The out pouring of love and support from around the world is what's helping us as a State get through. I guess to put it into perspective, an area about the size of Maine has been wiped off the map in Victoria - I think the last estimate was over 300,000 hectares.
The last count was 210 confirmed dead with police refusing to release the number of people still missing but it's at least another 100, plus over 2000 homes destroyed.
The hardest part was one of my best friends was talking to her son and his fiance as they died. They were trapped in his dad's house and couldn't get out and he rang to say he loved her and to say good bye. I still can't get my head around that.
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Date: 2009-03-11 11:10 am (UTC)The last count was 210 confirmed dead with police refusing to release the number of people still missing but it's at least another 100, plus over 2000 homes destroyed.
The hardest part was one of my best friends was talking to her son and his fiance as they died. They were trapped in his dad's house and couldn't get out and he rang to say he loved her and to say good bye. I still can't get my head around that.