 hours or so,
with a touch of light rain yesterday, so with any luck things will be brought
under control.

Cheers,
Kim.

Martin Harrington <lendan@bigpond.net.au> wrote:
>The fires are at least 80 kms out of Melbourne, (where Kim lives), so he's
>in no danger, but the death toll keeps rising .. 108 as of this morning,
and
>they expect to find many more in the days and weeks to come.
>It's now our worst natural disaster.
>
>Martin H
>
>
>On 9/02/09 4:13 AM, in article 498f17cf@linux, "Aaron Allen"
><know-spam@not_here.dude> wrote:
>
>> Well, we know Kim's house is good or you wouldn't have been able to post
>> this info - so that's a good starting point !
>> AA
>>
>>
>> "John Macy" <nospamjohn@johnmacy.com> wrote in message
>> news:498f0d66@linux...
>>>
>>> Just looking at the horrifying stories of the fires
>>> down under and wondering how our Australian paris
>>> brothers are faring... My daughters friends family
>>> has relatives in the area and are awaiting news.
>>>
>>> Hope you are safe....
>>>
>>
>>
>
>Martin H
>Lend An Ear Sound
>
Re: Fires [message #102452 is a reply to message #102451] Sun, 08 February 2009 18:16 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Ted Gerber is currently offline  Ted Gerber   
Messages: 705
Registered: January 2009
Senior Member
Good to hear from you both!!

Ted


"Kim" <hiddensounds@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>Yes, Martin is correct.
>
>I'm in Melbourne's Northern Suburbs, and the worst of the fires are probably
>60km or so north east of my house. The fires are in forest areas however,
>and I'm well into the suburbs, so there's no real danger here. I'm surprised
>the air hasn't smelled of smoke at all however.
>
>The good news is that it's been much cooler over the past 40 hours or so,
>with a touch of light rain yesterday, so with any luck things will be brought
>under control.
>
>Cheers,
>Kim.
>
>Martin Harrington <lendan@bigpond.net.au> wrote:
>>The fires are at least 80 kms out of Melbourne, (where Kim lives), so he's
>>in no danger, but the death toll keeps rising .. 108 as of this morning,
>and
>>they expect to find many more in the days and weeks to come.
>>It's now our worst natural disaster.
>>
>>Martin H
>>
>>
>>On 9/02/09 4:13 AM, in article 498f17cf@linux, "Aaron Allen"
>><know-spam@not_here.dude> wrote:
>>
>>> Well, we know Kim's house is good or you wouldn't have been able to post
>>> this info - so that's a good starting point !
>>> AA
>>>
>>>
>>> "John Macy" <nospamjohn@johnmacy.com> wrote in message
>>> news:498f0d66@linux...
>>>>
>>>> Just looking at the horrifying stories of the fires
>>>> down under and wondering how our Australian paris
>>>> brothers are faring... My daughters friends family
>>>> has relatives in the area and are awaiting news.
>>>>
>>>> Hope you are safe....
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>Martin H
>>Lend An Ear Sound
>>
>
Re: Fires [message #102455 is a reply to message #102452] Mon, 09 February 2009 04:43 Go to previous messageGo to next message
rick is currently offline  rick   UNITED STATES
Messages: 1976
Registered: February 2006
Senior Member
yeah, glad you're safe...stay that way. don't be an american and go
see what's up. ;o)

On 9 Feb 2009 12:16:16 +1000, "Ted Gerber" <tedgerber@rogers.com>
wrote:

