My baby chicken got burnt in the bushfires and i was very sad for it.

the fires were so intense that they melted alloy car wheels:'(

i am so deversated that this happened my heart and hope goes out to all of you

o.m.g how brave r they all sorry for the loved ones who were lost xx

the pictures are very graphic I wish it never happend.

these pictures are awsome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I live in one of the towns effected by the fires on Feb 7, thankfully we still have the town and most of the houses. It has taken me 5 weeks to be able to start to deal with this tragedy and to cry for the first time and yet our house and family are ok. I can only imagine how long it is going to take for those directly impacted who lost houses, loved ones and in some cases the whole community infrastructure. These people are a long way from being able to deal with the massive tragedy that that one day brought upon us.
It helps me to grieve and to recover when I read through your comments, b/c it helps to bring my feelings out. Thank you.

sooooooooooo sooooooooooo sorry

The horse so gross :X

i feel for you guys...... no one diserves to go through what you's have gone through except the idiots who started the fires!

As an international Lion in Rotherham UK it saddened me to hear of so many deaths and so much damage. I am told that in the fire 3 Lions are known to have died and 4 are missing.I hope that the financial aid sent to you by the Lions although not helping with the grief being felt is at least of some financial help

i am 12 years of age and was born in australia, i think this is really really dreadful. i cant think how scary it would be to be in 1 of thes fires. if i stilll lived in australia i would we scared of going out just in case one started
and i cant belive some people actuly start bushfires, i think it is a dredful thing 2 do and i wouldnt be able to live with my self after woulds.
once i hered that when they were geting water from the sea they picked up a scoober diver, because with helicopters they get a big tub and fly it 2 the sea and pick water up and take it bake 2 the fire.

Hi Aussie, please believe me when I say that I feel for all of those victims of this most devesating of bush fires. One need to undersand the impact this has on the families and all residents, as well as the virtual rebuilding of a state.

Kindest
Darryl Parrish, East London, South Africa

I lived in Kinglake and see the devastation. I see the impact it has on lives - and now that media and support services have left the area - people are really struggling - even down to the basics of water, sewerage, heat and food. These people are still left with hardship - waiting for financial assistance from all the money raised for these communities - yet they still have to go through red tape - let alaone the the infrastructure of rebuilding/. What conditions are these people living under? Caravans - no toilets - no sewerage - dig a hole - no water - when's the next shower? - Carry onh in your day to day job to earn a living to pay the mortgage on a house that is not there - so - it goes on.

How much heartache

In the western USA, we suppressed forest fires for 100 years. This led to an unnatural buildup of fuel wood, and then gigantic fires. In the old days, the Indians burned the grasses under the trees every year, keeping the forest clean and fires small. Are the Australian fires a similar situation?

My heart and my prayers go out to each and every Australian. Not only those that have lost their homes, but to you as a people who have lost fellow country men. May God give you the courage and strength to rebuild your land. My prayer is for even the animals that died or are suffering from terrible burns. It was very hard to look at the pictures of devastation and tragedy. God bless you all.

this is very sad to know that people are still affected even though if it happened last month nothing can take replace what they need or lost.

bro damn diz sum freaky deaky shit ae!!!!!!!!! damn 166 people died?????? datz out ov it aint it????? farr out man...... feel sorry for the people hu died ae!!!!!!

These people need support and care, I give my heart to those heros who helped out to get rid of most of those fires. May any who died rest in peace.

it is so sad!!!!!!!!

oh my god cant look at this any more

very lovely photos

Hi, Just wondering how I can help........I am a construction manager with 15 years experience........HOW CAN I HELP. PLEASE CONTACT ME......mark@marinescape.co.nz

This is really sad to see what is really going on in Australia! global warming can make it even worse in the future.

i feel sorry for the victims of the bushfire!

