Australian wildfires

Atlantia · 9th February 2009, 04:29 PM

The news in the UK is full of terrible images of the destruction wrought by these huge wildfires.
The Sydney Morning Herald newspaper has described them as: "A Tragedy Beyond Belief".
There really are no words to describe how terrible this disaster is, and any words of sympathy will seem barely adequate to the scale of the suffering and destruction.

The UK, and I'm sure the world is watching and our thoughts, hopes and sincere best wishes are with the Australian people at this terrible time.

katana · 9th February 2009, 04:55 PM

Hi Gene .....yes terrible ....and even worse it is reported to be the work of arsonists. Unusually the speed of the fire was very fast....reports have said that, at times, cars were unable to outrun it.

I hope our Australian formites have not been directly affected by this and my sympathy to all those whom have suffered loss.

Regards David

9th February 2009, 04:29 PM	#1
Atlantia Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: The Sharp end Posts: 2,928	Australian wildfires The news in the UK is full of terrible images of the destruction wrought by these huge wildfires. The Sydney Morning Herald newspaper has described them as: "A Tragedy Beyond Belief". There really are no words to describe how terrible this disaster is, and any words of sympathy will seem barely adequate to the scale of the suffering and destruction. The UK, and I'm sure the world is watching and our thoughts, hopes and sincere best wishes are with the Australian people at this terrible time.

9th February 2009, 04:55 PM	#2
katana Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Kent Posts: 2,653	Hi Gene .....yes terrible ....and even worse it is reported to be the work of arsonists. Unusually the speed of the fire was very fast....reports have said that, at times, cars were unable to outrun it. I hope our Australian formites have not been directly affected by this and my sympathy to all those whom have suffered loss. Regards David