Victorian Bushfires - Hell on Earth !
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7. Victorian Bushfires - Hell on Earth !
9 months ago
On Saturday 7th February in the state of Victoria, Australia,
the temperature hit 46.4C (115.5F) in the city of Melbourne and a crazy 48C (118.4F) a little further out.
*48C temperatures
*Gale force winds over 100km's an hour (62miles per hour)
*The air as dry as a bone, humidity well under 10%
*We have been in a drought for the last decade so the earth was dry and ready to explode into an inferno if a fire started.
*Mass murders who started the fires
Add all of these together and it has become Australia's worst Brushfires.
Entire towns have been wiped off the map, with aerial images of the region showing an eerie moonscape of blackened earth and collapsed homes where fields and communities used to stand.
Towns have been declared crime scenes and the death toll in Victoria's bushfires has reached 210. Whole communities have been completely wiped out.
Over 2,000 homes have been destroyed, and more than 1,100,000 hectares have been burnt out.
All the Victorian bushfires are now contained (March 14 2009) 5 weeks from when it all started on February 7th 2009.
More than a million native animals may have perished in Victoria's fire inferno, a wildlife expert says.
A bushfire scientist has compared the intensity of the inferno to a nuclear strike. The energy released from the 'hell on earth' fires equates to 660 Hiroshima bombs!
Flames reached up to 80m (263feet) high!
Doctors treating Victorian bushfire burns victims say the disaster is worse than the Bali bombings.
Latest info can be found here: news.ninemsn.com.au/bushfires.aspx
DONATIONS LINKS
redcross.org.au/Donations/onlineDonations.asp
nab.com.au
commbank.com.au
anz.com.au
westpac.com.au
Not in Australia:
Phone: + 61-3-9500 5000
(+ is what you would dial to call overseas)
This number will reach the appeals room.
Cheques can be made to 'Australian Red Cross Victorian Bush Fire Appeal'
The postal address:
G.P.O Box 2957
Melbourne
Victoria 8060
Australia.
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I taped a few different news broadcast off the TV here and we pieced together this video so our fellow Vimeoians can see what's going on.
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6 Days later the Sun & Moon Glowed Orange due to the smoke of the fires: vimeo.com/3200459
the temperature hit 46.4C (115.5F) in the city of Melbourne and a crazy 48C (118.4F) a little further out.
*48C temperatures
*Gale force winds over 100km's an hour (62miles per hour)
*The air as dry as a bone, humidity well under 10%
*We have been in a drought for the last decade so the earth was dry and ready to explode into an inferno if a fire started.
*Mass murders who started the fires
Add all of these together and it has become Australia's worst Brushfires.
Entire towns have been wiped off the map, with aerial images of the region showing an eerie moonscape of blackened earth and collapsed homes where fields and communities used to stand.
Towns have been declared crime scenes and the death toll in Victoria's bushfires has reached 210. Whole communities have been completely wiped out.
Over 2,000 homes have been destroyed, and more than 1,100,000 hectares have been burnt out.
All the Victorian bushfires are now contained (March 14 2009) 5 weeks from when it all started on February 7th 2009.
More than a million native animals may have perished in Victoria's fire inferno, a wildlife expert says.
A bushfire scientist has compared the intensity of the inferno to a nuclear strike. The energy released from the 'hell on earth' fires equates to 660 Hiroshima bombs!
Flames reached up to 80m (263feet) high!
Doctors treating Victorian bushfire burns victims say the disaster is worse than the Bali bombings.
Latest info can be found here: news.ninemsn.com.au/bushfires.aspx
DONATIONS LINKS
redcross.org.au/Donations/onlineDonations.asp
nab.com.au
commbank.com.au
anz.com.au
westpac.com.au
Not in Australia:
Phone: + 61-3-9500 5000
(+ is what you would dial to call overseas)
This number will reach the appeals room.
Cheques can be made to 'Australian Red Cross Victorian Bush Fire Appeal'
The postal address:
G.P.O Box 2957
Melbourne
Victoria 8060
Australia.
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I taped a few different news broadcast off the TV here and we pieced together this video so our fellow Vimeoians can see what's going on.
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6 Days later the Sun & Moon Glowed Orange due to the smoke of the fires: vimeo.com/3200459
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I can't watch the news without the tears spilling over, just imagining the sheer terror and the overwhelming sadness as a result of all the terrible losses.