i lived in kinglake until a month before the fires.. the house i lived was destroyed by a fire ball. my daughter and her family still live up there.. she has lost everything.both of us know of many people who died in the fires and so many many more that lost everything as well. i didn't know if my family was alive or dead for hours as the phones had gone down , then i got a text from my daughter to say her house had gone.. nothing else.it was frightening enough for me but the hell that those people went thru up in the village and surrounding areas is beyond belief. .people are closer now and talk more and are there more for each other.. good can come out of this and it will. time....................

i feel so sorry for the people that died and i hope others can be strong and plese think yourself lucky you wernt stuck and died

Today April 16th, my son lost his future wife and four members of her team in the fire. They were due to rotate back to America on April 17th. They fought the fires for many months, giving all they had to help stop the fires. They died doing the work they loved. I offer up my prayers to their families, to my son and to all families that have lost their loved ones in the fire. May they find peace among the pain. May they fine hope somewhere in the despair. Some things we never understand. But we are all better people for having known them.

My regards. I've known about this from a few hours after it started when I received an e-mail from my pen-pal Sean in Queensland, linking to a YouTube video of his local news and to an Australian newspaper article. I truly am sorry, and may God watch over you.

I've read that in some areas of the world that have dry season, natives used to have small controlled fires each year to burn dry bush, thereby preventing the buildup of fuel and preventing huge devastating fires. But now I have read that although Australia has bush fire season each year, that councils do not allow the clearing of dry bush or even cutting dry grass in some cases. They want nature to take care of the build-up of dry bush fuel, because environmentalists claim that for people to remove it is not natural or something. Then some other people said that if that was the case, then it makes a situation where disaster is only a matter of time. . I guess you could say they were warned. Any arsonist, should be charged with murder. But perhaps it is also the fault of bad decisions by councils and environmentaliists.

some times nature rily plays wid us becoz of us i.e. we plays wid nature... but its never should hapn......

Very interesting and extremely empathising. I am very sorry to hear of those families and individuals that have been effected by the bushfires. I live SW of NSW and only hear and read about the devistating stories and consequences that the bushfires have had/having. As part of my HSC i have chosen to focus on families/people that have been effected by the bushfires as part of my individual research project. If anyone could help me with some primary information it would be very much appreciated, however if not it is very understandable.
Thankyou very much.
Please email me if you think you can help me.. squidgey606@hotmail.com

this is about the saddest thing i have ever seen!

WAT EVER HAPPEN WHEN EVERYONE LOVE EVERYONE!!!!

WHO EVER DID IT SHOULD THINK ADOUT WAT THEY HAVE DONE

my name is josh noel and i thimk it is tight

this is amsolutly awful!

i think who ever started the fire should be whipped and bummed

unreal lad

I hope that this mad thing will stop as soon as possible.

Here in greece we had many bushfires in the past, and of course i have lived it and want to be sorry.

I hope that everyone that will be caught will be executed with the worst way!
I want to stab everyone that did such a thing to people, animals, BUT AND Trees and bushes, they all have lives like us!

Cool pics of bushfires!

OHHHH i feel so sorry for them.. My firends uncle died and i cant possibly imagine how she fells. i hope everyone will help get these peoples houses back. PLZ I BEG EVERYONE HELP. AND PLZ STOP GLOBAL WARNING. IF U DONT WANT ANOTHER BUSHFIRE STOP GLOBAL WARNING!!!

I FEEL SORRY FOR EVERY1 THE PICTURES I JUST SAW WERE ABSOLUTELY DEVSATING

i am sorry for all the peolpe in the bushfires
god will be with you i hope people get new home
sorry for peolpe who lost the love one
love from aimee xoxox

this sucks

Bless the all, i'd like to think that the people of country victoria dont have to wait to long before they can have at least some where to start, i'm talking about the re-build. With all the millions donated and collected not nearly enough has got to the people who really need it. Come on Kisten Nixon winter is comeing where do these people live, get a move on, and to the insurance companies , i plead with your expedite the re-build, lets go get cracking.

i dont like the horse one take it off plz .

