Originally Posted by Amazulu (Post 11074665)

Thanks. Good friends of ours live right where this fire is right now. Can't get hold of them so hope that they are safe

Originally Posted by northernbird (Post 11075545)

Hope they are OK. The pictures are truly awful and reports are now saying 40 homes have been lost as well as the poor man who died defending his home.

Hope it stays away from you but keep safe and remember as important as bricks and mortar are to us they are insignificant compared to our lives.

Originally Posted by Amazulu (Post 11071873)

....drinking a fantastic bottle of Oyster Bay Chardonnay

Just saying

Originally Posted by DeadVim (Post 11074683)

Indeed, wishing all the best for anyone facing adversity :fingerscrossed:

I remember well the first time I saw a fire on the horizon and I feel for the people facing it down and the choices that have to be made are heart-wrenching.

We have an 'emergency box' packed at all times for such situations, photos, insurance docs and the like.

You don't really get a sense of the danger of living in some parts of Oz until you see it first hand.

Good luck to you and yours.

Originally Posted by Amazulu (Post 11075550)

Thanks NB. The fire is heading in the opposite direction so no problem there

We have no intention of ever staying to fight a fire. As long as we and the dogs are safe, I don't give a shit what happens to the house. We have plenty of insurance and would get a spanking brand new home! It would also put an end to all the renovations/work that I keep postponing

Originally Posted by BadgeIsBack (Post 11075800)

I confess to arriving here under the impression that wildfire happened once every 10 years - a freak event...(etc) I had no idea that for some suburbs or rural areas that there was a real fire threat (and actual fire) every year...even every week of high summer.

Originally Posted by Amazulu (Post 11075550)

Thanks NB. The fire is heading in the opposite direction so no problem there

We have no intention of ever staying to fight a fire. As long as we and the dogs are safe, I don't give a shit what happens to the house. We have plenty of insurance and would get a spanking brand new home! It would also put an end to all the renovations/work that I keep postponing

Originally Posted by BadgeIsBack (Post 11075800)

I confess to arriving here under the impression that wildfire happened once every 10 years - a freak event...(etc) I had no idea that for some suburbs or rural areas that there was a real fire threat (and actual fire) every year...even every week of high summer.

Originally Posted by Amazulu (Post 11075857)

Just listening to a report on the radio and the authorities are saying that this fire had the potential to have been much, much worse. If they hadn't have put the resources in that they did, it could have been 450 homes instead of 45. Scary stuff

Originally Posted by Kapri (Post 11082928)

We arrived in Australia in July and by October we were very close to several bush fires.
It's very scary and I can't imagine what it must be like to lose your home and all your possessions in that way.
Let's hope the weather cools soon in WA, Vic and SA.
It's hot here today but only 35 rather than the 40 odd that other states have seen.