Comments on: They should have been ok dammit! http://robecriluto.com/?p=1575 Family. Friends. Funny business... and lots of other 'F' words Fri, 03 Sep 2010 08:48:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: jeanie http://robecriluto.com/?p=1575&cpage=1#comment-4196 jeanie Wed, 11 Feb 2009 11:29:23 +0000 http://robecriluto.com/?p=1575#comment-4196 All of our building codes are gauged for the threat of "one in a hundred years" danger. This was the worst ever in our recorded history. I just feel so much for so many. <strong> *nods* yes, we have 'once in a hundred year' flood zones etc. You just can't predict fire weather that no one has ever seen before. ~ B <abbr><em>jeanie’s last blog post..<a href="http://jeanieinparadise.blogspot.com/2009/02/nothing-to-say.html" rel="nofollow">Nothing to say</a></abbr></em> All of our building codes are gauged for the threat of “one in a hundred years” danger. This was the worst ever in our recorded history.

I just feel so much for so many.

*nods* yes, we have ‘once in a hundred year’ flood zones etc. You just can’t predict fire weather that no one has ever seen before. ~ B

jeanie’s last blog post..Nothing to say

]]> By: Gemisht http://robecriluto.com/?p=1575&cpage=1#comment-4195 Gemisht Wed, 11 Feb 2009 11:22:35 +0000 http://robecriluto.com/?p=1575#comment-4195 Still no words really. I'm not in Vic and I still feel like a stunned mullet. Its just so horrific beyond words. There has been so much in the media about how little time and warning people had. From what I have heard there is nothing that anybody could have done to prevent much of what has happened. I guess all we can do is band together as a country, as we have done, and be there for one another. I know that doesn't take away the heartache for so many people affected by it, but what else can we do??? Maybe that's the worst part, that we feel so powerless........ <strong>Yes, I think that is definitely the worst part, feeling powerless. ~ B <abbr><em>Gemisht’s last blog post..<a href="http://gemisht.com/?p=64" rel="nofollow">I’m Baaaaaaack</a></abbr></em> Still no words really. I’m not in Vic and I still feel like a stunned mullet. Its just so horrific beyond words.

There has been so much in the media about how little time and warning people had. From what I have heard there is nothing that anybody could have done to prevent much of what has happened. I guess all we can do is band together as a country, as we have done, and be there for one another. I know that doesn’t take away the heartache for so many people affected by it, but what else can we do???

Maybe that’s the worst part, that we feel so powerless……..

Yes, I think that is definitely the worst part, feeling powerless. ~ B

Gemisht’s last blog post..I’m Baaaaaaack

]]> By: Marita http://robecriluto.com/?p=1575&cpage=1#comment-4194 Marita Wed, 11 Feb 2009 08:39:26 +0000 http://robecriluto.com/?p=1575#comment-4194 Sorry that last comment of mine sounds really self absorbed. I just don't know what to say anymore. <strong>not self absorbed at all. hugs ~ B Sorry that last comment of mine sounds really self absorbed. I just don’t know what to say anymore.

not self absorbed at all. hugs ~ B

]]> By: Marita http://robecriluto.com/?p=1575&cpage=1#comment-4193 Marita Wed, 11 Feb 2009 08:26:21 +0000 http://robecriluto.com/?p=1575#comment-4193 Horrible, horrible times. Like River it has given me a much needed reminder to keep vital documents in a safe place, ours are going into a safety deposit box. Also working with hubby to clean up all the dead plants around our place that the heat has gotten to in recent weeks. <strong>*nods* I think a lot of people will have gotten the same reminder. ~ B Horrible, horrible times.

Like River it has given me a much needed reminder to keep vital documents in a safe place, ours are going into a safety deposit box.

Also working with hubby to clean up all the dead plants around our place that the heat has gotten to in recent weeks.

*nods* I think a lot of people will have gotten the same reminder. ~ B

]]> By: river http://robecriluto.com/?p=1575&cpage=1#comment-4192 river Wed, 11 Feb 2009 07:49:09 +0000 http://robecriluto.com/?p=1575#comment-4192 I'm not in a high fire risk area, but this has got me started doing something I meant to do a couple of years ago and kept putting off. I've made copies of my family tree album that my mother made for me, each of my kids now has their own copy. The family on her side has been traced back to 1824 so it's well worth keeping. In addition, I'm in the process of scanning all my important documents and family photos, these will be transferred to a USB stick, to be carried in my handbag at all times. This way, if anything unforeseen happens, I can grab the bag, the computer and camera and get out quick. Clothes and furniture be damned. They are so replaceable. <strong>Good thinking. we have photocopies of our important documents in an folder at my mum's house just in case and I've taken to uploading all our photo's and things into private storage albums online. ~ B I’m not in a high fire risk area, but this has got me started doing something I meant to do a couple of years ago and kept putting off. I’ve made copies of my family tree album that my mother made for me, each of my kids now has their own copy. The family on her side has been traced back to 1824 so it’s well worth keeping. In addition, I’m in the process of scanning all my important documents and family photos, these will be transferred to a USB stick, to be carried in my handbag at all times. This way, if anything unforeseen happens, I can grab the bag, the computer and camera and get out quick. Clothes and furniture be damned. They are so replaceable.

