tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10294772.post2759955232665528286..comments2023-09-27T21:25:50.750+10:00Comments on L'eggs Up And Laughing: burning and drowningOvaGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12150362175853549015noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10294772.post-60427624641358113432009-02-12T06:43:00.000+11:002009-02-12T06:43:00.000+11:00OG, Beautifully put... I'm in inner Melbourne and ...OG, Beautifully put... I'm in inner Melbourne and safe however my family has been tragically affected by these fires in a couple of ways... and it's frightening when i speak to other melbournites, who all have similar tales... knowing someone who has lost loved ones or homes or had close calls.<BR/><BR/>LLLLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08387580774016694162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10294772.post-24725815819393688612009-02-12T06:24:00.000+11:002009-02-12T06:24:00.000+11:00lovely ova girl,we've been watching and reading an...lovely ova girl,<BR/><BR/>we've been watching and reading and it's difficult to comprehend the horror. <BR/><BR/>our thoughts are with everyone in victoria and with all of you in the rest of the country, too.<BR/><BR/>anna h.Annahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00339218492642457024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10294772.post-75730033119708378672009-02-12T04:59:00.000+11:002009-02-12T04:59:00.000+11:00We've heard a lot about the fires and I was worrie...We've heard a lot about the fires and I was worried you were in the way. I'm not sure of my geography or where you live in Australia. You are all in my prayers and in the prayers of many Americans. <BR/>In Southern CA, we had fire seasons and awful people who'd start them. They need to be caught. I don't recall many this bad.Betty Fhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14922590283372026005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10294772.post-30758669365651315672009-02-11T12:11:00.000+11:002009-02-11T12:11:00.000+11:00Australia has been close to my heart these days. ...Australia has been close to my heart these days. The horror of it all is overwhelming. You are all in my prayers.<BR/><BR/>xo<BR/>FlickaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10294772.post-35522775662399149622009-02-11T10:09:00.000+11:002009-02-11T10:09:00.000+11:00absolutely frightful, those are awful awful storie...absolutely frightful, those are awful awful stories. I hope the worst is most definitely over.Thaliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12125639207843989848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10294772.post-56735382754068096072009-02-11T06:13:00.000+11:002009-02-11T06:13:00.000+11:00it is truly awful news, ovagirl, and we are so sad...it is truly awful news, ovagirl, and we are so saddened by what we hear today in the uk. i'm glad you are safe.Grithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14022216340604423686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10294772.post-8301059727313275932009-02-11T05:40:00.000+11:002009-02-11T05:40:00.000+11:00How truly horrific. I am glad you are safe.How truly horrific. I am glad you are safe.lucky #2https://www.blogger.com/profile/00197021868048118013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10294772.post-88397047659735989172009-02-10T22:39:00.000+11:002009-02-10T22:39:00.000+11:00Today I felt lucky because I was going inside the ...Today I felt lucky because I was going inside the CFA building and answering phones. The victim identification teams filling the footpaths make me cringe. I know of such a small part of what they're seeing and I cannot imagine how they're able to function as human beings. <BR/><BR/>The shear amount of people who have died is amazing. And many of them did everything right and still had no chance. At one point on Saturday a gust of wind would blow the fire 10m forward. That so many people escaped is amazing.SassyCupcakeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06093736219562358428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10294772.post-91667871657356089452009-02-10T21:53:00.000+11:002009-02-10T21:53:00.000+11:00It is dreadful. Very hard to explain to the kids ...It is dreadful. Very hard to explain to the kids when they see the pictures on tv.Betty Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02106396238018550134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10294772.post-85173745698055827942009-02-10T20:10:00.000+11:002009-02-10T20:10:00.000+11:00Thank you, you so often find a way to express thin...Thank you, you so often find a way to express things that are so hard to comprehend. This is exactly what keeps running through my head too. I'm in inner Melbourne, well away from the fire fronts, but they have devastated so many familiar places and the stories are so distressing that I find it almost impossible to process. <BR/><BR/>Bloggers are mobilizing - <A HREF="http://meetmeatmikes.blogspot.com/2009/02/handmade-help-victorian-bushfires.html" REL="nofollow">Mike's</A> has a link list in their sidebar of lots of different ways to help.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10294772.post-58996904143324448792009-02-10T18:42:00.000+11:002009-02-10T18:42:00.000+11:00We have been watching with horror from over here a...We have been watching with horror from over here and a friend has family near Melbourne & of course my blogging friends are near there too. Makes it all more personal somehow.<BR/>Seems almost obscene that over this way we have had a months rain dumped in one night, when you haven't had a drop for over a month. Makes you feel so helpless.<BR/>Lets hope & pray that the fires die right down & that there is no more loss of life and that the scum bags who are deliberately lighting these fires get caught & tried for mass murder. That they get a punishment fitting that crime.<BR/><BR/>This is the fourth time I have tried to comment & written this down but it is too important to give up.Maggie Mayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06183886005936250976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10294772.post-35305330695195823282009-02-10T17:44:00.000+11:002009-02-10T17:44:00.000+11:00Been watching the news in horror. I can only imag...Been watching the news in horror. I can only imagine that it feels a bit like when I see the pictures of malnourished Zimbabweans dying of cholera, just across the border, in a country that was once the breadbasket of southern Africa. Awful.Rebeccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08108279055572390370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10294772.post-79282343330618749422009-02-10T16:33:00.000+11:002009-02-10T16:33:00.000+11:00I'm in an eastern suburb of Melbourne, but a safe ...I'm in an eastern suburb of Melbourne, but a safe distance away from the fires. I've read the stories, too. Often in tears. Yesterday on the train a teen was flippantly joking with friends about probably no longer having a casual job because their workplace and their boss's house had burned down. It seemed so wrong, so self-indulgent, and so heartless to trivialize the loss in such a way.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com