>
>Good to hear from you both!!
>
>Ted
>
>
>"Kim" <hiddensounds@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>Yes, Martin is correct.
>>
>>I'm in Melbourne's Northern Suburbs, and the worst of the fires are probably
>>60km or so north east of my house. The fires are in forest areas however,
>>and I'm well into the suburbs, so there's no real danger here. I'm surprised
>>the air hasn't smelled of smoke at all however.
>>
>>The good news is that it's been much cooler over the past 40 hours or so,
>>with a touch of light rain yesterday, so with any luck things will be brought
>>under control.
>>
>>Cheers,
>>Kim.
>>
>>Martin Harrington <lendan@bigpond.net.au> wrote:
>>>The fires are at least 80 kms out of Melbourne, (where Kim lives), so he's
>>>in no danger, but the death toll keeps rising .. 108 as of this morning,
>>and
>>>they expect to find many more in the days and weeks to come.
>>>It's now our worst natural disaster.
>>>
>>>Martin H
>>>
>>>
>>>On 9/02/09 4:13 AM, in article 498f17cf@linux, "Aaron Allen"
>>><know-spam@not_here.dude> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Well, we know Kim's house is good or you wouldn't have been able to post
>>>> this info - so that's a good starting point !
>>>> AA
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "John Macy" <nospamjohn@johnmacy.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:498f0d66@linux...
>>>>>
>>>>> Just looking at the horrifying stories of the fires
>>>>> down under and wondering how our Australian paris
>>>>> brothers are faring... My daughters friends family
>>>>> has relatives in the area and are awaiting news.
>>>>>
>>>>> Hope you are safe....
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>Martin H
>>>Lend An Ear Sound
>>>
>>
Re: Fires [message #102459 is a reply to message #102452] Mon, 09 February 2009 09:06 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Jamie K is currently offline  Jamie K   UNITED STATES
Messages: 1115
Registered: July 2006
Senior Member
Glad to hear you guys are safe.

Cheers,
-Jamie
www.JamieKrutz.com


Ted Gerber wrote:
> Good to hear from you both!!
>
> Ted
>
>
> "Kim" <hiddensounds@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Yes, Martin is correct.
>>
>> I'm in Melbourne's Northern Suburbs, and the worst of the fires are probably
>> 60km or so north east of my house. The fires are in forest areas however,
>> and I'm well into the suburbs, so there's no real danger here. I'm surprised
>> the air hasn't smelled of smoke at all however.
>>
>> The good news is that it's been much cooler over the past 40 hours or so,
>> with a touch of light rain yesterday, so with any luck things will be brought
>> under control.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Kim.
>>
>> Martin Harrington <lendan@bigpond.net.au> wrote:
>>> The fires are at least 80 kms out of Melbourne, (where Kim lives), so he's
>>> in no danger, but the death toll keeps rising .. 108 as of this morning,
>> and
>>> they expect to find many more in the days and weeks to come.
>>> It's now our worst natural disaster.
>>>
>>> Martin H
>>>
>>>
>>> On 9/02/09 4:13 AM, in article 498f17cf@linux, "Aaron Allen"
>>> <know-spam@not_here.dude> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Well, we know Kim's house is good or you wouldn't have been able to post
>>>> this info - so that's a good starting point !
>>>> AA
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "John Macy" <nospamjohn@johnmacy.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:498f0d66@linux...
>>>>> Just looking at the horrifying stories of the fires
>>>>> down under and wondering how our Australian paris
>>>>> brothers are faring... My daughters friends family
>>>>> has relatives in the area and are awaiting news.
>>>>>
>>>>> Hope you are safe....
>>>>>
>>>>
>>> Martin H
>>> Lend An Ear Sound
>>>
>
Re: Fires [message #102464 is a reply to message #102459] Mon, 09 February 2009 13:04 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Bill L is currently offline  Bill L   UNITED STATES
Messages: 766
Registered: August 2006
Senior Member
Yeah, stay safe! How did so many die? Did it spread faster than they
could evacuate?


