tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4513726410126955599.post4993697486082893622..comments2023-10-29T04:49:36.513-04:00Comments on So Very Very Thankful: They walk amongst usVirginiaChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17282569773671179047noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4513726410126955599.post-70265104562331640452013-02-07T06:39:37.126-04:002013-02-07T06:39:37.126-04:00I've been hearing about awful brush fires that...I've been hearing about awful brush fires that have been raging in both Australia and New Zealand, with many people losing their homes.<br />Here, in the dry season, there are always fires raging...some deliberately started, and some from the intense sun rays on very dry vegetation.<br />The old ritual of setting fires to the cane fields to get rid of rodents still goes on somewhat.<br />I guess a neighbourhood meeting is in order to see if we can catch these culprits that started yesterday's fire.VirginiaChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17282569773671179047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4513726410126955599.post-41003823453748492632013-02-07T06:14:13.332-04:002013-02-07T06:14:13.332-04:00I really feel for you. Here in New Zealand and ma...I really feel for you. Here in New Zealand and many parts of Australia (which has also ironically had severe flooding) there have been total fire bans and lots of scrub and forest fires and whole villages burned to the ground. It is thought that some of the fires have been started deliberately. The people who started your fire were stupid and greedy but what sort of people start fires which consume whole forests and villages and lives?GBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10289400344300258872noreply@blogger.com