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hi guys thought id post something thats effecting most of us australians
as you no we have masive fires atm (181 killed last cont) and were not a vary big country poulion wize
my fathers brother has packed up house and will most likely loss his home
just thougth id put a post up and see if you guys would donat some cash times are tufy as it is without lossing your everthing as well over 5000 homes have been burnt to the ground so if you guys haev got some were to give some cash do it even if its just $10 i mean what would that normaly buy you lunch a pack of smokes if ever one gave ever one over here would have a place to crash
thanks guys
 
jimmy barns is selling a album on itunes for $4 ruf and ever sent is going to help fight these fires so if you guys like old rock ( i myslef dont) go on itunes
 
The worst part about these fires is that they didn't start naturally. Some mother♣♣♣♣er actually started them by hand.
 
the way i look at it is
rember what happend at 911 in the usa
thats waht its liek here
ive lost one of my mates
casuse some dick head thoguht it be a good idear to start a grass fire
then some even stuiped person thought it be a good idear to copy him
its liek a ♣♣♣♣ing cult
sorry guys i live in the outback so if a fire stats nere me there a trees and long grass alaround my place and i will stay and fight most likely loss my place but still
 
hey wazza, real sorry to hear about that.
these fires are one of the worst that we have had, its such a tragedy with the amount of lives and homes that it has taken.

i hope your doing alright dealing with it, and hopefully it doesnt spread any further.
 
Pretty smokey at my house, and work's had a few little embers dropping today. Its just crazy. We just need rain and lots of it!!

Seems like some of these fires are arson, but also some are natural. Victoria has had 10 years of drought, and after four 40+C days in one week recently, a 46C day with 5% humidity had disaster all over it. However why anyone would deliberately light fires is beyond belief to me, and I don't doubt if found in the act, many aussies wouldn't think twice about taking matters into their own hands to deal with these animals.

Having lost a friend and her sister, and nearly having another mate die on a CFA truck brings this tradgedy pretty close to home - its been a tough week supporting our friendship network. It puts a lot of stuff in perspective too. Really made me realise the most important things are people - houses and possessions can be replaced.

Wazza - thoughts are with your family and I sincerely hope his property is spared - but as long as he's ok, that really is all that matters. I know people will rally to get him back on his feet should the worst happen.

Us aussies will keep you posted - i doubt any of us will be buying new basses for a while though :)
 
I hear 2 arrests have been made in regard to lighting these fires.
Like ya said Jon,who in their right mind would light a bloody fire in these tinderbox conditions.
The weather's been improving.Showers have finally come & are predicted to continue over the next week or so.There's been some good falls in Sydney & I only hope that you guys are getting some of it too.Everything is really dry & brown.We need rain badly & lots of follow up rain.
If you guys know anyone that's lost their homes & needs accomodation,I have a lounge they can use to sleep on for as long as they need.
You boys take good care of yourselves.
 
In all the years I've lived in Florida, it's caught fire three times
that I can remember... Reading all the information on the internet
about Australia tonight... All reminding me of WHY I want to join
the Fire/Rescue!
 
Greg said:
I hear 2 arrests have been made in regard to lighting these fires.
Like ya said Jon,who in their right mind would light a bloody fire in these tinderbox conditions.
The weather's been improving.Showers have finally come & are predicted to continue over the next week or so.There's been some good falls in Sydney & I only hope that you guys are getting some of it too.Everything is really dry & brown.We need rain badly & lots of follow up rain.
If you guys know anyone that's lost their homes & needs accomodation,I have a lounge they can use to sleep on for as long as they need.
You boys take good care of yourselves.
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Yeh a few little showers down here, but yeh its still as dry you could get. I don't doubt we'll have many more weeks of fires down here. Very smokey today, and my work was in strange orange glow all day - was hard to see from one side of the school to the other with all the smoke!

thanks for the offer of a lounge - Greg's offer is a great example of the amazing level of good old aussie mateship thats occuring everywhere! Its awesome :)
 
Yeah - Melbourne is covered in smoke today with an eerie orange glow around the place.

There are still fires raging - and some towns on high alert.

Hopefully things improve quickly, but some more hot weather is forecast, so sadly it's not over yet.

:(
 
i gave a grand to the fires looks liek i wont be getting my bass but thats not inportand ay we have to look after are own
 
Country music star Keith Urban, and wife
Nichole Kidman have reportedly donated
the sum of $300,000 to the relief fund.
 
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