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>>>> Have you all heard about the fires here in Australia? I'm 2 hours, by
>>>> car away from them. There is smoke everywhere, I can taste it. I used
>>>> to live in one of the places they say it might hit tomorrow, glad I
>>>> don't live there now. It may get a bit closer to us tomorrow, but
>>>> hopefully not close enough. My poor 11 year old daughter was so
>>>> nervous, she seems to have settled now. The dog's been under our feet
>>>> a lot, but the cats don't seem to be bothered.
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>>>> Jen
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>>> They are terrible...Jen..We had them up here in Sydney area last weekend
>>> and the first day or two of this week as well.. As bad as they were it
>>> was nothing like what you are experiencing down in Victoria...
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>>> I have a friend who lives in Ballarat ..How far is that from the fires
>>> ?...She has smoke and haze and smells of the bushfires.. An elderly lady
>>> who only lost her husband 1 year ago..I feel for her ....
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>>> What part of Victoria are you living in ..Jen ?
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>> We're in Latrobe Valley in Churchill. Just a bit south west of the
>> fires. Ballarat is much further West.
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>> Jen
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> So Ballarat is in no danger then at this time...Jen ?...And what about
> yourself..Are you in any type of danger from the fires changing directions
> ?.. I will check the map and see the positions :-)


This will help.
http://www.dse.vic.gov.au/DSE/nrenfo...2567CB000DB12D

Ballarat should be fine, it's much further, although there are spotfires all
over the state. I live very close to Traralgon, so we should still be fine
even if the wind gets too much. Although many say the fire will come right
down here as well. Fingers crossed.


Jen