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This Is The Power Of Community In The Face Of Disaster (Aussie Bushfires)
How global and local communities are rallying together. What you can do to help us. And thank you.
“You guys in Lakes Entrance? Some evacuations happening around there… the main road in and out of the Princes Highway was likely to be affected by fires on Monday. The Great Alpine Road, the other road out of East Gippsland, is already closed due to bushfires.
Bureau of Meteorology forecaster Kevin Parkyn said a wind change in East Gippsland about midnight on Sunday night is “very problematic when it comes to fires and the landscape…It’s a very serious life-threatening situation.”
Maybe leave tonight! There are 30,000 ppl in the area.”
At 11 pm on a Sunday late in December, I sent a barrage of text messages to my brother and sister-in-law. They’d gone away for the weekend with my young niece and nephew to Lakes Entrance, a popular holiday destination in Victoria.
They packed and were safe at home by 6 am on Monday morning, before the forecasted disastrous heatwave hit.
My business accountability partner Tatyana and her family live in the Blue Mountains in NSW.
“…our town has fire threat!! Had to pack bags at…
