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Rhiannon
02-09-2009, 06:32 PM
Firebugs who set deadly fires in Victoria on the weekend could be charged with murder

Victoria Bush Fires, Australia (http://news.ninemsn.com.au/slideshow_ajax.aspx?sectionid=9016&sectionname=slideshowajax&subsectionid=150971&subsectionname=newswatchfire)

More BushFire Photos (http://news.ninemsn.com.au/slideshow_ajax.aspx?sectionid=9016&sectionname=slideshowajax&subsectionid=150966&subsectionname=bigfires)

Also not making national news is the flooding that my area is going thru at the moment, many people have lost everything, but thankfully no lives have been lost.

HOPE turned to heartbreak for saturated north Queensland yesterday when flooding rains swamped the region again, scuttling hopes of a quick end to the crippling natural disaster that has affected thousands of families, farms and businesses.

And the outlook is bleak. King tides are due today and tomorrow and the Weather Bureau says more heavy rain is likely to be dumped on the north by the end of the week.

Hundreds of homeowners in Ingham and adjacent areas watched in dismay yesterday as floodwaters that had receded below the floorboards of their houses rose again as more than 300mm of rain fell - 200mm of it in just one hour.

http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,25022557-3102,00.html

BIG-K
02-09-2009, 07:15 PM
Be safe baby girl...If there is anything we can do let us know.

Rhiannon
02-10-2009, 07:52 AM
Be safe baby girl...If there is anything we can do let us know.

Thank you :D

Wabbitt
02-10-2009, 08:48 AM
Was watching this on the news and I was thinking about all of our Aussie friends. Glad to see you're safe, but the situation certainly is grim!(no reference to our fearless leader)

Rhiannon
02-10-2009, 08:17 PM
It sure is, also most of the fires have been lit by arsonists.

Bushfire arsonists strike again in Victoria (http://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/749971/arsonists-strike-again-in-victorias)

With the rage still raw over suspicious fires that killed 21 in Gippsland, it has emerged that arsonists struck again last night, this time in Victoria's north-east.

Horror stories about the bushfire's deadly path also continue, with rumours that up to 80 people perished while seeking refuge in a local church hall at Marysville, in the Yarra Valley.

**When these arsonists are caught they will be sent to caught for murder, laws have just changed.