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Chris,You may know that the Australia flora has evolved to cope with bushfire; it's a natural regeneration mechanism, but people do insist on building their homes in the midst of it all. And there is no rhyme nor reason as to which houses survive and which fall.Cheers,Hugh
Police declared crime scenes Monday in the towns destroyed by wildfire; officials suspect some of the more than 400 fires were deliberately set.
Conditions on the 7th Feb were surreal. This is not just a country phenomenon; this touches large numbers of people living in Australia's second largest city.
...It also raises questions of global warming, national drought, and the health of the environment for the generations ahead.Hugh