Friday, February 13, 2009

Victorian Bushfires.






















Last weekend my state of Australia (Victoria) was devastated by the worst natural disaster ever recorded in Australian history. So far the death toll is at nearly 200 and 1500 homes have been destoryed. Nearly 10 country towns have been comepletely wiped out with nothing left then the trees of ash and acres of dust. The whole city has been facing smoky days with the smell of smoke floating across Melbourne. Each sunset is as like a ball of fire every day latley. For 2 weeks Victoria and South Australia went through the worst heatwave ever with a week of 45.c plus heat.....not only did this spark some small bushfires, every single garden was dead. My back lawn was dry and crisp and the plants and trees were as brown as the soil. 50,000 dollars of landscaping went down the train. Victoria only has 32% of water in its water storages and this is not likely to improve...we are going threw the worst drought in european Australian history. All across the state people were turning on their aircondtioners at full force and the whole Southbank district of Melbourne lost electricity, including Australias largest casino. We have finally escaped this heatwave but fires are still burning and the death toll is rising every day and more and more inoccent people and animals are departed from this world. While natural bushfires can be big, these current bushfires have also been cause by man. Victorian police have so far caught one arsinest and he shell be chared of murder and possession of child pornography.......he will be in jail for 25 years.

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