has anyone heard if bg is safe?
i'm safe hun - but on high alert and tend to be reading more than posting at the moment

the main fire (Churchill-Jeeralang) locally is about 8k's as the crow flies, currently heading in the other direction. it has been confirmed it was deliberately lit, and the fire bugs are still at work lighting more (were seen yesterday i believe, but dont think they were caught). this fire is very close to my family, so we're all very edgy - close friends got trapped in their home yesterday with flames within 50m of them before it changed direction. others had to evac due to the same front. DH is back at work, so i'm watching fires all over the place, and feeling very antsy as, if anything happens out here again, my "safe" places are also under threat and he is just too far away to help. am also watching the other fires for family up near the border, and knowing DH has to head into that area-ish today is very stressful.

we've not been through anything like Ange though - i can only imagine how hard it's been for her family at this time. i know how much the unknown is messing with me, can't imagine if it had gotten worse. we were lucky - the fires hit here a week before the rest of VIC - if it hadn't, our town would be another that was levelled - there just aren't enough resources to protect everyone. i am just feeling physically ill as we KNOW these were deliberately lit - the little bleeeeeeeeeeeeps were at it again yesterday