Jamie K wrote:
>
> Glad to hear you guys are safe.
>
> Cheers,
> -Jamie
> www.JamieKrutz.com
>
>
> Ted Gerber wrote:
>> Good to hear from you both!!
>>
>> Ted
>>
>>
>> "Kim" <hiddensounds@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Yes, Martin is correct.
>>>
>>> I'm in Melbourne's Northern Suburbs, and the worst of the fires are
>>> probably
>>> 60km or so north east of my house. The fires are in forest areas
>>> however,
>>> and I'm well into the suburbs, so there's no real danger here. I'm
>>> surprised
>>> the air hasn't smelled of smoke at all however.
>>>
>>> The good news is that it's been much cooler over the past 40 hours or
>>> so,
>>> with a touch of light rain yesterday, so with any luck things will be
>>> brought
>>> under control.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Kim.
>>>
>>> Martin Harrington <lendan@bigpond.net.au> wrote:
>>>> The fires are at least 80 kms out of Melbourne, (where Kim lives),
>>>> so he's
>>>> in no danger, but the death toll keeps rising .. 108 as of this
>>>> morning,
>>> and
>>>> they expect to find many more in the days and weeks to come.
>>>> It's now our worst natural disaster.
>>>>
>>>> Martin H
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 9/02/09 4:13 AM, in article 498f17cf@linux, "Aaron Allen"
>>>> <know-spam@not_here.dude> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Well, we know Kim's house is good or you wouldn't have been able to
>>>>> post
>>>>> this info - so that's a good starting point !
>>>>> AA
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> "John Macy" <nospamjohn@johnmacy.com> wrote in message
>>>>> news:498f0d66@linux...
>>>>>> Just looking at the horrifying stories of the fires
>>>>>> down under and wondering how our Australian paris
>>>>>> brothers are faring... My daughters friends family
>>>>>> has relatives in the area and are awaiting news.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hope you are safe....
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> Martin H
>>>> Lend An Ear Sound
>>>>
>>
Re: Fires [message #102471 is a reply to message #102464] Mon, 09 February 2009 15:29 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Martin Harrington is currently offline  Martin Harrington   AUSTRALIA
Messages: 560
Registered: September 2005
Senior Member
Sure did.
The advise they were giving, and up till now has been good advice, was to
evacuate early or stay in your house once it was properly prepared.
Trouble was, it all moved SO quickly that no-one had a chance in hell of
doing anything, and so tried to escape in their cars at the last minute.
It was pitch black, (no sun due to the smoke), and a lot of cars collided
with others or trees fell on them, and they were engulfed within a matter of
minutes/seconds.
To this minute they are still finding cars up little side roads, and in
communities that they haven't been able to get to until now.
Apparently it may be weeks before they find all the bodies, let alone
identify them.

Absolutely disastrous..

Martin H


On 10/02/09 8:04 AM, in article 49909f6c@linux, "Bill L"
<bill@billlorentzen.com> wrote:

> Yeah, stay safe! How did so many die? Did it spread faster than they
> could evacuate?
>
>
> Jamie K wrote:
>>
>> Glad to hear you guys are safe.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> -Jamie
>> www.JamieKrutz.com
>>
>>
>> Ted Gerber wrote:
>>> Good to hear from you both!!
>>>
>>> Ted
>>>
>>>
>>> "Kim" <hiddensounds@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Yes, Martin is correct.
>>>>
>>>> I'm in Melbourne's Northern Suburbs, and the worst of the fires are
>>>> probably
>>>> 60km or so north east of my house. The fires are in forest areas
>>>> however,
>>>> and I'm well into the suburbs, so there's no real danger here. I'm
>>>> surprised
>>>> the air hasn't smelled of smoke at all however.
>>>>
>>>> The good news is that it's been much cooler over the past 40 hours or
>>>> so,
>>>> with a touch of light rain yesterday, so with any luck things will be
>>>> brought
>>>> under control.
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> Kim.
>>>>
>>>> Martin Harrington <lendan@bigpond.net.au> wrote:
>>>>> The fires are at least 80 kms out of Melbourne, (where Kim lives),
>>>>> so he's
>>>>> in no danger, but the death toll keeps rising .. 108 as of this
>>>>> morning,
>>>> and
>>>>> they expect to find many more in the days and weeks to come.
>>>>> It's now our worst natural disaster.
>>>>>
>>>>> Martin H
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 9/02/09 4:13 AM, in article 498f17cf@linux, "Aaron Allen"
>>>>> <know-spam@not_here.dude> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Well, we know Kim's house is good or you wouldn't have been able to
>>>>>> post
>>>>>> this info - so that's a good starting point !
>>>>>> AA
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "John Macy" <nospamjohn@johnmacy.com> wrote in message
>>>>>> news:498f0d66@linux...
>>>>>>> Just looking at the horrifying stories of the fires
>>>>>>> down under and wondering how our Australian paris
>>>>>>> brothers are faring... My daughters friends family
>>>>>>> has relatives in the area and are awaiting news.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hope you are safe....
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> Martin H
>>>>> Lend An Ear Sound
>>>>>
>>>

