The stories have made our TV & radio news; this morning saying more about the fires & the floods, & the death toll. It certainly sounds a little better now, but rather apocalyptic earlier in the week.... Not just the dead, but the many burned, & the losses of homes, etc.... Certainly thinking of you all, & hoping for whatever 'the best' can be at this point.... Doug On 8-Feb-09, at 12:25 AM, Alison Croggon wrote: > The death toll just coming in from the bushfires - 65 dead and > counting in Victoria. Absolutely awful. Douglas Barbour [log in to unmask] http://www.ualberta.ca/~dbarbour/ Latest books: Continuations (with Sheila E Murphy) http://www.uap.ualberta.ca/UAP.asp?LID=41&bookID=664 Wednesdays' http://abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/2008/03/new-from-aboveground-press_10.html Awards are merely the badges of mediocrity. Charles Ives