Stay safe Aussies - life is more imp. than property

[cooran]

Stay safe everyone. Don’t stay defending property too long – life is more important than property.

Record temperatures spark fires across Australia
http://www.stuff.co.nz/world/australia/ ... -Australia
Current fire locations in Australia
http://www.bushfirecrc.com/fire-locations







with metta
Chris

[retrofuturist]

Well said, Chris.

It's a shame that the nice weather that I really like inevitably leads to things getting burnt. I couldn't believe that Hobart was about 14'C warmer than Brisbane yesterday... freaky stuff.

Metta,
Retro.

[Ben]

Well said, Chris.

It's a shame that the nice weather that I really like inevitably leads to things getting burnt. I couldn't believe that Hobart was about 14'C warmer than Brisbane yesterday... freaky stuff.

Metta,
Retro.

41.9 deg C, the highest maximum ever recorded for Hobart. Three main fires in Tasmania yesterday. About sixty buildings destroyed at Dunalley and one suspected death. Just last week, two of my kids were at the Falls music festival just next door to Dunalley at Marion Bay. I spoke to the landowner next door to my ex-place of employment in Fingal this morning. He has three fire-fighting units on the property and two utes (pick ups) with 1000 litre tanks of water on the back. He and his farm manager are on standby and patrolling the property watching for smoke. It's quite a tense time.
Kind regards,
Ben

[manas]

Just watching the news...to all members at risk, please take care and let us know when the danger has passed.

With metta

[Ben]

For those of you who don't know, Santi Monastery is under threat.
Today is a day of Catastropic Fire Danger in the part of New South Wales (Australia).
From Phalañānī Bhikkhuni's facebook page:

We are facing the worst fire danger in history in New South Wales, Australia. Heat wave and strong winds are conditions for catastrophic fire danger. Visitors of our Monastery who were dependent on public transport left early this morning. The next fire is 50 kms away and wind carries the danger away from us - towards others. We are presently not in acute danger but fully aware that fires already are getting out of control in other areas in NSW, fully aware that we might have to evacuate and can do so, but many beings, animals, insects can not. May all beings be save.

Please spare a thought for everyone at Santi Monastery.
With metta,

Ben

[Digity]

Global warming?

[bodom]

May all beings be free from danger.
May we be happy.
May we be healthy.
May we live with ease.