Bet it wasn't as bad as this blokes was. This is a horrifying, personal account from the bushfires in Victoria.
Can't believe the destruction, makes me nauseous.
http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/i-now-understand-the-word-firestorm-20090209-8288.html?page=-1THERE wasn't much warning.
I'm on a good basis with the national park rangers they are over the fence from me. Ranger Tony Fitzgerald was giving us updates on what was happening, but as we got our last update we could hear the fire coming up the ridge behind us. He went down the hill of the national park on one of the tourist roads and came back up and said the fires were 700 metres away. He said: "You can leave now if you want to. If you want to stay we will help you out if we can.
Can't believe the destruction, makes me nauseous.