A horrible day in Victoria

Everybody knows by now that the fires in Victoria have claimed more lives than the Ash Wednesday fires in 1983. We’ve had a quiet day at home for the most part, but I just read that there are close to 70 80 8493 108131 people confirmed dead.

Here is a little snippet of audio, a young woman calls a radio station to ask for help, and then subsequent calls describe the dramatic rescue of 4 adults, a couple of elderly people, and eight kids under ten years old. I think this audio shows the human side of this awful day very well, but these people had a happy ending, unlike so many others.

The Victorian State government, in association with the Red Cross, have set up a relief fund. If you’d like to make a donation, click here.

P.S. The Red Cross also needs blood. If you’ve been thinking that maybe you should donate, please turn thought into action, you have a very good chance of saving a life.

P.P.S. If you can either offer emergency pet minding or any form of pet care, horse agistment etc, to the people devastated by the Victorian bushfires, or are in need of emergency pet minding or any form of pet care, horse agistment etc, due to the Victorian bushfires, please log onto this website, which will help facilitate both.

Mark posted some pictures, the last one of which made me happy, and also very sad. Click here, and scroll to the bottom to see a baby sugar glider that was rescued. Sadly, many other creatures weren’t so lucky.