Black Saturday in Victoria
Posted on February 11th, 2009 by MichaelAs you know, School of Thinking is based in Melbourne, Victoria.
This morning’s newspaper tells us that Saturday’s fire, which devastated much of Victoria, was a fire event on a scale never seen before in Australia’s history.
Scientists have estimated that the energy of that ‘Perfect Firestorm’ on Saturday was equivalent to that of 500 Hiroshima bombs going off simultaneously.
Pictures
••• Click through for amazing pictures of this firestorm …
Help
Help is sought and gratefully accepted through the official Victorian Bushfire Appeal 2009 run by the Red Cross and the State Government of Victoria. 100% of every cent given to this appeal goes to the victims. No admin fees of any kind are deducted.
February 14th, 2009 at 4:38 am
When will we learn to take care of our environment? How can we learn to take care of our environment to create spaces, homes & villages where this cannot take place. We are doing all this to ourselves.
February 12th, 2009 at 12:08 pm
May there soon be a BVS, and may we all learn from this tragedy and support our brothers and sisters Down Under and the Red Cross so desperately needed at this time of great loss.
February 12th, 2009 at 11:26 am
MY DAUGHTER AND HER KIDS LIVE IN MELBOURNE SHE IS HAVEING
AN OPERATION TOMORROW TO REMOVE HER WOMANHOOD WIH 50%
CHANCE OF SURVIVAL WE LOOK AS FIRE APPROACHES HER HOME AN WONDER WHAT SHE WILL BE LEFT WITH.EVEN THOUGH WE KNOW THESE SCENAIRIOS HAVE PLAYED OUT FOR OTHERS BEFORE.
WE WAIT IN ANTISIPATION OF THE OUTCOMES.
ACTION WILL BE TAKEN ACCORDINGLY SUPPORTING HER COMMUNITY.
February 12th, 2009 at 10:42 am
The devastation in assets and lives will be felt for a long time. It shows us, once again, that the force of mother nature is a force that we humans cannot comprehend. It is also a timely reminder that our climate and environment is precious otherwise we will lose it.