Please pray for us here in Victoria Australia!!!

16 years ago

Hi Brett,

I just saw it on the news -

BBC NEWS | World | Asia-Pacific | Scores die in Australian inferno

Praying for rain here, for you guys there. Best wishes from pommyland.

[ 1 ] Thanks
1 reply

Signature

Roger Davis

{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[497242].message }}

Jim Burney 16 years ago

Please pray for us here in Victoria Australia!!!

Hi Brett,

Our prayers are with you all.

Jim
- [ 1 ] Thanks
{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[497284].message }}

HeySal

16 years ago

Hi Brett - I live in Western US so I know those heats - and winds, but it's still hard to imagine them when we have people freezing to death over here in the Northern states.

I hope you are evacuating if sage fires can reach you. Keep us posted that you are okay or evaccing or whatever - and trust we will be sending you the very best of vibrations for your safety. Godspeed.

[ 1 ] Thanks

Signature

Sal
When the Roads and Paths end, learn to guide yourself through the wilderness
Beyond the Path

{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[497308].message }}

primuskannan

16 years ago

Just saw the yahoo video of the fire. Looks terrible with all that smoke and flying embers.

Our prayers are with you all. Keep us updated of your missing friends.

[ 1 ] Thanks

Signature

{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[497535].message }}

doberman

16 years ago

My Prayers are with you Champion . Let me know what we can do .

God Bless

Real

[ 1 ] Thanks
1 reply

Signature

RÃ©al is an expert at helping people achieve thier Dreams & Goals. We will lock arms and I will show you how to explode your business. I will literally walk you through your journey to a 7 Figure income.
www.realmlmsolutions.com
STALK ME ON TWITTER

{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[497932].message }}

Brett Kruger 16 years ago

Hi Guys.

Thanks for all the support and kind words.

Our friends are still missing............

Such good people.

This is definitely one of the worst events in Australian history.

The death toll is now at 108.

Those poor people.

Thanks again for your prayers.

Brett.
- Thanks
Signature

If you use a cell phone you need Air Tube Headsets or Anti Radiation Headsets!
{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[498299].message }}

Jared Alberghini

16 years ago

Best wishes & prayers goes out to you Brett, & to all other Aussies.

Crossing my fingers praying your friends turn up ok.

Wishing we could send some of our cold & snow/precipitation your way.

Jared

[ 1 ] Thanks

Signature

P.S.

Join The Future: Telekinetic Marketing

{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[498339].message }}

BrianMcLeod

16 years ago

"DesignGuruRyan" Jackson lives in Vic, if I'm not mistaken...

Anybody heard from him since the fires started?

Brian

Thanks

Signature

Brian McLeod

Direct Response Copywriting

{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[498359].message }}

HeySal

16 years ago

Brett - keep the updates going so we know you're okay. Let us know if you evac, too so we know you are safe.

Perhaps it's time for all the Aussie Warriors in afflicted areas to give us a "hi" heads up so we don't need to worry.

BTW - Anyone know if AlexR lives in that area?

Thanks

Signature

Sal
When the Roads and Paths end, learn to guide yourself through the wilderness
Beyond the Path

{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[498452].message }}

Patrician

16 years ago

Prayers to Oz from California USA where in the south we know about how winds+fire can be devastating.

I hope you find your friends - stay safe yourself.

I wish I knew what part of Oz master musician Heath the Wild Celtic of Slainte' is in. I am praying for him and all the Ozzies known and unknown.

God bless.

Pat

[ 1 ] Thanks
1 reply

Signature

Patricia Brucoli
Plug-In Profit Site Helpdesk

{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[498507].message }}

jimmymc 16 years ago

I've been reading the reports. Incredible loss of life...people roasted in their cars trying to out run the fires...very sad.

Some very ingenious survival strategy's though...like hiding in the pub cooler until the fire passes.

Aussie-Aussie-Aussie...tougher than a boot heel. Hang in there we're praying it will get better.
- Thanks
{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[498664].message }}

gareth

16 years ago

nasty way to perish

Thanks

Signature

Gareth M Thomas
Serial Entrepreneur
Auckland, New Zealand

{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[498643].message }}

RebeccaL

16 years ago

Cant escape the news of this horrible situation. What makes it all the more worse is that they believe most of these major fires were deliberately lit. Somewhere, someone is sitting watching this all unfold knowing they are responsible for loss of human life, wildlife, pets, property and natural landscapes.
I hope the police catch them as they are going to receive the full force of the law.

There is a fire about 20km from me still burning (Peats Ridge) and my home was pretty smoked out over the weekend but I cant imagine what the people in Vic are going through. I have always dreamed of living in a bush surrounded home but this really scares you and questions whether people should be living in wild places, its just so risky.

