VICTORIAN FIRES AUSTRALAI
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From: Michael E.
Date: Sunday, February 8, 2009, 7:57 PM
Subject: Victorian fires Australai
ID: 267042

Dear All

What is equivalent to a giant fire ball has hit the atate of Victoria wher I live and has burnt and dessicated the country areas which comprise most of the state

it is very very sad. I feel so sad for all those people who have lost their livelihoods anf jobs. Now almost 100 have died in the fires

There is a sadness amongst the people, A sense of emotional restraint. You can see it in their eyes The heat was terrible on Saturday, Down by the ocean , where I was,the temp was 44 degrees centigrade which is111 degrees fahreneit and the wind was ferocious

The whole of Victoria was ablaze that day

All the little townships and even tourist areas

Places near to the Hills like Healesville, Narre Warren, Marysville ,Alexandra. many completely destroyed

Marysville was a beautiful alpine town with giant water Falls , There is no Marysville now

It is gone completely

Basically apart from Melbourne and the outer suburbs which includes the Hills or Mt Dandenog where my clinic is the rest of Victoria is smouldering in a wave of fires

Because of the cool Change alot of the fires are now out but there are still enormous fronts like near Beechworth the Old Gold mining town whose streets are scattered still wth gold dust

Victoria the state is roughly the size of Great Britain

Let us send our prayers for the lost and bereft people in Victoria who have losttheir homes, livelihoods and families

Michael