Went to bed last night to news reports that there were massive bush fires destroying Canberra, the capital of Australia.
Hoping that friends and relatives of our "Aussie Posse" here at the scrolls are safe and sound and out of harm's way.

CNN.com news story

yeah,I'm concerned too! Hope everyone is okay!!

That's awful. Hope the drought down under ends soon & everyone there from here is safe.

Scary... Hope they are OK and that we will hear from them soon...

it looks pretty scary down there..here's hoping the winds die down

Not sure of Scroller's families, but no actual Aussie Scroller lives in the ACT anymore.. in yearsgone by, Stace & Lor have but both have moved on.
I do know that Salem's sister and her b/f were in Canberra the other day, i hope they got home OK.
Canberra is also where me and Argy drove to, to meet up with Stace last year.

The fires have been absolutely devastating, the death toll is up to 4 or 5 now, and the amount of homs destroyed is over the 400 mark and rising.

At 3pm in the afternoon there was so much smoke it looked like midnight.

After watching news broadcast after news broadcast, to see what ppl have lost and all that stuff, it's amazing me how many people are saying they aren't insured. To me, after living in a house that burnt down several years ago now, a house is too big of an asset not to have insurance on it, incase of random atcs of nature/ firebugs etc.

And summer ain't even over yet.. and each day seems to be getting hotter (see username)

I was stuck in a bush fire zone in the Blue Mountains late last year, while I was there canyoning.

I had to motorcycle through a smoke zone coming back from Taree last night.

Other than that, things have been hunky dory.

Thanks for your concern.

Thanks for the thoughts guys.

Its actually devastating to watch the news at the moment. I was just saying to Ame that it just keeps going and going, they're just not slowing down and there is no reprieve for the folks down there. To watch the stories on the news, where every five seconds there is a new face showing heartbreak and grief at the sight of their destroyed homes, its just sickening.

They have been flying volunteer firefighters into Canberra from country New South Wales and Queensland for the last few days to help with the fight. We can only hope it ends soon and no more lives or homes are lost.

It just seems to be one thing after another at the moment. What a way to start the New Year.