I know we have a lot of fellow shapers on here from Australia, really a lot, so I wanted to take a minute to extend my condolences to anybody whose lives are being affected by the wildfires in Australia.
I don’t know if there’s much anybody can do to help at this point, and while I can’t speak for everybody, if there’s anything that can be done to help, give a holler. I would think that goes for any fellow Swaylockians though. Especially the Californians who are all too familiar with this kind of disaster.
The death toll now stands at 166. My parents lost their house, and we heard from a friend who’s housmate has lost his entire immediate family. I think there’ll be very few Victorians who are un touched by this disaster.
“AUSTRALIA has been singled out as a target for “forest jihad” by a
group of Islamic extremists urging Muslims to deliberately light
bushfires as a weapon of terror.”
Here’s a link to some before and after shots of my parents’ place which got wiped out in the fire on Saturday (the before shots are at the bottom). My Dad was an avid mountain biker. If you scroll down about halfway, there’s some pictures of whats left of a $5000 bike. The aluminuim parts of the bike are melted like plastic!
Impossible to insure for SOUL and your parents place appeared( from your ‘before’ pics ) to have that quality.
You have made a really valuable contribution to the appeal, if not for the fact that you have personalized it on Sways, the images yo posted show the paradigm shift. Green to black, life to death.
To me, that impact is powerful, and I hope all Sways clan can see it in their hearts to contribute an appropriate amount to help re-build a community that is soooo aligned with our culture.
The Red Cross web address is listed above. ONE $US = approx $1.60 Aussie $…So give 10 bucks, it will make a Sways difference.