"Fourteen killed in Australian wildfires: police February 7, 2009 - 11:04PM Fourteen people died in wildfires sweeping through southeastern Australia during a heatwave Saturday, with arsonists blamed for starting several of the blazes, police said.
"This is an absolute tragedy for (Victoria) state and we believe the figure may even get worse," said deputy police commissioner Kieran Walshe." (Taken from the age website)
who would do such a thing, to light a fire on a 46 degree day is just wrong and i live like 40 min away from the fires
Re: Wildfires in Australia
Posted: Sat Feb 07, 2009 12:23 pm
by rek
I was driving with my family today and saw a huge fire in the median strip of the freeway. We were blind for like 10 secs while we were driving through the smoke. It was around 40degrees.
Re: Wildfires in Australia
Posted: Sun Feb 08, 2009 5:00 am
by Snoopy
Apparently 35 people died now. While 60% of Queensland is flooded. ;x
Re: Wildfires in Australia
Posted: Sun Feb 08, 2009 8:09 am
by little_panther
shit now gone up to 66
Sixty-six people are confirmed dead in Victoria's bushfires, far surpassing the state's toll of 47 in the 1983 Ash Wednesday blazes.
The number of dead is likely to rise even further as blazes continue to ravage the state with almost 312,000 hectares affected. At least 700 homes have been destroyed - 550 of those in Kinglake and surrounding areas.
Re: Wildfires in Australia
Posted: Sun Feb 08, 2009 8:14 am
by Snoopy
Another reason it sucks to live in Victoria.
Re: Wildfires in Australia
Posted: Sun Feb 08, 2009 8:17 am
by Midori
Snoopy wrote:Another reason it sucks to live in Victoria.
Why did you smile?
Re: Wildfires in Australia
Posted: Sun Feb 08, 2009 8:26 am
by Snoopy
X-Lax wrote:
Snoopy wrote:Another reason it sucks to live in Victoria.
Why did you smile?
Be...cause I can? I put smiles everywhere, not just here. I did think, hey maybe this isn't the place to put smile, but I did anyway.
Re: Wildfires in Australia
Posted: Sun Feb 08, 2009 8:36 am
by rek
Snoopy wrote:Another reason it sucks to live in Victoria.
vb sucks
Re: Wildfires in Australia
Posted: Sun Feb 08, 2009 8:45 am
by Snoopy
rek wrote:
Snoopy wrote:Another reason it sucks to live in Victoria.
vb sucks
Indeed it does.
fourex ftw.
Re: Wildfires in Australia
Posted: Sun Feb 08, 2009 8:52 pm
by Snoopy
108 Now killed in Victorian Bushfires.
Re: Wildfires in Australia
Posted: Sun Feb 08, 2009 9:36 pm
by *BlackFox
Thats terrible! Big fires almost ends bad..
Re: Wildfires in Australia
Posted: Sun Feb 08, 2009 11:23 pm
by TOloseGT
damnnnnnnn, 108 dead? did the fires go thru neighborhoods or somethin?
Re: Wildfires in Australia
Posted: Sun Feb 08, 2009 11:30 pm
by Grimjaw
little_panther wrote:shit now gone up to 66
Sixty-six people are confirmed dead in Victoria's bushfires, far surpassing the state's toll of 47 in the 1983 Ash Wednesday blazes.
The number of dead is likely to rise even further as blazes continue to ravage the state with almost 312,000 hectares affected. At least 700 homes have been destroyed - 550 of those in Kinglake and surrounding areas.
Jesus.
Re: Wildfires in Australia
Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2009 12:26 am
by RiceFarmer
TOloseGT wrote:damnnnnnnn, 108 dead? did the fires go thru neighborhoods or somethin?
Ya, the fires completly razed 4 seperate towns completly.
The death toll is expected to go up and up, with hundreds still missing.
A Victorian news-reader and his wife also died
Re: Wildfires in Australia
Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2009 12:33 am
by Tasdik
Re: Wildfires in Australia
Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2009 2:34 am
by Necrobat
Estimates are placing the total death toll will be 170+
There was a doctor on the news last night who basically said that everybody with severe burns in hospital is going to die, purely because they don't have the manpower to treat everyone.
