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Twitter Updates for 2009-02-26

Posted on by Bigglesan
  • @QueenNeurosis Make sure it has some water and get it to a vet. Though I’m sure by now you have probably done just that. #
  • Currently Browsing: http://tinyurl.com/6j3ott #
  • Currently Browsing: http://tinyurl.com/6pvbgf #
  • Copying 30gb of photos off to a backup drive. I have huge paranoia when it comes to digital photos. #
  • OK, that’s done. Now the less important stuff. #
  • Doing silly facebook notes and wasting time. #
  • Currently Browsing: http://www.google.org/flutrends/ #
  • In the past 24hrs I’ve scored 2 free t-shirts, business cards, car magnets and a bunch of other stuff, all free. #
  • Now they tell me I can get credit if I refer people, seems like a plan to me! http://tinyurl.com/aod96u VistaPrint just take the freebies! #
  • @QueenNeurosis Hey cool! Your very own? or renting? #

Twitter Updates for 2009-02-24

Posted on by Bigglesan
  • @brendanb No, sorry… just seems to miss the mark slightly. Good idea though. #
  • @brendanb I don’t know, I see lots of funny T-shirts, and some great catchphrases but maybe it wasn’t punchy enough. No oz sales either 🙁 #
  • Some fool climbed a tree outside the courthouse, half of Angas St blocked off by police #
  • Gmail error: Oops… the system encountered a problem (#101) – Retrying now… #
  • Gmail seems to working, maybe… sort of. Very slow, and some expected emails not here. #
  • Currently Browsing: http://tinyurl.com/bkgshx #

Bushfires

Posted on by Bigglesan

I don’t normally write much about current events, if at all. But for those overseas who read my blog, Australia is seeing the worst bushfires ever.

South Australia where I live has been amazingly free from major fires, amazingly because we’ve had one of the longest heatwaves on record combined with our dryest January. But Victoria however is hell on earth and New South Wales is also experiencing terrible fires.

The fires are bigger and more fatal than Ash Wednesday (1983) and Black Friday (1939), over 84 people dead so far and they still haven’t been able to get into towns to look for bodies. The body count is expected to climb a lot higher, it’s expected to exceed 100 dead and severe burns victims aren’t going to survive and they still just can’t find so many people. Entire towns have been wiped out. Over 750 homes so far.

Still dozens of fires burning out of control. It’s all over Victoria, from the Grampians to the NSW border. Not just country areas, but close to the Victorian capital. Melbourne with fires burning just 50kms north in semi-urban areas.

The moon here at night is now ringed with red/yellow rainbows, which I admired last night but it wasn’t until today that I connected it to the fires.

The heatwave has been incredible. We’ve just had a cool change come in last night, but we’re expecting it to climb back to 40 by end of this week again. Actually it’s a bit worrying here as the winds have now picked up a lot, so any fire here would move quickly too.

But in victoria the fires have just blown through towns like a freight train, overtaking people fleeing in cars, there’s images of cars piled up burnt on roads where drivers have had no where left to go and the fires turned back on them as they fled.

The Army is now fighting the fires alongside firefighters and aircraft frm all states. Photos of firefighting helicopters look like toys against the towering flames.

If you want to help, every little bit makes a difference, visit the Red Cross website to donate. http://www.redcross.org.au/default.asp