Wednesday, October 23, 2013

Today expected to be the worst so far





It's hot outside today.  I just skimmed the leaves from the pool and could hardly last the few minutes required for this job.  It's hard to imagine what it's like for the hundreds of firemen and women and police close to the flames.  The wind is whipping up, which is a real cause for concern.  Dozens of schools are closed and retirement villages are being evacuated.  Extra firefighters have come in from other states and NZ.

The message before the arrival of the wind is 'Get out while you can!'

Organising all these people is a phenomenal task.  And they all have to have somewhere to sleep and be fed.  

1 comment:

infogenium said...

I am following the RFS on Twitter https://twitter.com/NSWRFS and it a wonderful source of timely information for people around the fires as well as us observers.