We (you guys) never stood a chance against a "monster" such as that, but I take my hat off to all that tried SO hard to fight those fires.
Those firefighters are angels in disguise!
It is my sincerest hope that as a result of this changes will be made.
The penalty for those caught lighting fires MUST change.
It is a form of terrorism!
I also hope somehow, we learn something from this in the hopes of never ever again seeing so much loss of human life.
For those who have survived and lost friends and loved ones, my heart goes out to them in deepest sympathy.
I thought we had it rough here in California last fall. I made this just before there were 1900+ fires in Northern CA.
vimeo.com/1217285
Santa Anna winds make So. Cal. impossible for fire prevention. Every year it seems worse, but nothing compared to your fire season.
We never see so many fatalities.
Your video really says it all. The end stills are astounding.
Thanks for the post. Who did the music?
I'm soo pleased you did this.
What a truly Great job you have done on it.
I thought only last night of doing something like it but as I watch the late news I knew I couldn't.
To watch your video that you have put together so well brings more tears and sadness to me at this tragedy.
At this very moment as I sit here in my office in Qld typing this it is absolutely pouring with rain.... Why isn't it raining down there for those POOR homeless and shattered people.
I think that if the law catches up with the fucking arse holes that started this they should be thrown straight into jail for the rest of their lives never to be released and keep them in total insolation from anyone till the day the Bustards die!... and even thats too good for them!!!
To all those who are suffering from love ones that have been lost in this trouble tragedy my Heart and soul is with you and my DEEPEST, DEEPEST Sympathy. You are in the hearts and minds of all Australia and others all around the world. XO
Thank You soo much Munchkin, Well do Mate.
DONATIONS LINKS
redcross.org.au/Donations/onlineDonations.asp
nab.com.au
commbank.com.au
anz.com.au
westpac.com.au
I'm just checking all of those out now as well as the banks that have donation pages, and was going to put it on my Message or send Munchkin an email with the list of links??
Deeply moving...
This video was hard to take in but I am glad I viewed it. My prayers are with the ones who lost someone in this horrible event. I cannot imagine what the people were going through when they were fleeing for their lives just to be consumed by the fire. Fire is by far the worst way to die as the body has no way to block out the pain.
This was truly a tragic event for Australia. I just can't see why someone would set a fire like this, I can't even comprehend such an act.
Thank you for sharing this and I agree with Keith about the links.
Shocking video.
Thanks for uploading this. I hope they catch the monster who did this!
And I totally agree with Tracey. Anyone caught lighting fires needs a much harsher sentence.
Amazing vid Munchkin.
My heart goes out to you all.
The many who risked their lives to help stop these fires should be honoured greatly; heroic bravery has been shown by many.
I truly hope normality returns soon, and those that have lost their loved ones & homes are given the help & compensation so much needed.
But this video is really great! specially the pictures at the end. They have to use this video for rasing money!!!
The humanity moans while there are heard clearly the outcries of these desperate lives. But it is important to remember that before all that was happening, The nature was already dying in destruction. " The flames of the deforestation ", of the exploraçãoi without limits of the natural recrsos. The self-destruction of the humanity and in consequence, the planet.
An irreparable damage. :(
I hope that you, your husband, family and friends are kept safe from this event and that all Aussies muck in and catch and punish the ones responsible!
be well....
Pictures speak loud enough.
Stewart in Scotland
I thank you for putting this together.....I can now send the link to people overseas who may wish to help in some way. It makes me cry.
Not much to say as your video says it all. Here in California we are getting a fair share of video on this as we can clearly relate to tragic fires like this one. One image that blew me away was an Aussie firefighter amidst some smoking, charred trees, his face streaked with ash, giving water from a plastic bottle to a frightened looking Koala bear. Better days are ahead.
- Paul
This is no ordinary Bushfire, this is as your title says:
'Hell on Earth' !!!
I've been watching the news and the human stories are so touching that I tear up every time I hear them.
Mothers losing little children as they watch them being burnt in the house, many others crashing their cars as they tried to outrun the huge fire ball, they crash as the smoke was so dark that they couldn't see pass the bonnet of the car.
Charred corpses scattered everywhere, it was as if an atomic bomb had gone off.
Whole towns wiped off the face of the earth !
So sad, so very sad indeed. Words don't do it justice.
Lets use this Internet thing......
I hope the best with all of you and thank you for being our real public eyes my dear friend Munchken.
Sincerely from my heart. emily eunjue hayes