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Canberra Australia BURNS [message #7244]

Tue, 21 January 2003 14:15

ashley

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Location: Sydney Australia
Registered: February 2002
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Hey guys, for the last few days, Canberra has suffered greatly with Bush Fires. I know we are tucked away down under and therefore may NOT catch the attention of the REST of the world but devastation is what is happening here now. Sad

Approximately 451 homes have been TOTALLY lost through the fires and so many homeless ppl walking around in the clothes they have on and nothing else. 4 People have lost their lives because of the fires and there are MANY injured also. I am still rather surprised and yes a little shocked that it didnt seem to rate very high in the WORLD agendas and even our OWN newspapers have sort of pushed it aside a lil for more important stories about Sadam Hussein and the petty bickering of other countries.

Sorry if I sound shitty but seems that being at the bottom of the world has placed OZ in the Too uninteresting basket. Sad

I enclose a lil bit of GOOD news anyway. Canberra seems to have been spared for the time being and it will hopefully give MUCH needed time for our HEROIC Firefighters to try and extinguish more of the outbreaks.

A HUGE Hug and Thanx to the Firefighters for a GREAT job. Smile

Fire alert lifted in ACT Courtesy : ABC News OZ

The high fire alert for Canberra's northern suburbs has been lifted.
The Chief Minister Jon Stanhope and the chief fire control Officer Peter Lucas-Smith have completed an aerial assessment of the danger to the areas of Belconnen, Gunghalin and Hall. Emergency Services bureau chief Mike Castle says the danger has eased with an easterly wind change. "That change has come through and they've actually kept the fire within the containment lines," he said. "They haven't contained it to our north-west both those fires as I understand it, so Peter believes that the wind shift which will come through lessens that immediate bushfire threat, so that lifts that threat of bushfire in the suburban Canberra area." But the good news on the fire front has been tempered with the latest figures on property losses from the federal police. An assessment of rural areas has added another 32 houses to the tally of destruction taking the number of houses damaged by Saturday's firestorm to 451. The weather is forecast to get worse again on the weekend and the total fire ban in the ACT has been extended to Monday.

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		Canberra Australia BURNS By: ashley on Tue, 21 January 2003 14:15
		It was covered on all major TV and Newspapers here By: Guest on Tue, 21 January 2003 17:46
		Re: Canberra Australia BURNS By: rick on Tue, 21 January 2003 18:56
		Re: Canberra Australia BURNS By: e on Wed, 22 January 2003 00:29
		It's been all over here actually, and I've been reading lots about it! By: lenny on Wed, 22 January 2003 01:45
		Hope you're safe By: smith on Thu, 23 January 2003 00:58
		Re: Hope you're safe By: ashley on Fri, 24 January 2003 11:01

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