Australia's Bushfires are raging i hope all mylot people are safe

Yes it is terrible rosebug and I only hope that they can control it soon, or at least prevent the fronts from joining together. Last Thursday it was really bad and the smoke reached the Riverina district where we were but lucky it dissipated during the day. Today we had 41 degrees, and for this early in December that is way too hot. Also the area in the country is very dry, so we will all be on the alert this summer. I think that everyone is hoping for rain - and for more reasons that they fact that we are in drought. I too am hoping that everyone is safe. Losing houses is bad enough, losing lives is much much worse.

it is so sad for these people but I always think of the animals who are penned up no where to run and omg I feel sick every time I think of it.:(

A bushfire is a wildfire that occurs in the bush (collective term for forest, scrub, woodland or grassland of Australia, New Zealand, New Caledonia). In southeast Australia, bushfires tend to be most common and most severe during summer and autumn, in drought years, and particularly in El Niño years. In the north of Australia, bushfires usually occur during winter (the dry season and fire severity tends to be more associated with seasonal growth patterns. In the southwest, similarly, bushfires occur in the summer dry season and severity is usually related to seasonal growth. Fire frequency in the north is difficult to assess, as the vast majority of fires are deliberately started by humans.

Thanks for posting this.I missed it on news.I will just find out how is my sister,I hope she is online and everything is okay.

I pray against fools this summer. Fools that deliberately light fires, and fools that do stupid things that accidently cause fires.

I saulte the fire fighters who make this wild fire calm and i too pray this to end as soon as possible without loss of life

I am so over summer already!

i will keep you in my prayers. It's horrible to see this happen. We've had so many here in the States also. Very sad.

I'm in Melbourne,not near the fires though thank goodness.It was very hot in Melbourne today and very smokey as well.It was also smokey here yesterday.I also hope no one is near the bush fires,it looks like they are getting worse.I think we are in for a really bad season this year.

just hope nobody will hurt in the bushfire,i think the government should do something to prevent it as it happens every year.

Well In just hope everyone and every animal in the region is safe irrespective of whether the person is in mylot or not...

today watching the news

I am in Melbourne and we had lots of smoky days from the bushfires. Luckily the recent rain seems to be falling is some of the right places and I heard that many of the firefighters were able to go home for Christmas. They might need to go back to the bushfires as they're not out of trouble yet, but at least there has been some relief.

I am not in Australia but I heard about that. How scary, I hope they are all okay, this happens a lot in Western North America and I know it's a scary thing... keeping you all in my thoughts.

Oh wow. I haven't heard about this since I'm in a different country. I hope everyone over there is safe!

Oh no not again that is terrible I hope to that everyone is ok

I had no idea that was going on. I guess I haven't been watching the news like I normally do. I too hope everyone is OK. If you hear that they are in need of assistance, please provide the site that is collecting it.

I will keep you in my prayers. It's horrible to see this happen. We've had so many here in the States also. Very sad.

blessed be for the whole mylot community wherever they may be and special thoughts for those in danger in Australia

Thankfully I'm up north so nowhere near the fires but I have friends who are in the middle of it...Good luck to them and to anyone else in that area...and keep safe! No heroics guys - you are more important to us than your house is!