today...

dawn

the start of what we knew would be a tense day

many areas in our state have severe, extreme or catastrophic fire conditions

even at 6am it was hot....

by lunch time its terribly hot (around 40C) and windy with very low humidity

the very worst conditions for fire

yesterday we talked about our fire plan

our home is an old weatherboard and cannot be safely defended 

so we have always understood that in the event of an emergency we will evacuate early

we got the kidlets to identify what their most precious items are

 and to practice how to pack these quickly and without fuss

midday

fire flares in the distance...

warrigal range road brogo - approx 20kms away

friends have been evacuated or have hunkered down
and we all wait nervously

 

its an eerie sight 

but I write this post to reassure friends from afar

who have started to phone or email
(the fire is being reported on national news)

ALL IS OK HERE AT THE CREEK

and I sense a change in the weather is coming

it can't come soon enough

keep your bits crossed for those in the impact zone

and please - if you have some spare dollars - 

you might like to donate to the Red Cross Tasmania Fire appeal

(so many people lost so much there this week)

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** update 8.30pm

 

sunset

a cool change has eased conditions here - and the change is heading up the coast
fingers crossed for communities to our north also experiencing very hard times


(just before I snapped this pic a water bombing plane flew over our house -
heading into the brogo fire - no doubt picking up a load from
wallaga lake before heading into the sunset and the fire...)


this is the first of many tense days ahead


(there's a big mother of a fire to our west that is far scarier that this puppy)

thanks for note and calls

its going to be a long summer - until there's RAIN


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