I have been a little quiet the last few days and haven’t posted anything. I guess I came down with a thud. I think that the last week had finally caught up with me.
It is hard to explain what it is like to live on pins and needles, with little sleep. Wondering if this is the moment that we have to go and go in a hurry and then watching the television keeping a eye on things. But the worry for me was if we had to go are we going to be safe. Yes safe from the fire, but what about safe from the panic of people driving in cars. There have been many clips showing cars burnt out on the side of the road trying to out run the fire. Or the clips of cars piled into each other. So not only would we have to contend with beating the fire, but also being vigilant on the roads too. And then when the panic set in. Then you start to doubt the decision you have maybe. So now I have taken a breath, and thank the powers above that I didn’t have to place my family or I into what could have been a deadly decision.
Yes what I have just written may sound like I am being dramatic, but when day after day the images are plastered over your television screens, or on every second page in the paper and hearing the reminders on the radio. It is hard to hide from the reality of what could have happened and what chaos may have occurred.
The weekend is about to approach and everyone is back on pins and needles, as the hot weather is about to hit again. According to a report an hour or so ago from the CFA (Country Fire Authority), 152 fires ignited today. Many of them have been put out, and many of them are still going. There is a worry that two of the major fires that have devastated most of Victoria are about to join and become one and if this happens, what we have experienced this last week will be small considering what damage this could cause. So now we have to wait and hope that the brave men and women out there fighting the fires are able to prevent that from happening. And also hoping that no one who has the desire to starts a fire does, that some where in the back of their minds they rethink what damage their stupidity can cause.
I have been reading Kaybee and Easy2says post’s about this subject that is rocking our world at the moment and just like them I too am feeling the frustration. You hear the frustration in the survivor’s who are struggling with the aftermath. You hear it in the hundreds of people who want to volunteer and help. You hear it in the people who are driving around trying to get supplies to people and are being turned away.
I have heard a few times some of the main organizers in the community centres where the relief centres have been set up, telling people that they have enough stuff. But to me that can’t be right. You may have enough stuff for today, or tomorrow, but what about next week or the week after or even a month later. Some people don’t have the money to rebuild, nor to reclothe themselves. If you can’t use it today put it in storage, save it for next week or the week after. But stop send people away who are wanting to donate. For many this is all they can do.
I feel Kaybee and Easy2says frustration as I feel it too.
Now one more thing as I feel I have rambled on enough. But the outpouring of help to volunteer, in donations with money, clothes, supplies for animals, hay, fodder, you name it, it is being supplied. The outpour help not only in Victoria but what also needs to be mentioned is from Queensland. The ironic thing is that Queensland is also having issues with a natural disaster in floods (my thoughts go out to another thoughts member Kaos264 as I think she may be in caught in the middle of that disaster), but their state government has given the residence affected by the floods $1000 and many of them are donating the money back to Victoria for our residence. That is what mateship is all about.
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