The local council is now taking in donations that they will be sending to the New Zealand Red Cross for the survivors of the fires. I have put in a donation.

R.I.P. to the dead

 

Hopefully the bastard who dropped his match will be sent down for mass murder

They caught a guy who they believe started the fires. They're also giving him an unrelated Child Pornography charge.

They caught a guy who they believe started the fires. They're also giving him an unrelated Child Pornography charge.

They've caught two of them and I hope they get the rest.

how many do they believe there is?

According to the papers Coldplay among other artists are tipped to play a big benefit concert in order to aid those who lost so much in the fires.

According to the papers Coldplay among other artists are tipped to play a big benefit concert in order to aid those who lost so much in the fires.

 

Fire Aid, as hosted by his royal bobness Bob Geldof?

When is this concert meant to be on?

They caught a guy who they believe started the fires. They're also giving him an unrelated Child Pornography charge.

 

Umm... not to sound conspiratorial, but it almost sounds like that would be the perfect way to get revenge on an enemy - frame him for wildfires and child porn. He'd be the most hated man in Australia. Sounds a little too good to be true!

That reminds me of a recent podcast I got from Best ads on tv

Hero horse saved owner from bushfire

Sunday, February 15, 2009 » 09:17am

 

A man who survived the Victorian bushfires believed he would not be alive today were it not for his horse Jeune Mark.

 

Amid the horror and tragedy of the Victorian bushfires, there has emerged a story with a happy ending.

 

Anthony Sexton, who owns a small farm in Cornella, near Churchill, swears he would not be alive today if it were not for his horse Jeune Mark.

 

The pair were fleeing Mr Sexton's home at the height of the Gippsland fire which killed more than 20 people, when they were trapped by flames from multiple directions.

 

'The flames were all the way across the road,' Mr Sexton said. 'This is when I just looked at him and said this is where we are going to die.

 

'We were just cornered. We were finished.'

 

That is when the 10-year-old chestnut gelding nudged Mr Sexton over a guard rail. He rolled down an embankment and into a creek where he sheltered from the raging fire for two hours.

 

'The last time I saw him he was running through the flames,' Mr Sexton, 40, said.

 

Not surprisingly, Mr Sexton believes Jeune Mark is no ordinary horse. His father was 1994 Melbourne Cup winner Jeune.

 

Although separated after the steed nudged his owner into the creek, the two were reunited once the chaos of the fires subsided.

 

The horse suffered burns to his nose and hooves and bears scars of singeing on his neck.

 

But Mr Sexton has no doubt his horse will return to form.

 

'He's all personality. I think he will come back, though I don't think he will like fire for a little while.'

 

Mr Sexton lost virtually all of his possession in the fires. He plans to rebuild his 130-year-old homestead, including a new stable for his saviour.

 

'I love him,' he said. 'A lot of people have got dogs and cats and budgies and snakes. I've got my horse.'

 

http://bigpondnews.com/articles/National-Regional/2009/02/15/Hero_horse_saved_owner_from_bushfire_302929.html

http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/story/0,21598,24659589-5005369,00.html

 

Aha! Now we see the politicians are coming to the rescue, just as I predicted. A new tax will solve our problems!

http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/story/0,21598,24659589-5005369,00.html

 

Aha! Now we see the politicians are coming to the rescue, just as I predicted. A new tax will solve our problems!

 

I hope that idiot won't get far.

 

The danger isn't over yet either - Dandenong Ranges is on alert as well as Healesville. It's moving closer to Melbourne :disappointed: apparently one of the girls at my school's suburb is gonna be evacuated soon.