Toward a World that Works for Everyone
Australia fires: New South Wales blazes all ‘contained’ BBC.com, Feb. 13, 2020 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-51484814 All of the bushfires in New South Wales (NSW) are now considered contained, say fire officials in the Australian state. The NSW Rural Fire Service said it was “great news” after “a very traumatic, exhausting and anxious” time. The development is thanks […]
How rain downpours affected Australia’s eastern states after drought, heatwaves and fires AAP, Nine News Australia, Feb 11, 2020 https://tinyurl.com/vgzb2jd Rainfall brings biggest drop in active fire numbers since season began Parts of Queensland, Victoria and New South Wales have experienced some of the worst flooding in years as severe rain downpours washed over eastern […]
NSW weather: residents evacuated from flooded areas and thousands left without power Calla Wahlquist and Australian Associated Press, Guardian, Feb. 9, 2020 https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/feb/09/nsw-weather-six-families-rescued-from-floodwaters-as-rain-lashes-east-coast A severe weather warning issued on Sunday for the entire coast will remain in place on Monday Devastating storms have swept though eastern New South Wales, forcing flood evacuations and leaving tens […]
I’m unable to find the news.com.au video on Youtube and have had to swap in a different version of the torrential downpour in Sydney. Flash flooding as Sydney faces wettest weekend since 1998 Natalie Bown, News.com.au, Feb. 9, 2020 https://www.news.com.au/technology/environment/flood-warnings-in-nsw-as-rain-buckets-down/news-story/19d56bfdb84bc43166f3cc743549a7ab Trees have collapsed, streets are flooding and thousands are without power as NSW cops its […]
“Our prayers may be awkward. Our attempts may be feeble. But since the power of prayer is in the One who hears it and not in the one who says it, our prayers do make a difference.” ~ Max Lucado, author and pastor To all those who have been unceasingly praying for rain for Australia, […]
‘Heaviest rain in years’ lashes Australia’s east coast with a wet weekend ahead By Ben Graham, February 7, 2020 News.Com.Au https://www.news.com.au/technology/environment/heaviest-rain-in-years-hitting-australias-east-coast/news-story Australia’s east coast has woken up to its heaviest drenching in years as a major weather system causes flash flooding and strong winds. Roads are congested and train lines have closed. A low pressure […]
Keep a fire-free Australia in your prayers and your [email protected] meditation. Australia’s capital declares state of emergency over out-of-control wildfire AP/CBC, Jan. 31, 2020 https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/australia-s-capital-declares-state-of-emergency-over-out-of-control-wildfire-1.5447078 Fire is burning at emergency level — the highest on a 3-tier scale of danger The Australian capital region declared a state of emergency on Friday because of an out-of-control […]
“I have no fear of losing my life—if I have to save a koala or a crocodile or a kangaroo or a snake, mate, I will save it.” ~ Steve Irwin. As of today, January 29, 2020, firefighters in Australia are still working to extinguish all the bushfires. Firefighter brigades include countless civilians, Indigenous people, New […]
There are not many new videos on the bushfires. Australia bushfires: out of control fires continue to burn in the ACT Australia fires: ‘Incredible’ signs of life return to burned bush ‘Everywhere you go is just devastation’: The southern NSW bushfires On RN Breakfast with Fran Kelly, ABC.com.au, Jan. 29, 2020 https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/breakfast/everywhere-you-go-is-just-devastation:-the-nsw-bushfires/11908862 “It felt like […]
In my reading with him on Jan. 18, 2020, through Linda Dillon, Archangel Michael said that the various meditations by people around the world to bring rain to Australia have, so far, been successful. We may not have the “formula” entirely correct – hence the hail and flooding – but we have demonstrated and are […]
Strength From Grief: How Aboriginal People Experience the Bushfire Crisis Bhiamie Williamson, Jessica Weir, & Vanessa Cavanagh, Yes! Magazine, Jan. 23, 2020 https://tinyurl.com/rv5njmf How do you support people forever attached to a landscape after an inferno tears through their homelands: decimating native food sources, burning through ancient scarred trees, and destroying ancestral and totemic plants and […]
There are not as many current stories on the extent of the Australian bushfires as there have been in past weeks. When few accounts appear, we may scale down our reportage. Bushfires rage in Canberra A month on from devastating bushfires, residents in Mt Maria face a long road to recovery Now hail…. Started […]
Cultural burning is proactive, while Western-style controlled burning, also called hazard reduction burning, is reactive. To Help Australia, Look to Aboriginal Fire Management By Abaki Beck, Common Dreams, January 15, 2020 https://www.commondreams.org/views/2020/01/15/help-australia-look-aboriginal-fire-management Since September 2019, Australia has been ravaged by bushfires. You know the statistics: about 18 million acres burned, around 2,000 homes destroyed, and […]
Thank you to Linda in Canberra for this post. The Golden Age of Gaia does not believe that the major cause of the bushfires is climate-related, but manmade. (1) By Marianna Gonzalez, January 8, 2020 Ecovegan Spirit I was moved to tears by this video and still am every time I remember it. It shows […]
Up to 50 millimetres of rain has fallen across parts of New South Wales and Victoria in Australia, dampening bushfires. Despite the relief, there are still dozens of other blazes continuing to burn. The weather bureau has warned that the heavy downpour can lead to a number of issues, such as flash floods, landslides, falling […]
