Well, Canberra just got totally hammered yesterday. So far, 2 people dead, 60 houses destroyed and thousands of people evacuated. Mid-afternoon and it was more like midNIGHT! I put a link to the new Sentinal web-site, that Bob mentions above, a couple of days ago. Looking at it now the fires themselves are still a few kilometres away. The trouble was strong westerly winds of 50 - 70 kph blew hot ash and embers deep into suburban areas. And, oh joy, more of the same is expected today. I have nothing but praise for the firefighters and emergency services crews, BUT - there are going to be a lot of questions asked as a result of these fires. 'Nuff said, for now. Allan
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