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catsidheAh, fuck.
I know everyone and their dog is posting about this, but... fuck.
Marysville and Kinglake are simply gone.
65 76 84 dead at last count, Brian Naylor (for non-Melbournians, he was the evening news presenter here for decades) is missing, and his wife are among that number.
The flames are encroaching on Bendigo and Beechworth.
And here we are in suburban Melbourne, putting on jackets. After yesterday — the hottest day in the city on record — today is cold and rainy. And past the hills, dozens of people are dead, and entire towns are vanished.
I just... Fuck.
And bushfire season is just beginning.
I know everyone and their dog is posting about this, but... fuck.
Marysville and Kinglake are simply gone.
The flames are encroaching on Bendigo and Beechworth.
And here we are in suburban Melbourne, putting on jackets. After yesterday — the hottest day in the city on record — today is cold and rainy. And past the hills, dozens of people are dead, and entire towns are vanished.
I just... Fuck.
And bushfire season is just beginning.