Martin H
Lend An Ear Sound
Re: Fires [message #102475 is a reply to message #102471] Mon, 09 February 2009 16:56 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Aaron Allen is currently offline  Aaron Allen   UNITED STATES
Messages: 1988
Registered: May 2008
Senior Member
horrible man. Just horrible.
AA

"Martin Harrington" <lendan@bigpond.net.au> wrote in message
news:C5B7079A.4AA4%lendan@bigpond.net.au...
> Sure did.
> The advise they were giving, and up till now has been good advice, was to
> evacuate early or stay in your house once it was properly prepared.
> Trouble was, it all moved SO quickly that no-one had a chance in hell of
> doing anything, and so tried to escape in their cars at the last minute.
> It was pitch black, (no sun due to the smoke), and a lot of cars collided
> with others or trees fell on them, and they were engulfed within a matter
> of
> minutes/seconds.
> To this minute they are still finding cars up little side roads, and in
> communities that they haven't been able to get to until now.
> Apparently it may be weeks before they find all the bodies, let alone
> identify them.
>
> Absolutely disastrous..
>
> Martin H
>
>
> On 10/02/09 8:04 AM, in article 49909f6c@linux, "Bill L"
> <bill@billlorentzen.com> wrote:
>
>> Yeah, stay safe! How did so many die? Did it spread faster than they
>> could evacuate?
>>
>>
>> Jamie K wrote:
>>>
>>> Glad to hear you guys are safe.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> -Jamie
>>> www.JamieKrutz.com
>>>
>>>
>>> Ted Gerber wrote:
>>>> Good to hear from you both!!
>>>>
>>>> Ted
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Kim" <hiddensounds@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Yes, Martin is correct.
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm in Melbourne's Northern Suburbs, and the worst of the fires are
>>>>> probably
>>>>> 60km or so north east of my house. The fires are in forest areas
>>>>> however,
>>>>> and I'm well into the suburbs, so there's no real danger here. I'm
>>>>> surprised
>>>>> the air hasn't smelled of smoke at all however.
>>>>>
>>>>> The good news is that it's been much cooler over the past 40 hours or
>>>>> so,
>>>>> with a touch of light rain yesterday, so with any luck things will be
>>>>> brought
>>>>> under control.
>>>>>
>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>> Kim.
>>>>>
>>>>> Martin Harrington <lendan@bigpond.net.au> wrote:
>>>>>> The fires are at least 80 kms out of Melbourne, (where Kim lives),
>>>>>> so he's
>>>>>> in no danger, but the death toll keeps rising .. 108 as of this
>>>>>> morning,
>>>>> and
>>>>>> they expect to find many more in the days and weeks to come.
>>>>>> It's now our worst natural disaster.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Martin H
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 9/02/09 4:13 AM, in article 498f17cf@linux, "Aaron Allen"
>>>>>> <know-spam@not_here.dude> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Well, we know Kim's house is good or you wouldn't have been able to
>>>>>>> post
>>>>>>> this info - so that's a good starting point !
>>>>>>> AA
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> "John Macy" <nospamjohn@johnmacy.com> wrote in message
>>>>>>> news:498f0d66@linux...
>>>>>>>> Just looking at the horrifying stories of the fires
>>>>>>>> down under and wondering how our Australian paris
>>>>>>>> brothers are faring... My daughters friends family
>>>>>>>> has relatives in the area and are awaiting news.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hope you are safe....
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> Martin H
>>>>>> Lend An Ear Sound
>>>>>>
>>>>
>
> Martin H
> Lend An Ear Sound
>
Re: Fires [message #102532 is a reply to message #102471] Mon, 16 February 2009 15:16 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Very Deep Productions is currently offline  Very Deep Productions   UNITED STATES
Messages: 22
Registered: February 2009
Location: Schenectady, NY
Junior Member
Martin, Kim, glad to hear you're both safe. So sorry for your country's
misfortune. Hope they catch the bastards if it was deliberate.

