Victorian Bushfires 2009 - this weekend

DONATE DONATE DONATE!!! i dont know if anyone reads my blog at all...probably not...but on the off chance you do...go to www.redcross.org.au and donate some much needed cash to the bush fire victims! it doesnt matter how much, every little bit helps. over the past four days over 330000 hectares have burned down, 3 or 4 entire towns have been wiped off the map by fire, its been described as "hell on earth". 750 homes burned down, just under 200 ppl perished...thats brothers, sisters, mothers, fathers, aunties, uncles, nannas, poppas, nephews and nieces, friends, neighbors and collegues...the death toll is likely to reach 300 :( thats our worst disastor in our states history. People are homeless, they no longer have possesions, animals are homeless and injured...donate, please, and help people to get back on there feet. Im proud that im from such a giving country. the way people have banded together to help where they can. the fires got within about 10kms from my house. the fire that was near was relativly small comepared to alot of the others, but it still managed to wipe out a couple of homes. On my way to work yesterday i was shocked and almost reduced to tears when i drove through a blackened area...both sides of the road...black, charred, only the trunks of blackened trees left. It made me wonder where the livestock was that used to graze on that land :( i hope they had time to get it out. It was just amazing to see that the fir got within metres of the houses...the fire fighters have done an amazing job. Its so sad to think that some of these fires have been deliberately lit...i think these arsonists need a taste of there own medicine. how else will they understand the pain they have caused. I feel so bad for everyone involved. my heart goes out to the wild animals aswell...the poor things...would have been trying to get away...the fires came and went so fast...a kilometer in minutes...people didnt have time to think about fleeing. Everyone know ssomeone thats been effected. So help out guys...donate donate donate. www.redcross.org.au

Thanks.