smorris Posted February 12, 2009 Report Share Posted February 12, 2009 Just to let you all know that Robyn escaped the fires that destroyed her whole town. she is safe but we think her home has gone. Meanwhile fires are still burning and another fire began in Ivanhoe, not THAT far from the city started today. On the upside people are giving their time and money generously to help to affected people. This makes us all so grateful for our families and friends. Sue in Australia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbi Posted February 12, 2009 Report Share Posted February 12, 2009 My Lord, what a nightmare for Australia... Our thoughts and prayers are with you all....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stagecl Posted February 12, 2009 Report Share Posted February 12, 2009 Glad to here that Robyn is safe. My heart goes out to everyone and all the animals that have been affected. My thoughts and prayers are with them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheri Butler Posted February 12, 2009 Report Share Posted February 12, 2009 The devistation in Austrailia has consumed my thoughts daily. I can't even imagine what it's like to see that. I've been praying for ALL Austrailia's victims, both human and animal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoleneK Posted February 12, 2009 Report Share Posted February 12, 2009 This has been such a sad, heart wrenching disaster. Australian's are strong, tough and tender people they will come together and persevere with the help of other countries and rebuild their homes and lives. God be with them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boni Posted February 12, 2009 Report Share Posted February 12, 2009 We met a couple of tourists from Sidney at the mountain yesterday. We expressed our sympathy and concern for the disaster in your country. Our prayers are continuing for you all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RitaR Posted February 12, 2009 Report Share Posted February 12, 2009 So glad Robyn is safe, pray her house is also.. does that account for all our gals over there, from the forum, now? Still praying for the whole country, emergency workers, residents and of course the animals.. RitaR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonnie Posted February 12, 2009 Report Share Posted February 12, 2009 So glad to hear that Robyn is safe....and how long to they intend to keep her out before she can get back in to see if she has anything left....so hope she was spared, but have seen pictures of alot of and its amazing a few trees were left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smorris Posted February 12, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 12, 2009 Hi Bonnie The people of Kinglake were able to go back yesterday. It was all very organised with the police providing passes to go through the roadblocks into the area so that only the people who have a genuine need to be there are allowed in. Hi Rita, I believe Robyn is the only longarmer to have suffered although others were evacuated from their towns for a few hours just in case. The fires are still burning and are threatening a beautiful tourist town called Healesville where there is a large native animal sanctuary. We are expecting more hot weather next week and the firefighters continue to work all hours to contain the fires. They are amazing people. We have volunteer firefighters working on the fires after their "day" jobs and some employers allowing them paid time off work to fight the fires (Jenny's lovely husband is one of those brave men). The army have been called in and Army Reservists are expected to help out too clearing up the debris and restoring services and buildings. Help is coming from everywhere - even the big tough wharfies from South Australia have provided 17 semi-trailers of hay to feed the affected horses. Today at our school we are having a fund raiser. The children are all going to wear free dress for a gold coin donation. They are going to place their coins in the shape of a big heart - hopefully we will have 800 plus hearts. Two of our batting manufacturers (Matildas's Own and Nu-wool) have been very generous in offering free batting to anyone making quilts for the affected families so piecers are getting busy piecing and longarmers are getting ready to quilt those quilts. I've just heard on the news too that Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban have donated 1/2 million dollars. Thats all for now, Sue in Australia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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