Things are not so sunny for the Nunatsiavut Government if one takes notice of grumblings over the air waves, couple stories on the go and CKOK had a phone in show last Friday which brought out many issues that have been on the books for a long time but have not been addressed. NG does not do “addressing peoples every day issues” very well, its age is showing for all to see, age in the context of being very young and inexperienced.
To things down under: I was under the impression that any of my extended family was out of harms way during the fires this past week or so. Not so it tuned out, I had an e mail from a cousin [one of twins] who lives down in Deniliquin NSW, it is close to the Victorian border and 3 hours drive from some of the areas worse hit by fires.
So cousin tells me that one of her sons and his wife were told to evacuate the property they were on near Avenel Victoria. The fire did not do any damage to the home but sure did to that area.
On her way to Melbourne before the evacuation cousin called into her sons, this is how she described on run in with a koala.
“he has a baby Koala that had come up to the house for water, we were patting it's head they are usually very vicious but he just sat in a tub of water and played it was so special to see it”.
Some photos were attached with the e mail, not sure of there origin but these ones stood out.
The assessments of why the fires turned onto the killers they did has started and will continue for some time, when you build in the middle of a potential disaster area you think one would plan ahead, this guy seems to have done just that and lived to tell the tale.
Another area that needs looking at is the way Australia has treated its natural water courses and aquifers, there have been warnings of potential disasters associated with the Murray River and other rivers being at historical lows and the large aquifers being salinated and low as well, these fires are associated with ignoring those warnings IMO.
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