RE: Aussie fires get personal

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I am so sorry for your sister’s partner and his parents. Thank goodness they got out alive, but what a completely life changing tragedy. And their poor animals... 😪 Just terrible.

I think it is really difficult for people who haven’t been to Australia to grasp the sense of scale of the fires. I don’t mean that in just size. There is a sense of place that is being uprooted by the fires too. Not only do you look around and see fires in every direction, but it also destroying or threatening areas that are important to the shared experience of being Australian. Like along with the people who live on the coast year round, how many Canberrans and Sydneysiders have spent summer after summer after summer enjoying and making memories in these gorgeous towns? Then you hear oh, Thredbo and the mountains where everyone skis in the winter and where much of the power for Melbourne, Canberra and Sydney is generated is being evacuated and the power grid is under strain. Then just when your mind can’t rap around what is happening in the East you hear Kangaroo Island is up in flames too.

It is so incomprehensible and heartbreaking.

Obviously I don’t live in Aus anymore, but less than two months ago we stayed in and drove through all of these towns on the south coast that are devastated now. And I think about the people we met, and the quaint main streets we visited, and the smell of the eucalyptus forests we drove through, and the shop dog we met at the bookstore in Cobargo... the sadness I feel from far away for these people, places and creatures is overwhelming. I can’t even comprehend what it would be like for for the people who are in the midst of living their lives in these areas.

Stay safe. I hope all of your people remain safe. And again I am so sorry for your sister’s partner and his family.



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Hey there, thanks for your reply. I don't think I could have said it better than you have here...Spoken like someone who has been here, as you have, seen these areas and understands. Thank you.

Yes, it is devastating and so difficult for people that haven't been here to understand. I think that's why people have trouble commenting on posts like this, however most have been very supportive of course.

We will get through it as a country and whilst there's a lot of anger and emotion at the moment, some of which is being aimed at the Prime Minister and the government, eventually the work of clearing away the rubble and rebuilding will start. Aussies are good at just getting on with it.

Thanks again and I hope you have a great weekend.

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