BUSHFIRESBUSHFIRESHELLO MY NAME IS MARCO AS YOU ALL

KNOW AND MY TALK IS ABOUT THE BUSHFIRES. NOW I’M GOING TO TELL YOU

SOME FACTS.

HELLO MY NAME IS MARCO AS YOU ALL KNOW AND MY TALK IS ABOUT THE

BUSHFIRES. NOW I’M GOING TO TELL YOU SOME FACTS.

•THE TEMPERATURE GOT UP TO 1200 DEGREES.IMAGINE A DAY AS HOT AS THAT.

•THE WINDS SPEED WAS 120 KILOMETRES PER HOUR.

•THE TEMPERATURE GOT UP TO 1200 DEGREES.IMAGINE A DAY AS HOT AS THAT.

•THE WINDS SPEED WAS 120 KILOMETRES PER HOUR.

BOY THATS HOT

•210 PEOPLE DIED OR MORE.

•OVER 400,000 HECTARES WERE BURNT!

•THESE FIRES WERE THE WORST SINCE ASH WEDNESDAY 26 YEARS AGO.

•210 PEOPLE DIED OR MORE.

•OVER 400,000 HECTARES WERE BURNT!

•THESE FIRES WERE THE WORST SINCE ASH WEDNESDAY 26 YEARS AGO.

•MORE THAN 84 MILLION WAS RAISED BY THE RED CROSS

•FIRE STORMS WERE AS CRAZY AS NUCLEAR BLASTS!!!

•2,029 PROPERTIES BURNT OUT

•AT 4PM THERE WERE 1,000 FIRES BURNING

•MORE THAN 84 MILLION WAS RAISED BY THE RED CROSS

•FIRE STORMS WERE AS CRAZY AS NUCLEAR BLASTS!!!

•2,029 PROPERTIES BURNT OUT

•AT 4PM THERE WERE 1,000 FIRES BURNING

•ONE WAS AT MY MUM’S FRIEND MARK’S HOUSE IN GIPPSLAND. (THIS IS HIS PLACE.)

•WE EMAILED HIM SOME QUESTIONS:

•1. WERE YOU SCARED?

•2. WERE YOU TOO SCARED TO SLEEP?

•3. HOW DID YOU FIGHT THE FIRES?

•4. WOULD YOU DO IT AGAIN?

•ONE WAS AT MY MUM’S FRIEND MARK’S HOUSE IN GIPPSLAND. (THIS IS HIS PLACE.)

•WE EMAILED HIM SOME QUESTIONS:

•1. WERE YOU SCARED?

•2. WERE YOU TOO SCARED TO SLEEP?

•3. HOW DID YOU FIGHT THE FIRES?

•4. WOULD YOU DO IT AGAIN?

ANSWERS•A1: “I WAS NEVER SCARED FOR MY

SAFETY BUT I DID THINK THE HOUSE MIGHT BURN TO THE GROUND.”

• A2: “THAT NIGHT I DON’T THINK I GOT A WINK OF SLEEP. JAN AND I WERE WORRIED ABOUT A FLARE UP OR ANOTHER EMBER ATTACK. WE SET OUR PHONE ALARMS EVERY ALTERNATE HALF HOUR SO AS NOT TO FALL ASLEEP.”

• A3: “I WAS PREPARED. WE HAD A FIRE FIGHTING PUMP, PLENTY OF WATER. WE HAD ALSO PLUGGED THE GUTTERS AND THEN FILLED THEM WITH WATER. THE REASON FOR THIS IS, WHEN THE EMBERS ROLL DOWN THE ROOF, THEY ARE PUT OUT AS THEY HIT THE WATER. THERE IS NO DOUBT THIS DID WORK.”

•A4: “YES WITHOUT ANY HESITATION, ALTHOUGH I WOULD HAVE SENT JAN AND THE KIDS OUT EARLIER, THE TIMING WAS A LITTLE TOO CLOSE.

BYE BYE