Rich

"Martin Harrington" <lendan@bigpond.net.au> wrote in message
news:C5B7079A.4AA4%lendan@bigpond.net.au...
> Sure did.
> The advise they were giving, and up till now has been good advice, was to
> evacuate early or stay in your house once it was properly prepared.
> Trouble was, it all moved SO quickly that no-one had a chance in hell of
> doing anything, and so tried to escape in their cars at the last minute.
> It was pitch black, (no sun due to the smoke), and a lot of cars collided
> with others or trees fell on them, and they were engulfed within a matter
> of
> minutes/seconds.
> To this minute they are still finding cars up little side roads, and in
> communities that they haven't been able to get to until now.
> Apparently it may be weeks before they find all the bodies, let alone
> identify them.
>
> Absolutely disastrous..
>
> Martin H
>
>
> On 10/02/09 8:04 AM, in article 49909f6c@linux, "Bill L"
> <bill@billlorentzen.com> wrote:
>
>> Yeah, stay safe! How did so many die? Did it spread faster than they
>> could evacuate?
>>
>>
>> Jamie K wrote:
>>>
>>> Glad to hear you guys are safe.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> -Jamie
>>> www.JamieKrutz.com
>>>
>>>
>>> Ted Gerber wrote:
>>>> Good to hear from you both!!
>>>>
>>>> Ted
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Kim" <hiddensounds@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Yes, Martin is correct.
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm in Melbourne's Northern Suburbs, and the worst of the fires are
>>>>> probably
>>>>> 60km or so north east of my house. The fires are in forest areas
>>>>> however,
>>>>> and I'm well into the suburbs, so there's no real danger here. I'm
>>>>> surprised
>>>>> the air hasn't smelled of smoke at all however.
>>>>>
>>>>> The good news is that it's been much cooler over the past 40 hours or
>>>>> so,
>>>>> with a touch of light rain yesterday, so with any luck things will be
>>>>> brought
>>>>> under control.
>>>>>
>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>> Kim.
>>>>>
>>>>> Martin Harrington <lendan@bigpond.net.au> wrote:
>>>>>> The fires are at least 80 kms out of Melbourne, (where Kim lives),
>>>>>> so he's
>>>>>> in no danger, but the death toll keeps rising .. 108 as of this
>>>>>> morning,
>>>>> and
>>>>>> they expect to find many more in the days and weeks to come.
>>>>>> It's now our worst natural disaster.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Martin H
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 9/02/09 4:13 AM, in article 498f17cf@linux, "Aaron Allen"
>>>>>> <know-spam@not_here.dude> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Well, we know Kim's house is good or you wouldn't have been able to
>>>>>>> post
>>>>>>> this info - so that's a good starting point !
>>>>>>> AA
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> "John Macy" <nospamjohn@johnmacy.com> wrote in message
>>>>>>> news:498f0d66@linux...
>>>>>>>> Just looking at the horrifying stories of the fires
>>>>>>>> down under and wondering how our Australian paris
>>>>>>>> brothers are faring... My daughters friends family
>>>>>>>> has relatives in the area and are awaiting news.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hope you are safe....
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> Martin H
>>>>>> Lend An Ear Sound
>>>>>>
>>>>
>
> Martin H
> Lend An Ear Sound
>


Molon Labe - Leonidis at Thermopylae

Very Deep Productions
Schenectady, NY
www.richlamanna.com
Re: Fires [message #102533 is a reply to message #102532] Mon, 16 February 2009 16:01 Go to previous message
Martin Harrington is currently offline  Martin Harrington   AUSTRALIA
Messages: 560
Registered: September 2005
Senior Member
Thankyou for that, Rich
I'm OK in Sydney, we've just had a week and a bit of heavy rain, and more to
come, but Victoria is still looking bad.
They caught 1 guy that apparently lit a fire that killed 21 people,
hopefully they'll do the right thing to him.!!!

