Digger Posted December 29, 2019 Share Posted December 29, 2019 Bushfires look like they could come through here today so we are evacuating. In fact the whole region is being told to get out! Daughter has a house on the water where we should be safe. Today will be an awful day 42C and strong winds. My country is on fire after 3 years of drought Give us our rain back please? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdgm Posted December 29, 2019 Share Posted December 29, 2019 Saying a prayer for you Dig....best wishes to you and all your family. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveFord Posted December 29, 2019 Share Posted December 29, 2019 I'll send some over from Central Pennsyltucky, we have plenty at the moment. Hope you come through it okay. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digger Posted December 29, 2019 Share Posted December 29, 2019 We have evacuated as fire risk is too high to stay. Spending a couple of days with our daughter down on the water, so we are safe & sound. I could only fit one guitar in and bought the Casino to give to our Granddaughter. Theres a thread in there~ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retired Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 4 hours ago, Digger said: We have evacuated as fire risk is too high to stay. Spending a couple of days with our daughter down on the water, so we are safe & sound. I could only fit one guitar in and bought the Casino to give to our Granddaughter. Theres a thread in there~ Such a shame all the fires there. It does look very bad and even factories burning down. Deb and I are both praying for you Mate. Can't begin to imagine breathing all that smoke either with your asthma. A great idea going to your daughters where she is by lots of water. Hope you're place doest burn down and suffer great loss. Take care of the family and stay safe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digger Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 Thanks Butch, it’s an awful day here and almost half of East Gippsland is ablaze ATM. We are lucky to have Kellie & Grant to fall back on. I spoke to Kaela on facetime this morning and told her I was giving her my Casino and she broke down with emotion as she knows how much I loved that guitar. Better to give it to her than see it burned. i don’t know if our property will be impacted or not, but not worth the risk of staying there. It’s lovely being here with my daughter! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparquelito Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 All my thoughts and prayers, Digger. Hoping that your homestead and your other guitars survive the wildfires. Do ye have insurance, in case the fires get to the house?😕 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanHenry Posted December 30, 2019 Author Share Posted December 30, 2019 Good luck Digger, I hope everything works out ok for you. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Notes_Norton Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 Glad you and Gael got out safely. Nothing is more important than your lives. I hope the fires spare your home. Keep us posted please. Bob 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaxson50 Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 Hoping and praying for an end to the fires, hang in there Digger. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Gibson Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 22 hours ago, Digger said: Bushfires look like they could come through here today so we are evacuating. In fact the whole region is being told to get out! Daughter has a house on the water where we should be safe. Today will be an awful day 42C and strong winds. My country is on fire after 3 years of drought Give us our rain back please? Hoping for the best for you and your family, I can't imagine what Austrailia is going through with these fires. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digger Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 Jim it’s a total holocaust here and still running! Our small hamlet has been one of the hardest hit of all apparently. I know we had an outbreak just in front of our house last night but it was quickly extinguished, but ember attack has continued since then. so who knows? Gael & I are safe with my daughter by the water but don’t know if our property which comprise 2 houses. and a farm shed with much. equipment (2 tractors) is still standing? Also Mallacoota where we have a holiday spot is also under threat as we speak. 5,000 people trapped with no safe way out We could lose that too. 3 years of drought have left us very vulnerable to fires. There are 8 emergency fires. in Victoria, most are in the east where we are. The effect of these fires on our wildlife will be devastating! Sarsfield where we live is being mentioned as one of the most affected so I doubt we will have anything left, but we might be lucky. However property is of lesser importance than lives and people, and we are alright thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tman Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 Very best of luck to you. I hope you don't lose anything. I completely agree that property is of lesser importance than precious lives. Still a gigantic pain if you do lose your property and I sincerely hope you don't. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brad1 Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 How devastating Rob. Over the years I have come to know your property quite well and have always been envious of your wonderful place. To hear what is happening truly makes me empathetic to your plight. You are in my prayers good man. Hope this turns out OK. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digger Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 My heartfelt thanks to all of you, I really do appreciate it. Our whole region is under threat ATM. Nobody knows the extent, it’s far too early. In the next few days the full extent of losses will emerge and if we have been impacted then that’s when it might get pretty hard. Until then we still have hope. Thanks to you all for expressing your concern. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retired Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 5,000 people trapped in Mallacoota is terrible. Hope they can find some way of getting them out. I know you have many friends there too. Have you heard from any of them? 34 years as a welder at the Railroad I have been burnt in every part of my body and from torches and arc cutters. It is very painful to be burnt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digger Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 We lost everything but our main house! Rozs cottage, farm shed , tractors, mower, tools all gone! Our house is still standing by some miracle. Sarsfield the small rural hamlet we live in is all but gone, our court is all but gone! Total devastation! However we are alright and we have insurance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brad1 Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 9 minutes ago, Digger said: We lost everything but our main house! Rozs cottage, farm shed , tractors, mower, tools all gone! Our house is still standing by some miracle. Sarsfield the small rural hamlet we live in is all but gone, our court is all but gone! Total devastation! However we are alright and we have insurance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G Mac Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 Digger, I am SO sorry to hear of your tribulations but, I am glad hear that you and your family are all OK. My prayers are with you, friend. I pray that God has a greater future planned for you than you can imagine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparquelito Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 Digger, You have always been a 'glass is half full' kind of guy. It's one of the many things that I admire about you. Glad to hear about the house surviving. Good on you, mate. 🙂 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaxson50 Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 Digger, The important thing is that you and your family survived, things can be replaced, my heart goes out to you and those suffering such terrible losses, and those who lost loved ones, unimaginable. Please let these fires be stopped! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retired Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 24 minutes ago, jaxson50 said: Digger, The important thing is that you and your family survived, things can be replaced, my heart goes out to you and those suffering such terrible losses, and those who lost loved ones, unimaginable. Please let these fires be stopped! Amen. Deb and I have been praying for rain for quite a while. It saddens us with the great loss there but our prayers have been answered with Rob & Gael's lives saved and their home. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Scales Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 Hey Dig, I happened by and saw this. Sorry for your troubles at the moment mate - we went through it for basically the whole of November. Never seen it so dry, then it went up when an old fire reignighted up in the hills. Many places like yours with homes protected by locals and fire brigade but out buildings lost. We have communes everywhere up in the bush so it's a great credit to all who saved the dwellings up the creeks. We evacuated voluntarily for a few days when it was like a warzone here. Women and kids pretty much all left the village for a week or two, no school etc. very eerie time. We got nice rain on Xmas eve and now everything is green again, but we'll be wanting follow up rain soon. hope your life gets back to normal soon as mate. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanHenry Posted December 31, 2019 Author Share Posted December 31, 2019 Digger, I whish we could send you some of our rain, we've got way to much of the bloody stuff! Keep your chin up😊 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Notes_Norton Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 My heart cries for you. But I am very thankful that you and Gael got out in time and are safe. The rebuilding process begins, and hopefully the insurance company will be prompt and generous with the help. Good luck, Bob 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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