tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3755770.post7402942802220728758..comments2024-01-25T22:55:04.308+00:00Comments on Silence Without: Victoria, She BurnsTessahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07523122977323033271noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3755770.post-9048834673354825812009-02-10T09:11:00.000+00:002009-02-10T09:11:00.000+00:00Every year, the fires get a bit closer to home. I...Every year, the fires get a bit closer to home. I've concerns for my parent's house. They're less of a rural fringe suburb than they were, as the urban sprawl sprawls further, but the area remains full of old growth bush, and would go up in flames in an instant.<BR/><BR/>The Canberra fires left a bit of a mark on me too, I was surprised to note. Remember that mini-series, SCORCHED, about 250 days without rain and a huge bushfire as a result? I had to walk out of the room when that started up.<BR/><BR/>We are all very cheerful. Heh.Tessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07523122977323033271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3755770.post-49882438236502391352009-02-08T11:30:00.000+00:002009-02-08T11:30:00.000+00:00I have the Darkover sun from Mt Doom (sorry, Taylo...I have the Darkover sun from Mt Doom (sorry, Taylor) for that same creepiness. They're both signals of sorrows now and more to come.<BR/><BR/>We're a cheerful bunch, aren't we?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3755770.post-29565973191220819632009-02-08T11:29:00.000+00:002009-02-08T11:29:00.000+00:00I was out on the parents' property for the '03 Can...I was out on the parents' property for the '03 Canberra fires and I remember the smoke. When the big pine plantations along our road went up the sky was so black that I couldn't read the book I'd taken outside to look at in between ember-spotting - this at three in the afternoon.<BR/><BR/>As the day ended that smoke was right overhead and the sky to the south was clear, which meant that we had the slanting, late-afternoon light usual for the time of day, except that it was coming south to north instead of west to east, all the landscape as far as you could see lit up at ninety degrees to where it would normally be. Like you, I found it very unsettling.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3755770.post-51097228706931431512009-02-08T11:17:00.000+00:002009-02-08T11:17:00.000+00:00The most horrible thought is that this could happe...The most horrible thought is that this could happen every year if temperatures keep rising and rain doesn't fall.<BR/><BR/>It's hard to get my head around Marysville being gone.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com