Long Gully Fire-storm pics 200 yards from fire

[tinpan]

Hi all,yesterday we here recorded the highest temperature ever 117 degrees. By 7 pm last nite there was over 200 fires across the state.500 homes gone 65 dead 85 burn and total is still rising.Well the fires started about mile up the road from where i live and only the freeway saved the rest of the houses in the area.Some of my friends have lost everything and a very sad day here.

The fire got to within 250 yards of my house.So lucky i am.Anyway heres a few pics took last nite at 7 pm.the flames were over 30 feet high and the fire was moving at 20 miles an hour.

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[lairmo]

Be safe tinpan. That sounds terrible over there...

 

[tinpan]

more pics

 

[tinpan]

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[Bavaria Mike]

That is freakin terrible! Good luck! Mike

 

[slak jak]

tinpan, glad you are ok &sorry for those who have been affected by the fires , things are bad down here too , my soster lives in trafalgar in gippsland , but so far she is ok . keep safe . slak jak .

 

[pepperj]

That's just too close! Stay safe

 

[seger98]

Terrible news tinpan, hope it gets better soon over there!

 

[treasurefiend]

Damn, sorry about your friends...

 

[Monty]

We've had our share of wildfires out west so we know what you are facing. Ours are mostly due to arson and some lightening. Folks build in wilderness areas and lose their homes to fires in the western states a lot. Thankfully the death toll has been low compared to what you guys are facing. The tree huggers won't let the folks remove the underbrush because of some rare sap sucking beetle or something as rediciulous and when it ignites it goes up with a firestorm. But the outlaws have no trouble cultivating pot out in those same wilderness areas! Be safe and keep us informed. Monty

 

[EDDE]

UPDATE!
Its getting worse

 

[DigginThePast]

Just horrible. Best wishes for you and yours, hopefully this ends very soon.

 

[Lowbatts]

Stay safe and hope it rains!
Take care.

 

[Mighty AP]

THERE YOU ARE!!! IVE BEEN VERY WORRIED!! I knew you lived close to the areas being torched, glad to hear you & your family are safe for now. Im not a religious man but I will say a prayer for you & yours Tinny.............stay safe & good luck to you!

 

[trikikiwi]

Mate, Glad to hear you're OK.
We're about to send a 100 extra fire fighters to you, from NZ.
Mike

 

[Lowbatts]

Mate, Glad to hear you're OK.
We're about to send a 100 extra fire fighters to you, from NZ.
Mike

Wow!
Hope they all take care and get back safe!

 

[tinpan]

Thank all for the kind words but things are not good. the stats and damage is still rising

tinpan

 

[jeff of pa]

Australian fire zone a crime scene; 131 killed





WHITTLESEA, Australia (AP) -- Suspicions that some of Australia's worst wildfires ever were deliberately set led police to declare crime scenes in incinerated towns on Monday, and a clearly emotional prime minister likened the alleged arson to mass murder. The death toll stood at 131.

The scale of the carnage, growing daily, has shocked a nation that endures deadly firestorms every few years. There were no quick answers, but officials said panic and the freight-train speed of the firefront probably accounted for the unusually high toll.

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, visibly upset during a television interview, reflected the country's disgust at the idea that arsonists may have set some of the 400 fires that devastated Victoria state, or helped them jump containment lines.

"What do you say about anyone like that?" Rudd said. "There's no words to describe it, other than it's mass murder."



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[SHERMANVILLE ILLINOIS]

Tin,
take care.


have a good un.........
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