Australia Wildfires

[CorvallisBMW]

Over 100 dead, RIP.

I hope all you e30 guys in Victoria are staying safe!! I can't imagine what it must be like to have the fires so close to Melbourne, and for anyone out in the country, my thoughts and prayers are with you! I've been trying to keep in touch with all my buddys around Shepparton/Bendigo, and so far everyone is ok. Hang in there guys. Oh, and for all the Queenslanders, keep swimming and watch out for the crocs ;) It blows me away that Vic can be completely on fire and getting up to 46C, yet Qld is underwater from flooding. Crazy.

Fires:

http://www.theage.com.au/

Floods:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7870404.stm

[M42Technik]

I saw this just recently, I hope our Aussie friends on this board are okay!

[deutschman]

man all of this is so crazy! can not even imagine what it would be like to be over there. i do not know any one over there but i hope everyone stays safe, and god bless!

[joshh]

RIP

I hope they can get back to normal life soon.

[Desaevious]

Damn everything in that one town destroyed. I hope those folks who have the pick up the pieces can do so without too much trauma.

[tubby17s]

Yeah its pretty crazy... floods in the top of australia and fires at the bottom...

im supprised you guys heard about it.
my heart goes out to the people that have lost everything.

[hugh jass]

Yeah its pretty crazy... floods in the top of australia and fires at the bottom...

im supprised you guys heard about it.
my heart goes out to the people that have lost everything.

its front page news all over here

[CorvallisBMW]

Apparently the flooding is causing an outbreak of Dengue Fever too:

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,25027744-29277,00.html

[Firestorm]

Yeah we get some pretty crazy weather here in Aus...

Was just in melb the other week and it was >45c. Pretty toasty.

[Drew325is]

...and not that long ago an area of Brisbane got worked over by cyclonic storms.

The woman I share my office with is pretty worried about her parents today...they live in Yea which is in the fire's pathway at moment (though apparently things might be easing). Her folks know some of the dead...it's a pretty bad scene.

[tg318is]

yeah the weekend was 43-47 in syd. Death toll is now 131 :(. The news tonight said they are expecting it to double. R.I.P:(:(

[joshuaaa]

damn, i feel for all you in australia right now, stay safe and just remember that no material possesion is worth risking your life for. you can always buy new stuff. i hate to say it, but even e30's.

[Massive Lee]

Australia's prime minister, after being told that several fires were started by humans, declared that it was an act of mass murdering and that who ever is found having started a fire will be charged as such. Ouch.

[Drew325is]

Australia's prime minister, after being told that several fires were started by humans, declared that it was an act of mass murdering and that who ever is found having started a fire will be charged as such. Ouch.

....just catching the prick will probably be a challenge though...can only hope they find those responsible. Some twat lights a bushfire every summer in Australia, it's insanity.

[Just4kicks]

This is pretty incredible, but living in a fire prone area (Southern California) I can sympathize.