Dear Peter the believer,
I am sorry to have to tell you that the kingdom of the devil has raisedup an unholy aliance of the labour unions, greens and enviromentalists under the banner of socialism but is Marxist in its world view.
As you know the devil is the father of lies and comes to rob, kill and destroy. All
ways remember the fight is not against flesh and blood [people] but against principalities, powers and darkness in high places , for the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God In pulling down strongholds.
When a household is divided it falls so as you see prayer is the only effective answer for the mess man has created. Read Mark chapter3:23 to 29.
Belly best of luck with your fires but I think your words lack authority.

Belly,
As peter said, Onya for raising this matter now and I just hope it gets people in rural properties, villiages, towns and outer urban areas to think what they can do to lessen the fire risk. Now is the time to start doing what is needed. There is heaps of information available from councils about what can be done.

In most libraries there is a book titled 'The Complete Australian Bushfire Book' written by a Victorian lady, Joan Webster. It was written after the Ash Wednesday fires in victoria. It is easy to read and has all the information that anyone would need.

I do not expect much to come from the current inquiry. One thing that does interest me is that in Vic there seems, not only is there the CFA commanding firefighters, but at least one other bureaucracy having a lot to say in fire operations. That needs sorting out quick smart.

You would think they would learn from Ash Wednesday, but no. You would think they would learn from the Canberra fiasco, but no, and all the other large fires and inquiries that we have endured, but I doubt it. I doubt we will get much from the current inquiry. Someone may be made a scapegoat, but most of the egotistacal incompetents up the chain of command are expert at covering their arses. Things will continue virtually the same I expect.

A home owner is on his own when there is a large fire in extreme conditions, and if he values his family and his assets he should prepare for that situation.

Richie ten sorry but you seem to need help, truly I think you should seek it.
A very common thing in extremists of any creed, you think you earn browny points by preaching to me and others.
If you where hungry I would feed you.
If you had no home I would house you.
If it was in my power I would do whatever I could, for you or any human.
I am not evil not a Christian, but you need help.
The fires are coming, by late September till march this country will again burn, we never learn.
End note, as we are a country of free speech may ask I Christians to consider why God gets a Guernsey in such a thread?
Remember the LUNATIC who said God bought the deaths in Victoria's fires?
No such murderous God exists we can be thank full for that

Belly God is the God of the living . The DEVIL is the GOD of the DEAD. Get your FACTS straight.

This morning is a day away from work, I need it it has been a hard one.
I have however been hard at it sending e mails reading them, and the news papers.
This mornings Sydney Tele has one of great interest.
It is about a twitter stalker.
Who thinks he is a God.
Now it may not be true, wise people know they are often not,but it bought me back to OLO.
To the world in general, I am not trying to be rude, far from it, have spoken of the basic goodness in many maybe most who follow a God.
And admitted I ONCE DID.
But truly, some hide in the arms of their God from the real world as it is, from reality's we must daily confront.
And spring out in threads with nothing to do with God.
Seemingly believing they are to be rewarded in heaven for imposing a dieing belief even on the unwilling.
Richie ten , find a true restful life, follow your dreams if you must but why impose it on me?
Do you support the lunatic who blamed those deaths on us all in Vic?
Is your God such a spiteful one?
Let us face it the thread is dead we often fail because of ,well surely I am not being rude in saying what seems to be messages from unstable people?
Every God has good followers, sadly every single one has bad too.
You do more harm than good Richie ten in representing your version of the fairy tales about God.

Ok last years fires were a shocker. The people of AU helped to unlimited depths. This year it can all happen again, so what do we do, dig deep again, or tune out and let nature take it's course. If people living in these remote areas don't get it now they never will.
Insurance has got to have zones instead of penalizing all of us.
If you live in high risk areas, user pays.