iam doing school work on this if you no these qestions email me soon
Research a disaster that has occurred in Australia or any other country. The disaster can either be natural or man-made. Use at least four different sources
During your research remember to focus your questions on the following:
• Who was involved? (Describe the people including religion)
• What happened? (details of the event, who responded etc)
• When did the disaster occur?
• Where was the disaster? (include a world map with the location shown)
• Why did the disaster happen? (Was it natural or man made?)
• How did people manage after the disaster, what effect did it have on the community? How were governments, aid organisations etc involved?
Also include any information that you may find interesting.
amz

this is really awful. I feel bad for the popel who lost their family members the most, because even though losing your home is bad, losing you loved ones is another thing. Those poor folks! I live in seattle, and i also wish that i could send all the rain and wet weather we get to the fires!

this is realy bad.

thats the saddest thing i have seen. now one should have to go through this. i cant believe humans would do this to each other. the people who started these fires should be put in jail for life and rote, for what they have done to families and the community

sorry to all the victims in the bushfire. i hope with what we contributed, it will help (:
x

im sorry to people out there that lost they kid and familys

so sad

i'm sorry for the people who died

the people who died that sad and I hope that will not happened to me

thanx for the slidshow :)

wish i had some popcorn though :(

sad but good photos

i pray for those whose life was taken love ya

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCvI6oV62Ro
heres some more footage...you'all don't understand how frightening it was.
thanks for your thoughts and prayers

wow. crazy. this is for my school assignment.
this is so sad. : *(

hope everyone remembers and we try to make sure that nothing like this ever happens again! My heart goes out to all those who lost loved ones. Hope tomorrow is better!

I feel so sorry about the bushfires and the devestation it caused. Our school donated alot of money to help to rebuild the communities which crashed to the ground.

I am so sorry about this wildfire that devarstated many lives, properties, and biodiversity. We should find out roots of causes to this serious disaster and must try to reduce future disaster risks.

hm...
so s..a.....d.. : ' (

i feel bad for all people that lost their homes!

this is really really sad to see all this happening in frount of my eyes

Hi i would like to thank each and every one of you for all your comments and best wishes as someone said in their comments they would be scared in the face of the fires i can asure you that i was one of those fire fighters that went to the fires i was scared and frightened but it tis something that you have to get over you have a job to do and that is it. All the fire fighters are trormatised at the verrosity and devitastion that these fires have caused i and my brigade were hoping that befor the black saturday happened that our FIRE in our part of the world near Mirboo nth and boolara would be the biggest for the season but as we soon found out it was not ment to be thankyou once again it brough t tears to my eyes reading all your comments thanks. Dean

May the souls of the faithful departed rest in perfect peace.
We should pray no fire ever gets out of control, and result to
this magnitude.
Hakuna Matata, GOD will con soul all the affected families.
Kris

aww poor horsey
I feel sorry for yhus

but thnkgod its over

xoxoxo
Chantelle Tiarna Steph

I feel sorry for the people who lost so much in the bushfire, but keep you head up high because we will make it through this.

i am studying the victorian bushfires and i need the 31 towns that were affected i will now search all other websites except yours.

so sad about bush fires

having lived in victoria i was very very shocked to hear about the devastation. may it never happen again. everything wiped out-imagine the horror for those poor people and some caught trying to escape.....

that was good

If pictures are worth a thousand words these photos are priceless as is your disaster site. But what is painfully obvious that the self named species calling itself mankind, issrespective of creed, belief , has never had the phone No. of God, has not got it now, and will never have it in the future. So why is the species that infects this planet running around killing each other in the belief of sitting on the right hand side of God, or greeted by numerous virgins. Congratulations to Alan Taylor for showing the evolution of the self named species is a slow and painful process of good ethical management toward each other. Will be visiting this site more often.

IM SO SAD!

my mum cried the whole time!

How can anyone look at these photos and keep a dry eye, they are magnificant and opened my heart, I can't look at them for too long as they blurr after a while from my tears.