Good to see relief efforts already pouring into affected areas and that the week is bringing cooler weather conditions.

[ 1 ] Thanks
1 reply

Signature

Reached my Goal of $500/day - Writing It Down Works
My Blog

{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[498748].message }}

Brett Kruger

16 years ago

Thanks again everyone for their caring thoughts.

HeySal we are fine thanks. We live just on the edge of the bush. The fires were about 15 minutes away from us.

Unfortunately our friends are still missing, despite all our efforts to find them.

They were in Kinglake West, one of the worst hit areas.

Thanks again everyone for your kind thoughts.

Brett.

Thanks
2 replies

Signature

If you use a cell phone you need Air Tube Headsets or Anti Radiation Headsets!

{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[499040].message }}

lilmechante01 16 years ago

I've experienced wildfires a few times and it definitely isn't an easy thing to go through. Please know that my thoughts and prayers are with you all.
- Thanks
- 1 reply
Signature
I CHOOSE to re-create MYSELF anew every single moment and experience the GRANDEST VERSION of the GREATEST VISION I have about WHO I AM!
{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[499098].message }}
- Kay King 16 years ago
  
  I've been watching the videos on news channels and it looks horrid! I do hope your friends got out and that you will find them. What a terrible loss this is for so many people, pets and wildlife that perish in this inferno.
  
  Definitely nature at her worst.
  
  kay
  
  Thanks
  
  1 reply
  
  Signature
  
  Saving one dog will not change the world - but the world changes forever for that one dog
  ***
  https://www.pawsofwar.org/
  2024 Patriot's Award for Service to Veterans
  
  {{ DiscussionBoard.errors[499117].message }}
  
  ShayB 16 years ago
  
  I am praying for you all. ((((((HUGS))))))
  
  Thanks
  
  Signature
  
  "Fate protects fools, little children, and ships called Enterprise." ~Commander Riker
  
  {{ DiscussionBoard.errors[499127].message }}

HeySal

16 years ago

Originally Posted by Brett Kruger

Thanks again everyone for their caring thoughts.

HeySal we are fine thanks. We live just on the edge of the bush. The fires were about 15 minutes away from us.

Unfortunately our friends are still missing, despite all our efforts to find them.

They were in Kinglake West, one of the worst hit areas.

Thanks again everyone for your kind thoughts.

Brett.

Ah Gads, Brett. That doesn't sound good. I hope all the Warrior will is strong enough to tempt the fates. Strength and Courage, friend.

15 minutes away isn't comforting. We had a brush fire in S. Idaho/Oregon state line a few years back. I was 35 miles away and THOUGHT that was safe, but the next morning I drove the road beside the fire and it had traveled over 50 miles in just hours before they could contain it. Same conditions - severely hot and dry and major wind. Had that wind changed directions my safety of 35 miles would have been a freaking joke. We had a river just down the road so could have escaped, but without that river would have had no way to bug out other than outrunning it - and that's a pure toss of the dice and a very early start on it.
Be really careful. That stuff can travel as fast as that wind and as far as there is burning material to feed it. "On the edge" doesn't make me feel comfortable for you other than it sounds like you have a safety zone very near and you seem to be watching and minding it.
Hope you have your important things where you can get them out fast in wind changes etc.

Thanks

Signature

Sal
When the Roads and Paths end, learn to guide yourself through the wilderness
Beyond the Path

{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[499114].message }}

HeySal

16 years ago

Oh My God - I just read some BBC update on those fires -- ARSEN? It also said that fire was reset after being put out!

I hope the people get to those *******s and throw them in their own flames before the law can get to them. 25 years max, my ass. Those fire freaks deserve to burn at the stake.

[ 2 ] Thanks

Signature

Sal
When the Roads and Paths end, learn to guide yourself through the wilderness
Beyond the Path

{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[499152].message }}

HarveyJ

Banned 16 years ago

[DELETED]

{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[499314].message }}

yollyp 16 years ago

My prayers are with you. for the meantime, just do what you think is right to protect not only yourself but also of your love ones. Looks like global warming is WARNING us now. Its not yet too late to start making our environment friendly-to-us again.
- [ 1 ] Thanks
Signature
Wenningstedt FeWo
{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[499636].message }}

jaijav29

16 years ago

I am praying for all of you there in Australia. Hope that mother nature will not that cruel anymore! I also pray for your friends who have gone missing. God bless you all.

[ 1 ] Thanks
1 reply

{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[499646].message }}

Theresea Hughes 16 years ago

I just want to say thanks to all the Warriors here who have been emailing us their best wishes during these fires, it is really appreciated by us here.

