Yesterdays hopeful news that I had planned to announce came true today, for a complete 24 hours, the Death Toll has remained at 181 confirmed dead, however, the number of missing has increased from 80 to 100, authorities have also stated that the death toll will reach 200 by Friday, though the Victorian Coroner has made provision for 300.
Apart from the human cost of this disaster, wildlife officials have stated that nearly one million animals, including native animals, livestock and pets, have been killed as a result of these fires, some of which may have been lit by human intervention. As a result of several reports from Victorian Police, a Special 100 strong Taskforce Phoenix, has been formed to investigate the a large number of the fires that have been deemed to have been lit by human involvement, there are fresh reports that new fires have been deliberately lit as late as last night, sparking an outcry of condemnation from Authorities and the public alike.
While the DocNetwork initially reported that over 30,000 hectares (misspoken as acres in the interview with Leo Laporte) had been destroyed by fire, an updated, and more accurate total of 400,000 hectares (or 1 million acres; or the state of Rhode Island) has been declared destroyed by fire, with a nearly a thousand homes destroyed.
To try and counter the cost of life or property the Federal Government has said that they will spend however much it takes to rebuild fire ravaged Victoria. However DocNetwork is very critical of the Federal Government at this time, as on the one hand they are vowing to rebuild these towns without fear of cost, they are on the other hand, testing a flawed Internet Censorship Policy, where Prime Minister Rudd tries to block websites that his Government finds Objectionable, in a vain attempt to stop internet Child Pornography, a blatantly illegal attempt to control Australians web activities. The DocNetwork will be running a separate article of this technological atrocity at a later point.
Aside from the 35 American Fire Experts, the United States is sending an additional 60 experts that will be crucial in rebuilding the devastated fire areas.
Please stay tuned to the DocNetwork, as we will continue to cover the Victorian Bushfires.
Counting the Cost
Posted by Doc Winters on February 11, 2009
Yesterdays hopeful news that I had planned to announce came true today, for a complete 24 hours, the Death Toll has remained at 181 confirmed dead, however, the number of missing has increased from 80 to 100, authorities have also stated that the death toll will reach 200 by Friday, though the Victorian Coroner has made provision for 300.
Apart from the human cost of this disaster, wildlife officials have stated that nearly one million animals, including native animals, livestock and pets, have been killed as a result of these fires, some of which may have been lit by human intervention. As a result of several reports from Victorian Police, a Special 100 strong Taskforce Phoenix, has been formed to investigate the a large number of the fires that have been deemed to have been lit by human involvement, there are fresh reports that new fires have been deliberately lit as late as last night, sparking an outcry of condemnation from Authorities and the public alike.
While the DocNetwork initially reported that over 30,000 hectares (misspoken as acres in the interview with Leo Laporte) had been destroyed by fire, an updated, and more accurate total of 400,000 hectares (or 1 million acres; or the state of Rhode Island) has been declared destroyed by fire, with a nearly a thousand homes destroyed.
To try and counter the cost of life or property the Federal Government has said that they will spend however much it takes to rebuild fire ravaged Victoria. However DocNetwork is very critical of the Federal Government at this time, as on the one hand they are vowing to rebuild these towns without fear of cost, they are on the other hand, testing a flawed Internet Censorship Policy, where Prime Minister Rudd tries to block websites that his Government finds Objectionable, in a vain attempt to stop internet Child Pornography, a blatantly illegal attempt to control Australians web activities. The DocNetwork will be running a separate article of this technological atrocity at a later point.
Aside from the 35 American Fire Experts, the United States is sending an additional 60 experts that will be crucial in rebuilding the devastated fire areas.
Please stay tuned to the DocNetwork, as we will continue to cover the Victorian Bushfires.
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