((((((((Sharnie)))))))))) Saw the fires on the news....it's so devastating!! Thank god you aren't affected by them!
And the train wreck...so sad..:(

Sending you good thoughts to you and your fellow Aussies!!!
(A canadian mounty in full dress uniform ;) Just waiting for you....:D)

Hugsssssssssssss!!!

Sharni---:mad: Irish

My heart goes out to you and all your kinsmen.
I think I can speak for most of us in the States.
I will pray for Austraila

thank you everyone
 

As an Aussie I want to thank you all for your comforting thoughts and prayers.

Just as I write this, a helicopter is flying overhead to dump water on a fire in the hills behind me. No danger to us but the smell and smoke is all around.

Summer in Australia always carries the threat of bushfires but they have been fierce this summer with lower than average rainfall and a hot summer everywhere.

No fires this far north in Oz, but they came within 200 yards

of my Sister's place down south.

The train wreck just sucked.