the fires

Photo from here

Like all of us my heart is broken by the loss of life and homes and animals and landscape in the Victorian fires. My brother forwarded this link to someone's personal story of how you can go from no danger one minute to fighting for your life, even with all preparation. It's terrifying and goes some way to explain the huge death and damage toll from these infernoes.
The Red Cross have an appeal here if you want to contribute.