I just learned that my friend Michael
Real was killed in one of these fires. He and his friend had gone back into a house to get others who were still there. His friend, his friend's wife, their 6-year-old daughter, and Michael died.

Michael was a surveyor and a lover of history, and mentally & physically so tough that I can hardly believe that anything could have done him in.

It's happened before & it will happen again. The Royal Commission
[inquiry] has uncovered reams of ineptitude in the heirarchy of the fire fighting apparatus. An enormous shake-up is required. If nothing of real significance occurs, the fire victims will have died in vain. Now to the religionists. If God controls everything, why did he let these fires erupt?

The residents of Werribee with the local Salvation Army Corps has felt the absolute sorrow of the survivors of the February Bushfires ans has mobilised the whole community to donate warm bedding, towels and ordinary survival necessitities after a heart-rendering story by Bessie Mc Mahon of K/L in the H/S 30th June 09 letting the wider community know they were still suffering due to the lack of warm bedding. Since then the Werribee residents have donated blankets plus plus which will be delivered up to Both Whittlesea Pheasant Creek and K/L next week. We are providing weekly help at the SA Whittlesea Resource Centre. and

look i am so sorry for the people that have died in the bushfires and i just wish that it never happened and that bush fires never came to eart and i am extremely sad about what has happened am i would like to thank the fire fighters for there help
R.I.P EVERY ONE THAT HAS DIDED IN THE BUSHFIRES
XOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXO

look i am really soory 4 the people that have died in the bushfires and i just wish that it never happens again so everyone can live there lives with there family and i wish i could do something but i can't.
I LIKE TO THANK THE FIREFIGHTERS 4 THERE HELP! THANK-U
R.I.P EVERYONE WHO WHO HAD DIED IN THE FIRES.

good picture quality...its a shame that those things happened though.

We are doing a study on the fires and i didnt relise how bad it was before i started.Rip all those who died.

that is really bad how did that happen

i am soooo soory that everything has happend i used to live in kinglake

these are some sick photos

I live in Southern California, U.S.A., and we are also currently suffering from several very serious wildfires, but what makes it much worse there is the terrible loss of lives. It's one thing to lose resources, such as forestlands, etc., but even losing one human being to these fires is such a terrible thing. My heart, as well as my prayers, go out to all the victims.

how cud a slide a chimney and the cross be standiin lmao !!!

hope all da people r ok.praay 4 thoughs who died

Just thought i would say that the house in number 32 is my house. we have a 200 ache farm, the only things we were able to save is what you can see there plus our dairy and 2 other sheds including a hay shed..... we consider ourselves very lucky to get away with that.

I'm under some research about the brushfires and i live in England these pics just represent what nature can do

i feel so baaaaadddd i so srrrrry for there homs

Wow! The photos brought to life a tradegy that mere words could have never explained. Living in Baton Rouge, Louisiana (USA), the devastation reminded me of New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina in 2005. My thoughts and prayers are with all those who endured lost, pain, and suffering during this time and especially Sue Swan and her family in Victoria. To observe and be so close has had to have an effect on your lives as well.
God be with you. Paula

I feel really sorry for who where out in them bushfires

I have recently in a community essay in the San Diego Union Tribune written about a new method I am proposing to supplement present methods of fighting wildfires, of which we have had quite a few in California. You can pull up the whole article by going to SignOnSanDiego.com, and then going to September 13 issue. Briefly the idea is this: one should consider using catapults to hurl containers of water at the flames. One may think of firefighters as infantry, fire-fighting planes as airforce, so the catapults hurling water would be the artillery.

sweet this is for my asighnment i feel sorry though

wow!!!! me gustaron las fotografias!!! son lo maximo.. porque tienen buena resolucion...

heey when i was in my house before some idoit started a bushfire and it burnt half of our forset down well the front part anyway

aw that is so sad and that horse didnt even look like a horse. hope it didnt hurt!