I live in the central goldfields, and only 90k from Horsham fires, and 70k from Bendigo Fires, and 60k from Ballarat.... right in the middle of that triangle, and it is a real worry.

It is now up to nearly 200 people killed in the fires and goodness only knows how many in hospital, and thousands of homes destroyed.

Where I live it is very 'suburban' and seems another world away from where these fires are, even though it is so close!

The never-ending drought of the past few years has made this fire a total disaster, the worst in our recorded history.

Our prayers and well wishes go out to those who have been caught up in this catastrophy!
- [ 1 ] Thanks
Signature

= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =
Get the PR7 Link-love of SQUIDOO working for YOUR website!
=> Niche Squidoo Lenses = traffic + PR7 links to your site â€“ only $10 each! <=
Theresea Hughes - building Squidoos since 2008!
>> Parenting Toddler Tips <<
** Elvis Presley Forever! **
{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[501697].message }}

RebeccaL

16 years ago

Actually... the fires in 2002-03 were much more widespread but didnt receive this coverage as it was all national park rather than homes and humans (still a great loss in my eyes, but part of nature).

The problem here is not a drought, but simply climatic change resulting in less rain, drier lands and thus when a fire comes, alot more land burns alot faster. Add to that rapid population growth and people moving close to the bush, and its a recipe for disaster.

Remember that fire is a natural part of the world, it brings a renewal of life. But when houses are placed in fire prone areas there is great risk to human life and property.

This is an excellent article published this morning about how this sort of thing is just going to keep happening over and over again:
Scientists warned us this was going to happen | smh.com.au

[ 1 ] Thanks

Signature

Reached my Goal of $500/day - Writing It Down Works
My Blog

{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[501708].message }}

Phnx

16 years ago

Any news on your friends Brett?

What a hellish situation. I'm not watching the news at the moment because fires like that scare the crap out of me.

I hope they get the arsonist/s and show them no mercy.

[ 1 ] Thanks

Signature

In all matters of opinion, our adversaries are insane. ~ Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900)

Easy Weight Loss

{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[506106].message }}

HeySal

16 years ago

Why does everyone keep harping on climate change when these fires are already known to be started by Arson? I realize it burned so explosively because the area is dry - I've lived in desert areas before and have experienced those fires ---------but when they are started by humans we should concentrate on finding what humans were sick enough to do that.
It was bad enough they did it once, but that news report I read said that
a few of those fires were restarted after being put out.

We need to stop using everything that happens as a chance to say "climate change". Arsen is not climate change - It could be considered another form of human caused desertification, but come on - this isn't Mom Earth - this is sociopaths.

[ 1 ] Thanks
1 reply

Signature

Sal
When the Roads and Paths end, learn to guide yourself through the wilderness
Beyond the Path

{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[506159].message }}

RebeccaL 16 years ago

Originally Posted by HeySal

Why does everyone keep harping on climate change when these fires are already known to be started by Arson?

Now they are saying probably only one of the fires were started by arson. Others were natural.

I agree with you that people who start a fire anywhere are the lowest forms of life. even if it doesnt kill people, it will kill wildlife and nature.
Unfortunately finding evidence to catch them is extremely difficult.
Someone could literally drive past in a bunch of traffic and throw a cigarette from a window to start a blaze like this and unless someone sees them the police have no chance of catching them.
It must be very hard to investigate such a crime.
- Thanks
Signature
Reached my Goal of $500/day - Writing It Down Works
My Blog
{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[508408].message }}

greenfin

Banned 16 years ago

Our prayers are with you. You don't need to worry. we are with you.

[ 1 ] Thanks
1 reply

{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[506202].message }}

SweetPea 16 years ago

Our prayers goes with you. Hope everything's going to be OK. We should really act now, because This is now GLOBAL WARMING. I hope change will come, good change
- [ 1 ] Thanks
Signature
web design perth | perth web design
{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[506236].message }}

janicejan

16 years ago

This tragic incident was caused by arsonist, I wonder how they can sleep tight at night, they should burn in hell for risking and wasting hundred lives and properties..

by the way I'm praying for all the people affected with this incident, may god guide you all.. keep safe~

Thanks

Signature

facebook chiropractic marketing

{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[506759].message }}

dbarnum

16 years ago

Many prayers from everyone here, Brett!

[ 1 ] Thanks

Signature

{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[506779].message }}

GreenEyes

16 years ago

To Brett and ALL Family, Friends and Love Ones of the Australian Fires:

I am praying for your friends and all the people who are affected by this tragedy. That includes the people who have friends or family in those areas.

