Peela Posted February 7, 2011 Share Posted February 7, 2011 While the clean up after the cyclone is happening in Queensland, the storm clean up in Victoria, and floods are still happening in NSW..... WA got off relatively lightly from its recent cyclone......but now we have bushfires here that have destroyed 60 homes already, right on the edge of the city, 45 minutes drive east from me but also north and south. And the fires are still going. Very sad. What is it this season? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ibbygirl Posted February 7, 2011 Share Posted February 7, 2011 While the clean up after the cyclone is happening in Queensland, the storm clean up in Victoria, and floods are still happening in NSW..... WA got off relatively lightly from its recent cyclone......but now we have bushfires here that have destroyed 60 homes already, right on the edge of the city, 45 minutes drive east from me but also north and south. And the fires are still going. Very sad.What is it this season? :grouphug::grouphug::grouphug: It seems like everyone gets their turn to get the bejezus knocked out of them from time to time and unfortunately this seems to be Oz's year. :( I'm so sorry you all are suffering so much. I pray that the fires go out and that you all can get a break of some NICE weather. :grouphug: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melissa in Australia Posted February 7, 2011 Share Posted February 7, 2011 I heard about those fires, Awful! I am full of sympathy for all the people in the line of the fires. not fun at all. Melissa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amber in AUS Posted February 7, 2011 Share Posted February 7, 2011 Peela if you know of anyone who needs emergency accommodation for their animals i know someone taking them, especially horses. This is terrible!! I did hear that one of the fires was thought to be deliberately lit whilst the other was started from the sparks of an angle grinder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keptwoman Posted February 7, 2011 Share Posted February 7, 2011 Just horrible! I just saw it on TV. I also saw all our food crops have been flooded in Vic, add that to the QLD floods and cyclone and we have some serious food shortages and expensive feeding the family coming up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalphs Posted February 7, 2011 Share Posted February 7, 2011 :grouphug: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simka2 Posted February 7, 2011 Share Posted February 7, 2011 While the clean up after the cyclone is happening in Queensland, the storm clean up in Victoria, and floods are still happening in NSW..... WA got off relatively lightly from its recent cyclone......but now we have bushfires here that have destroyed 60 homes already, right on the edge of the city, 45 minutes drive east from me but also north and south. And the fires are still going. Very sad.What is it this season? :grouphug::grouphug::grouphug: Just horrible! I just saw it on TV. I also saw all our food crops have been flooded in Vic, add that to the QLD floods and cyclone and we have some serious food shortages and expensive feeding the family coming up! :grouphug::grouphug::grouphug: ERRRRRRRGH!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Negin Posted February 7, 2011 Share Posted February 7, 2011 You've been in my thoughts and prayers a lot lately. :grouphug: :grouphug: :grouphug: Having gone through 2 hurricanes - one, very major - I know that natural disasters stink. :confused: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosie_0801 Posted February 7, 2011 Share Posted February 7, 2011 :grouphug::grouphug::grouphug: It seems like everyone gets their turn to get the bejezus knocked out of them from time to time and unfortunately this seems to be Oz's year. :( I'm so sorry you all are suffering so much. I pray that the fires go out and that you all can get a break of some NICE weather. :grouphug: Big fires happen every summer, but the floods and cyclones have surely been worse than usual. :( Not that I'm tossing fires aside as being trifling matters, but they are normal for this continent. Rosie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mejane Posted February 7, 2011 Share Posted February 7, 2011 It seems that the weather is nuts everywhere lately. I hope things turn around soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peela Posted February 7, 2011 Author Share Posted February 7, 2011 Big fires happen every summer, but the floods and cyclones have surely been worse than usual. :( Not that I'm tossing fires aside as being trifling matters, but they are normal for this continent. Rosie Its true. Fires are normal, though still devastating. The thing about the fires here though is that they were fanned by the winds from Cyclone Yasi which is incredibly bizarre because that hit the coast in QLD days ago now, we are west and south of QLD on the opposite coast thousands of kms away and the weather shouldn't be coming this way, and whats a cyclone in QLD getting over here for anyway? Its incredible. We have had very strong winds. However central Australia has had some great rain so that is a good thing (its all desert). Also, the houses burned here were really on the edge of the city in virtual suburbia- it came as a shock that there would be a fire right there but no one predicted the winds, which also kept changing direction. Also we will have food issues here as well, just like Sandra was mentioning in Victoria and QLD- because the cyclone that fizzled before it hit Perth the week before Yasi hit QLD, actually did hit inland and devastated many farms. Thanks Amber...I dont know any farmers but will keep it in mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melissa in Australia Posted February 7, 2011 Share Posted February 7, 2011 It seems that the weather is nuts everywhere lately. I hope things turn around soon. We have a very strong La Nina weather pattern at the moment, Hence rain in Australia. We have had El Nino for many years, causing long droughts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keptwoman Posted February 8, 2011 Share Posted February 8, 2011 I didn't know about the food crops in WA, Peela. What a nightmare. I think the govt is going to have to agree to import more than they usually allow or it's going to get prohibitively expensive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starr Posted February 8, 2011 Share Posted February 8, 2011 Thinking of you all ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenL Posted February 8, 2011 Share Posted February 8, 2011 I have been praying for those of you in Australia, and I will continue to do so. :grouphug: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosie_0801 Posted February 8, 2011 Share Posted February 8, 2011 However central Australia has had some great rain so that is a good thing (its all desert). I wish I could afford to jump in the car and go up there! It would be magical to see the desert in bloom! :) Rosie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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