Bushfires

And of course it is with sadness that I've been following the news on the recent bushfires in Victoria and other parts of Australia. As of now, 181 people are confirmed dead and the toll is expected to rise above 200 as the catastrophe is being cleaned up.

It's very sad and disheartening to hear that entire communities have litterally been swept away and that the beautiful forests where we went out camping exactly a year ago (17 Feb 2008, I believe), turned into furnaces this year.

And then to say that at least some - if not many - of these fires were caused by ignorant people lighting them.