Its just nice to hear that even though your thousands of miles away, your thinking of the poor souls who died. For me its really hard, i absolutely love my home state and to see it completely ruined and destroyed doesnt make a chap feel good. I dont say that to be dramatic either, the MAJORITY of the state has been on fire at some stage over the last few weeks.
It wasnt just a fire, it was a fire storm, they reckon that the people of Kinglake expected they had a few hours before the fire hit them, it turned out they had 2 minutes from when the warning was issued for the town and by then it was way, way too late. And they werent the only ones. There are quite a few town north of Melbourne now that have totally ceased to exist.