I realize this is no longer a mother nature issue but arson. However, I can totally relate. I survived Hurricane Katrina (my house did not) and there were friends and family missing for days, some weeks before reuniting. It was a horrible situation and one I can't imagine ever going through again.

The fact that, as one Warrior put it, sociopath arsonist, is behind this is unthinkable to me. I sit here and shake my head in disbelief. I want to do something more. Pray is powerful.

But, I remember when people from all over either came here to New Orleans right away to help out or sent us clothes, food, water and a million other things you don't think about until you're without.

Anyone looking to help out. Here's a place to start. If anyone knows of any other ways to help all the folks in Australia, please share them with us.

Australian Red Cross

Praying for Aussie
Mirza

[ 1 ] Thanks

Signature

Mirza

{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[508231].message }}

Audrey Harvey

16 years ago

It's astounding to believe that just two nights ago, there were two more fires started by an arsonist in the area. Having seen the death and destruction that's already happened, they still lit more fires.

I have no idea how some people's minds work. What makes them think that way? People like that are just not fit to be members of society.

Now there's a pastor who is saying that the bushfires are God's punishment for Victoria legalising abortion: Pastor's abortion dream inflames bushfire tragedy | smh.com.au

Sigh.

Audrey

[ 1 ] Thanks
1 reply

Signature

Expert content written by an experienced veterinarian and published magazine and newspaper writer.
Feel free to contact me for details.

{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[508335].message }}

Brett Kruger 16 years ago

Hello to all my wonderful fellow Warriors.

I'm sorry for the slow reply. As you can imagine, it has been a week from hell.

It is with deep regret, that I wish to inform you that my friends and their beautiful daughters have been found deceased in a neighboring property.

My sincere condolences go out to both the family & friends of Paul & Karen Rolands. We are all thinking of you during this extremely difficult time.

I can't begin to imagine how they are feeling......

This has continued to grow into the largest natural disaster in the history of Australia. Over 180 people have died so far with predictions that number could soar to over 300!!!!!

These fires have also claimed over 1000 homes. Yes 1000!

As you can well imagine, this has affected and will continue to affect many people for years to come. Having said that, I decided that I would like to create a "space" for all of those who have been affected by this horrible disaster. I have set up a blog @ VictorianBushFireForum

I am also in the process of trying to set up a forum @ VictorianBush FireForum/Forum. I installed phpbb, but thought that VB would be better. I have emailed the good people at VB in the hope that they will donate a free copy of their forum software for the cause.

If anyone has any suggestions or experience with forums I would love to hear from you. I have never had any experience with forums before so this is slowing my progress in helping the victims, friends and families of this horrible disaster.

Once again a big thankyou to all of you who have given me such wonderful support during this difficult time. I really appreciate you all.

Warm Regards

Brett.
- Thanks
Signature

If you use a cell phone you need Air Tube Headsets or Anti Radiation Headsets!
{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[508433].message }}
HarveyJ Banned 16 years ago

[DELETED]

{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[508985].message }}
- TeddyP 16 years ago
  
  My thoughts are deifnitly with the people of Australia right now.
  
  Thanks
  
  Signature
  Success | The Man The Myth The Legend
  
  {{ DiscussionBoard.errors[510788].message }}

Teresa Coppes

16 years ago

My thoughts and prayers are with everyone in Australia.

Brett - I'm so very sorry to hear about the loss of your friends and their children. Devastating.

Thanks

{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[508456].message }}

Phnx

16 years ago

Ah geez.

I'm so sorry.

[ 1 ] Thanks
1 reply

Signature

In all matters of opinion, our adversaries are insane. ~ Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900)

Easy Weight Loss

{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[508545].message }}

Brett Kruger 16 years ago

Thanks Phnx.

A very sad time.

Brett.
- Thanks
Signature

If you use a cell phone you need Air Tube Headsets or Anti Radiation Headsets!
{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[508880].message }}

RebeccaL

16 years ago

Very sorry to hear about your friends Brett.

Try SMF or myBB for free forum software

Thanks
1 reply

Signature

Reached my Goal of $500/day - Writing It Down Works
My Blog

{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[508584].message }}

Brett Kruger 16 years ago

Hi Rebecca,

Thanks for that. I've gone for SMF. It seems great.

Kind Regards

Brett.
- Thanks
Signature

If you use a cell phone you need Air Tube Headsets or Anti Radiation Headsets!
{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[508878].message }}

Please pray for us here in Victoria Australia!!!

Trending Topics

How can I start and where? Cold emailing is forbidden in GERMANY, since GDPR, which paid networking

Hello Everyone

New Amazon Scam To Avoid, Warning

Happy Birthday Claude

Quick question for everyone