Sunday, February 08, 2009

Stunning picture in the midst of tragedy


I really didn't want to ready this story, but the AP photo captivated me.

35 dead in Australia's worst fires in decades - Yahoo! News

Years ago I read Bill Bryson's In A Sunburned Country. Bryson's portrait of Australia is of a fascinatingly deadly content full of poisonous creatures, poisonous plants, and occasionally fatal natural phenomena. And I thought California was a scary place...

3 comments:

Summer said...

I feel so bad for those people. I just saw on yahoo that over 80 people have died. I guess I shouldn't complain about our cold, snowy weather anymore. It could be worse.

Kitten Herder said...

It's getting worse.

death toll rises

barbie2be said...

i just read the death toll was 166. this is so awful.