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Australian bushfires: when two degrees is the difference between life and death
by: Tim Flannery
Tuesday 10 February 2009 11.21 GMTThe day after the great fire burned through central Victoria, I drove from Sydney to Melbourne. For much of the way – indeed for hundreds of miles north of the scorched ground – smoke obscured the horizon, entering my air conditioned car and carrying with it that distinctive scent so strongly signifying death, or to Aboriginal people, cleansing.
It was as if a great cremation had taken place. I didn’t know then how many people had died in their cars and homes, or while fleeing the flames, but by the time I reached the scorched ground just north of Melbourne, the dreadful news was trickling in. At first I heard that 70 people had died, then 108. Then 170. While the precise number of victims is yet to be ascertained, the overall situation at least is now clear. Australia has suffered its worst recorded peacetime loss of life. And the trauma will be with us forever.
Save Our Mother Nature!
When in a tight spot, Cristiano Ronaldo invariably escapes with a burst of speed and flash of his extraordinary footballing skill.
This time, however, even the flamboyant Manchester United star would have been grateful for simply being able to walk away in one piece.
His relief at emerging unhurt from a crash which wrecked his 200mph Ferrari will have been matched by manager Sir Alex Ferguson, who must have feared the worst when he heard his £60million-valued World Player of the Year had been in such a spectacular smash. …read more
