[meteorite-list] OT - Devastating Australian Bushfires

[Jeff Kuyken]

To those who are worried... thanks! I thought it easier to give an update to 
everyone at once.

For those of you who may not be aware, Australia has suffered it's most 
catastrophic bushfires in our history. In fact it is now Australia's worst 
peace-time disaster. Melbourne city reached 47 degrees Celsius on Saturday 
with country areas even higher. 100km/h hot winds fanned massive bushfires 
around the edges of the city which are now spreading further throughout our 
state. Entire towns have been completely wiped off the map and many areas 
look like they have suffered a nuclear explosion. There has been tragic loss 
of life with 134 killed so far but that number is rising terribly. Nearly 
800 homes and 1 million acres have been completely burnt.

I do know people who have lost houses but thankfully no one has been hurt. 
I'm ok where I am but I do have family and friends who are in areas on alert 
but hopefully the weather will be more favourable in the next few days.

So thanks to those of you passing on best wishes and let's hope all will be 
as good as it can be in such a terrible situation.

Thanks,

Jeff