On 10/02/2009, at 8:54 AM, John Garcia wrote: > > New York Times reports 173 dead, hundreds homeless, and that the > fire may > have been set. > > http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/10/world/asia/10australia.html
It wasn't just a fire. It was a number of fires across several hundred kilometres. Several of them were deliberately lit, some of them were accidentally lit (although there's an argument that anyone breaking the Total Fire Ban rules on the conditions last week was as good as lighting a bushfire). The wikipedia article is pretty good on explaining what's been going on. There are still 4 major fires burning with towns, property and people under threat. It's not over yet. We've offered our spare room for emergency accomodation. Charlie. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
