Australian Bushfires

[Canuk]

Just because I thought some people might be interested; the Australian bushfires over this southern hemisphere summer have now burned 12 million hectares. By way of comparison, thats almost the entire state of New York or the country of England.

Just FYI...

[Mikiesboy]

There's no real words to describe it.. horrific, awful... they don't quite say enough. One of the authors i know, on GA is there fighting them - @WolfM  He posted some poetry he wrote while there in the last couple of weeks.

The loss of wildlife, plant life and human lives is difficult to comprehend.

[LJCC]

My mom lives in Sunnybank Hills, Brisbane. I'd been keeping tabs on her everyday. I can't believe what's happening down there right now. I can't believe so many horrible things have been happening just this year. The start of the new decade and we get this for starters. 

[Thorn Wilde]

It's horrific. No other word to describe it. And millions upon millions of animals, some members of vulnerable species, are dead or at great risk. Just awful. 

[Carlos Hazday]

4 hours ago, Thorn Wilde said:

It's horrific. No other word to describe it. And millions upon millions of animals, some members of vulnerable species, are dead or at great risk. Just awful. 

WolfM mentioned they try to do what they can to help animals but the situation's worse than whatever we see on TV. 

[Canuk]

And now, just so we know who is in control, Mother Nature has just delivered 4 days of almost non stop heavy rain over a 1000km front from Brisbane though Sydney to the border with Victoria. So flooding, roads closed, dams filled with ash, but fires put out.

Australian bush is resilient, but this is testing that resilience.

[Daddydavek]

And like in California, the run-off filled with ash is toxic too.