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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 243305" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>G'day, folks. I'm rushing a bit tonight. It's late, I just got back on the coomputer after difficult child 1 & daughter in law were using it to draft a thank you note. They'll be back in a few days to print it out. But I can't be up too late tonight, we have a very early start in the morning. difficult child 3 has a couple of one-on-one lessons at school plus husband's car is booked for a service, so we're leaving together so we can get husband to the railway station plus get difficult child 3 & me into the city for the lessons. After that I have some ultrasounds to be done on my very sore hips, then hopefully time for some shopping before difficult child 3's evening drama class. I know it sounds a lot, but I'll have time for some rests while difficult child 3 is having his lessons. It all fits in well, husband will get back to the railway station at about the same time as difficult child 3's evening class finishes, we'll all be able to come home together too.</p><p></p><p>The news from the Victoria fires has been horrific. The death toll is highly likely to go way over 200, there are more towns they havent been able to get into yet but they can see from the air that more towns have been flattened, and nobody's heard anything from the residents. The worst of the fires went through on Saturday (our time) and it's now almost midnight on Monday. </p><p></p><p>The army is pitching in, as they often do in natural disasters. It's an important part of our armed services function, to provide aid and assistance in a mess like this. It's also good training for them. husband used to be in the army, they were on a training exercise at one point when there were blad floods, their exercise was called off while they were seconded to emergency relief work. husband was a signaller, he was setting up communication links into the flooded areas. Others were messing about in boats rescuing people and livestock. This time - the army are going in with tanks to take supplies in cross-country where necessary. The police are going carefully with the burnt-out vehicles, trying to not disturb crime scenes. But the tanks can go direct across paddocks around the obstacles.</p><p></p><p>People have swamped the refugee centres with clothing, they've actually asked for clothing donations to stop because even though there are thousands of people with nothing but the clothes on their backs, the early support has been a flood already, more than enough. The next vital step will be longer-term emergency housing. Again, the army steps in to help build it all. It's going to be awkward, people won't be allowed back until the criminal investigations on the ground have been completed. But one accused arsonist from Victoria fires has already been arrested.</p><p></p><p>I've posted in Watercooler but I won't be able to update tomorrow, not for 24 hours now. husband might, if he can grab a spare minute and if there is more news.</p><p></p><p>Enjoy your Monday, everyone.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 243305, member: 1991"] G'day, folks. I'm rushing a bit tonight. It's late, I just got back on the coomputer after difficult child 1 & daughter in law were using it to draft a thank you note. They'll be back in a few days to print it out. But I can't be up too late tonight, we have a very early start in the morning. difficult child 3 has a couple of one-on-one lessons at school plus husband's car is booked for a service, so we're leaving together so we can get husband to the railway station plus get difficult child 3 & me into the city for the lessons. After that I have some ultrasounds to be done on my very sore hips, then hopefully time for some shopping before difficult child 3's evening drama class. I know it sounds a lot, but I'll have time for some rests while difficult child 3 is having his lessons. It all fits in well, husband will get back to the railway station at about the same time as difficult child 3's evening class finishes, we'll all be able to come home together too. The news from the Victoria fires has been horrific. The death toll is highly likely to go way over 200, there are more towns they havent been able to get into yet but they can see from the air that more towns have been flattened, and nobody's heard anything from the residents. The worst of the fires went through on Saturday (our time) and it's now almost midnight on Monday. The army is pitching in, as they often do in natural disasters. It's an important part of our armed services function, to provide aid and assistance in a mess like this. It's also good training for them. husband used to be in the army, they were on a training exercise at one point when there were blad floods, their exercise was called off while they were seconded to emergency relief work. husband was a signaller, he was setting up communication links into the flooded areas. Others were messing about in boats rescuing people and livestock. This time - the army are going in with tanks to take supplies in cross-country where necessary. The police are going carefully with the burnt-out vehicles, trying to not disturb crime scenes. But the tanks can go direct across paddocks around the obstacles. People have swamped the refugee centres with clothing, they've actually asked for clothing donations to stop because even though there are thousands of people with nothing but the clothes on their backs, the early support has been a flood already, more than enough. The next vital step will be longer-term emergency housing. Again, the army steps in to help build it all. It's going to be awkward, people won't be allowed back until the criminal investigations on the ground have been completed. But one accused arsonist from Victoria fires has already been arrested. I've posted in Watercooler but I won't be able to update tomorrow, not for 24 hours now. husband might, if he can grab a spare minute and if there is more news. Enjoy your Monday, everyone. Marg [/QUOTE]
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