Re: Wildfires in Australia
Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2009 2:41 am
by TOloseGT
damnnnnnnnnnnnnn
Re: Wildfires in Australia
Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2009 3:14 am
by Fury
Its sad that so many people have died and lost their homes, but at least they have funded around 300mil i think for those people.
Re: Wildfires in Australia
Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2009 4:28 am
by Disconn3cted
Necrobat wrote:Estimates are placing the total death toll will be 170+
There was a doctor on the news last night who basically said that everybody with severe burns in hospital is going to die, purely because they don't have the manpower to treat everyone.
tbh if I had severe burns that significantly alter my appearance I would rather just die
Re: Wildfires in Australia
Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2009 5:12 am
by Snoopy
Disconn3cted wrote:
Necrobat wrote:Estimates are placing the total death toll will be 170+
There was a doctor on the news last night who basically said that everybody with severe burns in hospital is going to die, purely because they don't have the manpower to treat everyone.
tbh if I had severe burns that significantly alter my appearance I would rather just die
If it actually happened to you. I think you would think differently. At the moment, all you care about is how you look. But you'll soon realise there's more to life than just your appearance.
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Re: Wildfires in Australia
Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2009 6:39 am
by MrTwilliger
An old member here, Buster5995, is quite close to the fires as well. Last i heard from him i think they said they were 8kms away? Not too sure exactly, i have a shocking memory. That was a few days ago now so i will try contact him when i can. One of my old school mates and my ex's dad are very close to the blazes as well, im quite lucky there haven't been any blazes up here in NSW.
Re: Wildfires in Australia
Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2009 7:54 am
by Breed
Death Toll is at 131 now, still climbing. Over 750 Homes destroyed.
RIP
Re: Wildfires in Australia
Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2009 8:50 am
by Snoopy
What sucks is after the tsunami in Indonesia. The Australian government gave 1 billion dollars in aid to them. Yet when we have a disaster in our own country, they so far have only forked out 10million. Quite sad, we should aid ourselves before others!
Re: Wildfires in Australia
Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2009 8:55 am
by Reise
When they find the arsonists they should burn them to death like the people they killed.
Re: Wildfires in Australia
Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2009 9:05 am
by Snoopy
Reise wrote:When they find the arsonists they should burn them to death like the people they killed.
There's a good chance they would get killed anyway. So many people down Victoria would kill them without thinking twice. Though I'd like to ask them if they like fire so much, then chuck them in one. Disgusting people, how they can even do this.
One fire apparently started when hoons burned out a car in Kinglake.
Re: Wildfires in Australia
Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2009 9:12 am
by little_panther
Yer it's horrible, If you've been following this you know that there was a wind change, well if that wind change hadn't of happened we would have been hit by the fire, people just two streets down from us were being evacuated and they close the roads
Re: Wildfires in Australia
Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2009 7:42 pm
by inky
Reise wrote:When they find the arsonists they should burn them to death like the people they killed.
Which is not gonna' happen and that is why the current justice system fails. I don't get why "human rights" apply to people like that. They should have lost that privilege after committing such crimes.
Anyway, sorry to hear that.
Re: Wildfires in Australia
Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2009 7:50 pm
by Disconn3cted
Snoopy wrote:
Disconn3cted wrote:
Necrobat wrote:Estimates are placing the total death toll will be 170+
There was a doctor on the news last night who basically said that everybody with severe burns in hospital is going to die, purely because they don't have the manpower to treat everyone.
tbh if I had severe burns that significantly alter my appearance I would rather just die
If it actually happened to you. I think you would think differently. At the moment, all you care about is how you look. But you'll soon realise there's more to life than just your appearance.
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It's not just that. It would be hard to take care of yourself if you're fingers were burned off and little kids would be afraid of you.
Re: Wildfires in Australia
Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2009 8:30 pm
by Snoopy
166 Dead - Expected to go over 200.
10.5 million dollars raised in 1 day by the Australian citizens. Coles (Supermarket grocer) will be donating its Friday profits to Victorian fire charity (they usually make about 5 million or more a day).
Re: Wildfires in Australia
Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2009 9:11 pm
by Grimjaw
Reise wrote:When they find the arsonists they should burn them to death like the people they killed.
