Bruce
bbruen at unwired.com.au
Sun Feb 8 06:41:25 CST 2009
Folks, I don't know whether you have seen the news about the bushfires in the state of Victoria in south east Australia. Over the last three days these fires have destroyed over 700 houses and upwards of 80 lives. This is the initial damage, the impact that this disaster will have on the lives of the survivors and the communities involved is something that even us "tough Aussies" are having trouble coming to terms with. I know the memory of Witch Creek and the other two Sacramento fires must still be in your minds, so I hope that you don't mind me asking .. if you can find it in your hearts to make some sort of contribution in these hard economic times, please. sincerely bruce Official information site: http://www.cfa.vic.gov.au/incidents/incident_summary.htm News link: (!!long URL) http://news.google.com.au/news?q=vic+fires&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hl=en&ei=ts-OSY6WAoPQkAXe5unMDA&sa=X&oi=news_group&resnum=1&ct=title General google link: http://www.google.com.au/search?q=vic+fires&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a I'm sure that you can find the support mechanisms through your local news or church groups. as always