Good thinking. we have photocopies of our important documents in an folder at my mum’s house just in case and I’ve taken to uploading all our photo’s and things into private storage albums online. ~ B

]]> By: Widdle Shamrock http://robecriluto.com/?p=1575&cpage=1#comment-4190 Widdle Shamrock Tue, 10 Feb 2009 23:46:00 +0000 http://robecriluto.com/?p=1575#comment-4190 I think people shouldn't be beating themselves up. It is a good system from what I understand. I was watching the fires last night and they were MOVING so fast. This is a freak act of nature and I really do not think anything else could be done other than what HAS been done. <strong>I have no doubt that the freakish conditions are the major contributing factor here and not what people did or didn't do. ~ B <abbr><em>Widdle Shamrock’s last blog post..<a href="http://widdleshamrock.wordpress.com/2009/02/11/tracing-my-family/" rel="nofollow">Tracing my family</a></abbr></em> I think people shouldn’t be beating themselves up. It is a good system from what I understand. I was watching the fires last night and they were MOVING so fast.

This is a freak act of nature and I really do not think anything else could be done other than what HAS been done.

I have no doubt that the freakish conditions are the major contributing factor here and not what people did or didn’t do. ~ B
Widdle Shamrock’s last blog post..Tracing my family

]]> By: Trisha http://robecriluto.com/?p=1575&cpage=1#comment-4189 Trisha Tue, 10 Feb 2009 18:59:12 +0000 http://robecriluto.com/?p=1575#comment-4189 People are people and we all do what we can to help our friends and neighbors but humans panic, things escalate beyond comprehension, and terrible things happen. My heart goes out to everyone there. What a terrible tragedy. <strong>It is a terrible tragedy indeed. ~ B <abbr><em>Trisha’s last blog post..<a href="http://trishatruly.wordpress.com/2009/02/10/terrible-tuesday/" rel="nofollow">Terrible Tuesday</a></abbr></em> People are people and we all do what we can to help our friends and neighbors but humans panic, things escalate beyond comprehension, and terrible things happen.

My heart goes out to everyone there. What a terrible tragedy.

It is a terrible tragedy indeed. ~ B

Trisha’s last blog post..Terrible Tuesday

]]> By: Jayne http://robecriluto.com/?p=1575&cpage=1#comment-4187 Jayne Tue, 10 Feb 2009 09:08:21 +0000 http://robecriluto.com/?p=1575#comment-4187 It was just too big and it exploded like a powder keg. <strong>exactly. <abbr><em>Jayne’s last blog post..<a href="http://ourgreatsouthernland.blogspot.com/2009/02/feb-10-history.html" rel="nofollow">Feb 10 history</a></abbr></em> It was just too big and it exploded like a powder keg.

exactly.

Jayne’s last blog post..Feb 10 history

]]> By: anja http://robecriluto.com/?p=1575&cpage=1#comment-4186 anja Tue, 10 Feb 2009 07:12:44 +0000 http://robecriluto.com/?p=1575#comment-4186 I often wonder about people like you and PSLS who are so heavily involved in firefighting. When the fires are out, what goes through your heads? What in pity's sake will be going through the heads of the firefighters in Victoria who were powerless to fight a catastrophic inferno. What could people do? What could anyone do? *sigh* <strong>The same things that go through your head when you have to give a patient bad news. "Could I have gotten on top of this sooner and made a difference?" "what if I'd done this instead of this?" "What if.........." There was nothing to be done. No-one has seen those kinds of conditions before. <abbr><em>anja’s last blog post..<a href="http://ratinacage.wordpress.com/2009/02/10/life-goes-on-for-some/" rel="nofollow">Life goes on - for some.</a></abbr></em> I often wonder about people like you and PSLS who are so heavily involved in firefighting. When the fires are out, what goes through your heads? What in pity’s sake will be going through the heads of the firefighters in Victoria who were powerless to fight a catastrophic inferno. What could people do? What could anyone do?

*sigh*

The same things that go through your head when you have to give a patient bad news. “Could I have gotten on top of this sooner and made a difference?” “what if I’d done this instead of this?” “What if……….”

There was nothing to be done. No-one has seen those kinds of conditions before.

anja’s last blog post..Life goes on – for some.

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