Australia on fire🔥😷

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  • rhanishane
    rhanishane NSW Australia Posts: 505
    😔omg how devastating from 
    From Two Thumbs team.  . .Tragically yesterday (23 January) 3 courageous firefighters lost their lives in a horrific plane crash that landed right next James' property. The crash created a fire that roared through James sanctuary, burning his home to the ground and flattening all of his animal enclosures. The Koala's that James has rescued from these horrible fires and lovingly cared for over the last month have also lost their lives. We are are devastated.Two Thumbs Koala Sanctuary has been lost. It is very hard to find words so Alli just spoke them. Two Thumbs Sanctuary was lost yesterday 23/1 including the release sections that had been saved in previous fires. This is going to hit all the rescuers in the area very hard as it is not only family to them all but a key part of the release infrastructure.

    We have had reports that the tragedy is even worse, that the C130 RFS plan that went down losing 3 pilots was right here.

    @The Rescue Collective and Animal Rescue Cooperative has made an immediate cash donation of $10000 to the Two Thumbs organisation and begun the convoy and supplies planning for the site. #Petbarnfoundation has contributed to this donation.

    This is going to hit a lot of people hard.

    Donations to Two Thumbs can be made directly to the go fund me for them here - - - https://www.gofundme.com/f/koala-habitat-and-bushfire-research-fundraiser

    Donations to the ARC/TRC team that will be assisting immediately in area can be made here. - - - www.mkc.org.au/donations/trcqld

    We will use donation money to fund generators, portable shower, tents, torches, beds and the basics to allow people to live and stay at the site to keep what is left alive- we continue to pour donations out to affected sites in the area

    Donations of product WILL be needed, this is the wishlist

    Petbarn, Vet & Pet Direct

    🐨BIOLAC FORMULAS
    🌱WOMBAROO FORMULAS (Kangaroo, Bat, Koala)
    🐨HARTMANNS / BAXTER FLUIDS
    🌱VETAFARM SPARK FLUIDS
    🐨WOMBAROO IMPACT
    🐨DI-VETALACT
    🌱SYRINGES 1-60ML
    🐨 NUTRIGEL / TROY NUTRIPET
    🐨FEEDING BOTTLES & TEATS (NOT HUMAN)
    🌱VETWRAP / SOFFBAN / MICROPORE TAPE
    🐨 KANGAROO PELLETS (Any type)

    🔴NOTE:
    Please note, no linen, no craft, we just need the above items, we have to focus on what is going to help the teams on the ground as fast as possible and we are out of storage space for linen and craft.

    Any donations can be sent straight to Alli's team in Canberra at the following emergency drop site so they can start the convoy.

    DELIVERY ADDRESS

    ARC ACT - ALLI CAIRNS
    Parcel locker 10012 15247
    54 Vicars St
    Mitchell ACT 2911

    Nicole Blums
    C/ The Rescue Collective
    4/55 Tenby Street
    Mount Gravatt, 4122
    QLD
    Okay to leave at door 🚪
  • Kat
    Kat Posts: 4,961
    It's been a few days since new postings...how are you all doing? Big hugs.


    Falling down,...not staying down
  • rhanishane
    rhanishane NSW Australia Posts: 505
    This is how dangerous it is.
    https://www.facebook.com/114503341893201/posts/3444817075528461/
  • rhanishane
    rhanishane NSW Australia Posts: 505
    Fires have reduced due to calmer weather but we are getting another heat wave from tomorrow. So much has burnt already but there is still a lot of bush left. It's not over till there is significant rain. Trees are still burning from the inside after a month.
  • JPPJ84
    JPPJ84 Hamburg, Germany Posts: 3,464
    My goodness this is terrifying!
  • rhanishane
    rhanishane NSW Australia Posts: 505
    rhanishane said:
    This is how dangerous it is.
    https://www.facebook.com/114503341893201/posts/3444817075528461/
    This is why no animals survive
  • mickeyrat
    mickeyrat Posts: 44,438
    rhanishane said:
    This is how dangerous it is.
    https://www.facebook.com/114503341893201/posts/3444817075528461/
    that truck watering system is badass.
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  • rhanishane
    rhanishane NSW Australia Posts: 505
    mickeyrat said:
    rhanishane said:
    This is how dangerous it is.
    https://www.facebook.com/114503341893201/posts/3444817075528461/
    that truck watering system is badass.
    Wouldn't be a truck left without it but doesn't always stop the truck catching fire. Just enough to get them through the worst of it to save the occupants
  • rhanishane
    rhanishane NSW Australia Posts: 505
    ACT and nations capital has just declared a state of emergency. Fires bearing down on Canberra with heatwave conditions starting today. Nowhere near over
  • rhanishane
    rhanishane NSW Australia Posts: 505
    https://www.rfs.nsw.gov.au/fire-information/fire-spread-prediction-for-saturday-1-february-2020

