65 dead as fires rip through Victoria [Update: now 173 confirmed dead]

2009-02-08 00:21:21

#1

KuSTaV: noice; +947|6520|Gold Coast

Shit

Poor bastards.

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I've updated the OP for you, as the situation has worsened. Melbourne's (the capital city of Victoria) newspaper, The Age, is reporting that:

The Age wrote:THE death toll from Victoria's devastating bushfires climbed to 96 last night and is likely to rise as emergency services finally gain access to many razed areas... (click for the rest of the article)For any Aussie members in Victoria, I hope you guys get a break real soon. Keep safe.

~mcminty

Edit Number 2:
Now 108. Check other post down the page.

Edit 3:
Fuck this shit.
Expected to top 230.

Edit 4: I'll just update the OP as more are announced ~ mcminty

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!!! For the latest details, visit The Age's website !!!

Last edited by KuSTaV (2009-02-09 02:22:41)

noice

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2009-02-08 00:30:23

#2

DefCon-17: Maple Syrup Faggot; +362|6165|Vancouver | Canada

Damn....R.I.P.

2009-02-08 00:39:56

#3

CrazeD: Member; +368|6682|Maine

I read "fires" as "flares" at first.

2009-02-08 01:09:17

#4

Spark: liquid fluoride thorium reactor; +874|6684|Canberra, AUS

Fires like those are unimaginably frightening. The speed, the noise, the embers...

It must be even worse in the country, surrounded by tinder dry fuel.

RIP, Good luck to those still threatened.

The paradox is only a conflict between reality and your feeling what reality ought to be.
^{~ Richard Feynman}

2009-02-08 01:10:43

#5

RavyGravy: Son.; +617|6415|NSW, Australia

what shits me is that people start these fires, what kind of low life scum would do that

2009-02-08 03:04:32

#6

Burwhale: Save the BlobFish!; +136|6231|Brisneyland

Its 84 dead at the moment. Never heard anything like it in my 36 years. Crazy thing is that Queensland is very flooded in the north. We live in one hell of a country. Still wouldnt live anywhere else.

2009-02-08 03:12:06

#7

Ty: Mass Media Casualty; +2,398|6784|Noizyland

Eighty-four, holy fucking shit. Last time I checked the number was fourty-nine and even that was shockingly high. It was apparently caused by some careless cunt throwing a cigarette butt out the window. What a bloody disaster.

We're getting thick smokey cloud here at the moment, this happens sometimes when there's a large bushfire in Australia. That's how big this is guys, the smoke from it is traveling across the Tasman Sea to another country.

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2009-02-08 03:24:07

#8

~FuzZz~: .yag era uoy fi siht deaR; +422|6331|Orrstrayleea

Its about 1 and a half hours from here, the smoke is terrible, we cant see across the street.

2009-02-08 04:29:35

#9

belldawg: Serial Jay-Walker; +52|5993|Perth, indian ocean

It's all over the news in west oz, it looks like a warzone over there
R.I.P to those departed, i hope the fires get contained soon

2009-02-08 04:38:28

#10

Kez: Member; +778|5712|London, UK

Wow, it was 35-40 last night ..

65, holy shit..

84, what the hell. RIP

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2009-02-08 06:21:54

#11

Ace.O.Lamb: Got Lamb?; +56|6283|Outside your Back window

You guys have it tought, i was there this time last year, luckily didn't have many bush fires then.

2009-02-08 07:09:35

#12

Hurricane2k9: Pendulous Sweaty Balls; +1,538|5711|College Park, MD

Another reason not to live in Australia

My sympathies to the victims and their families

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2009-02-08 07:13:18

#13

mcminty: Moderating your content for the Australian Govt.; +879|6730|Sydney, Australia

Updated the OP.

2009-02-08 07:33:19

#14

DrunkFace: Germans did 911; +427|6690|Disaster Free Zone

Victoria's not alone, NSW has about 45 different bush fires burning atm covering close to 6000ha combined.

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2009-02-08 12:59:08

#15

KuSTaV: noice; +947|6520|Gold Coast

108 it is now

noice

2009-02-08 13:04:02

#16

FatherTed: xD; +3,936|6509|so randum

I remember being around Mt Shasta a few years back when they had a fire, and the cloud filled the sky.

GL aussies, keep safe

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Always raining and foggy
Use an umbrella

2009-02-08 13:41:58

#17

War Man: Australians are hermaphrodites.; +563|6723|Purplicious Wisconsin

Victoria?!!

Edit: Good luck aussies

Last edited by War Man (2009-02-08 13:42:49)

The irony of guns, is that they can save lives.

2009-02-08 13:44:19

#18

Sidsnot: Banned; +93|5571|Stoke, England

RIP

Stay safe Aussies

2009-02-08 13:47:12

#19

Finray: Hup! Dos, Tres, Cuatro; +2,629|5797|Catherine Black

Goddamn, the worst thing about this is that it just keeps on rising.

2009-02-08 14:16:45

#20

Doctor Strangelove: Real Battlefield Veterinarian.; +1,758|6477

It's about 50F here in New York.

Sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeit, I don't think I can imagine it being that hot.

2009-02-08 14:17:50

#21

Stimey: +786|6129|Ontario | Canada

Sorry to hear that.
RIP.

2009-02-08 15:17:04

#22

mcminty: Moderating your content for the Australian Govt.; +879|6730|Sydney, Australia

War Man wrote:
Victoria?!!

Edit: Good luck aussies

XD

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_(Australia)

2009-02-08 15:28:40

#23

Dauntless: Admin; +2,249|6751|London

XxRavenxX wrote:
what shits me is that people start these fires, what kind of low life scum would do that

Indeed, people are going round starting fires that had already been put out, hope those guys get burned alive.

2009-02-08 17:18:10

#24

War Man: Australians are hermaphrodites.; +563|6723|Purplicious Wisconsin

mcminty wrote:
War Man wrote:
Victoria?!!

Edit: Good luck aussies
XD

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_(Australia)

I know about Victoria Australia, as a couple of bf2s members live in Victoria(Cheez and Laura).
Edit:

DoctaStrangelove wrote:
It's about 50F here in New York.

Sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeit, I don't think I can imagine it being that hot.

Was 50F over here yesterday, got a little chillier though

Last edited by War Man (2009-02-08 17:18:54)

The irony of guns, is that they can save lives.

2009-02-09 02:02:08

#25

Little BaBy JESUS: m8; +394|6158|'straya

I feel so sorry for these people. i just heard around 130 head and expected to rise to 200.

This is insane. Floods in the north. Fires in the south.

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