[Oe List ...] Fires in Australia

[Isobel and Jim Bishop]

Dear Doris and all our colleagues,
I have not heard of any other colleagues .  I personally don't know  
any of the families who are bereft, but there has been the most  
amazing outpouring of compassion from the general community. Our  
Prime  Minister, Kevin
Rudd was in tears when he visited the catastrophe.  It will probably  
be years before the communities are completely restored.
Thank you for your care and thoughtfulness.
In peace, Isobel BIshop.
On 13/02/2009, at 5:33 AM, Beret Griffith wrote:

> On February 11th I got a note from Sally Gowers Wellard  
> <wellardsally at bigpond.com> who lives in Canadian Lake, Victoria.  
> She said. "We are fine - very lucky that there are no fires in our  
> part of Victoria. Some dear friends are caught in it all - they  
> were able to save their home but their neighbour lost his. 4 people  
> in their small  community were killed. It was so very hot - and now  
> we are cold - only 15C today from 46C just a few days ago."
>
> Beret
>
> At 10:23 AM 2/12/2009, you wrote:
>> Dear Colleagues,
>>
>> We cringe as we watch the news photos of the fires in Victoria. Do  
>> we have colleagues there? In any case, we think of all of  
>> Australia as we see the devastation. My family's house burned when  
>> I was in high school, and remembering that event along with the  
>> 1968 fires in Fifth City, I can only imagine the pain that  
>> pervades that area. My thoughts are with Victoria and the whole  
>> country as you begin acts of recovery.
>>
>> Grace and Peace,
>> Doris Hahn
>>
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