  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,663
    rhanishane said:
    ACT and nations capital has just declared a state of emergency. Fires bearing down on Canberra with heatwave conditions starting today. Nowhere near over

    It's just unending down your way.  Terrible!
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • rhanishane
    rhanishane NSW Australia Posts: 505
    brianlux said:
    rhanishane said:
    ACT and nations capital has just declared a state of emergency. Fires bearing down on Canberra with heatwave conditions starting today. Nowhere near over

    It's just unending down your way.  Terrible!
    It's ridiculously hot and tomorrow even hotter. 45degrees Celcius 🔥
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,663
    Maybe already posted, but I love watching these fine efforts to help the animals:



    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • rhanishane
    rhanishane NSW Australia Posts: 505
    brianlux said:
    Maybe already posted, but I love watching these fine efforts to help the animals:



    This is the sort of thing the donations are helping with 😊
  • rhanishane
    rhanishane NSW Australia Posts: 505
    Respect to these selfless heroes. They're coming home 🇦🇺🇺🇸♥️🚒✈️
    https://www.facebook.com/623574811372847/posts/943804932683165/
  • rhanishane
    rhanishane NSW Australia Posts: 505
    We are now flooding hahaha Australia for you.. at least we're not burning
  • goldrush
    goldrush everybody knows this is nowhere Posts: 7,797
    Never mind ‘four seasons in one day’, this is more like 2 catastrophic events in 2 days. From bushfires to extreme flooding in the blink of an eye.
    “Do not postpone happiness”
    (Jeff Tweedy, Sydney 2007)

    “Put yer good money on the sunrise”
    (Tim Rogers)
  • rhanishane
    rhanishane NSW Australia Posts: 505
    I just had to detour my trip from the coast to home because the roads are flooded. Nice to see the charred landscape dotted with some regrowth where I never thought it could possibly grow back. Nature is amazing. Slowly one by one the fires are being fully extinguished by the rain. Heart breaking it came months too late for the animals and people we've lost. 
    My neighbour saw a koala in her backyard which is awesome considering the bush that burnt either side of our town we still have our untouched patch of bushland around us with healthy koalas 
  • goldrush
    goldrush everybody knows this is nowhere Posts: 7,797
    Our power went out around 4pm on Sunday (it’s 7.45am on Monday now for the non-Aus!). There’s not much natural light in our place due to the trees so it’s been pretty much dark inside since 5pm. My son is loving the candles and torchlight! At least the torrential rain has stopped for now, and the trees are still standing.
    It could be a lot worse, there’s a tropical cyclone hitting WA...
    “Do not postpone happiness”
    (Jeff Tweedy, Sydney 2007)

    “Put yer good money on the sunrise”
    (Tim Rogers)
  • rhanishane
    rhanishane NSW Australia Posts: 505
    goldrush said:
    Our power went out around 4pm on Sunday (it’s 7.45am on Monday now for the non-Aus!). There’s not much natural light in our place due to the trees so it’s been pretty much dark inside since 5pm. My son is loving the candles and torchlight! At least the torrential rain has stopped for now, and the trees are still standing.
    It could be a lot worse, there’s a tropical cyclone hitting WA...
    And a cyclone hitting new Caledonia on the eastern side.

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