Martin H


On 17/02/09 10:16 AM, in article 4999f8aa$1@linux, "Very Deep Productions"
<richlamanna@earthlink.net> wrote:

> Martin, Kim, glad to hear you're both safe. So sorry for your country's
> misfortune. Hope they catch the bastards if it was deliberate.
>
> Rich
>
> "Martin Harrington" <lendan@bigpond.net.au> wrote in message
> news:C5B7079A.4AA4%lendan@bigpond.net.au...
>> Sure did.
>> The advise they were giving, and up till now has been good advice, was to
>> evacuate early or stay in your house once it was properly prepared.
>> Trouble was, it all moved SO quickly that no-one had a chance in hell of
>> doing anything, and so tried to escape in their cars at the last minute.
>> It was pitch black, (no sun due to the smoke), and a lot of cars collided
>> with others or trees fell on them, and they were engulfed within a matter
>> of
>> minutes/seconds.
>> To this minute they are still finding cars up little side roads, and in
>> communities that they haven't been able to get to until now.
>> Apparently it may be weeks before they find all the bodies, let alone
>> identify them.
>>
>> Absolutely disastrous..
>>
>> Martin H
>>
>>
>> On 10/02/09 8:04 AM, in article 49909f6c@linux, "Bill L"
>> <bill@billlorentzen.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Yeah, stay safe! How did so many die? Did it spread faster than they
>>> could evacuate?
>>>
>>>
>>> Jamie K wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Glad to hear you guys are safe.
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> -Jamie
>>>> www.JamieKrutz.com
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Ted Gerber wrote:
>>>>> Good to hear from you both!!
>>>>>
>>>>> Ted
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> "Kim" <hiddensounds@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Yes, Martin is correct.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm in Melbourne's Northern Suburbs, and the worst of the fires are
>>>>>> probably
>>>>>> 60km or so north east of my house. The fires are in forest areas
>>>>>> however,
>>>>>> and I'm well into the suburbs, so there's no real danger here. I'm
>>>>>> surprised
>>>>>> the air hasn't smelled of smoke at all however.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The good news is that it's been much cooler over the past 40 hours or
>>>>>> so,
>>>>>> with a touch of light rain yesterday, so with any luck things will be
>>>>>> brought
>>>>>> under control.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>> Kim.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Martin Harrington <lendan@bigpond.net.au> wrote:
>>>>>>> The fires are at least 80 kms out of Melbourne, (where Kim lives),
>>>>>>> so he's
>>>>>>> in no danger, but the death toll keeps rising .. 108 as of this
>>>>>>> morning,
>>>>>> and
>>>>>>> they expect to find many more in the days and weeks to come.
>>>>>>> It's now our worst natural disaster.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Martin H
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 9/02/09 4:13 AM, in article 498f17cf@linux, "Aaron Allen"
>>>>>>> <know-spam@not_here.dude> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Well, we know Kim's house is good or you wouldn't have been able to
>>>>>>>> post
>>>>>>>> this info - so that's a good starting point !
>>>>>>>> AA
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> "John Macy" <nospamjohn@johnmacy.com> wrote in message
>>>>>>>> news:498f0d66@linux...
>>>>>>>>> Just looking at the horrifying stories of the fires
>>>>>>>>> down under and wondering how our Australian paris
>>>>>>>>> brothers are faring... My daughters friends family
>>>>>>>>> has relatives in the area and are awaiting news.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Hope you are safe....
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Martin H
>>>>>>> Lend An Ear Sound
>>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>
>> Martin H
>> Lend An Ear Sound
>>
>
>

Martin H
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