February 8th 2009
Dear Diary,
Today
was a lot of mixed emotions. The destruction among all the houses and
buildings, the loss of friends and family, but the worst of all was when what
has happened finally sunk in for some people. The thing that got me through the day was knowing
the good I was doing for others in the community because I know if I help
others and we come together as one everything will get better sooner. I heard
someone on the radio announce a list of figures today:
“A
total of 173 human lives lost, 500 people injured, more then 2,000 homes were
destroyed, fires burnt over 4,500 square kilometres of land and countless
numbers of animals and wildlife affected”
This
put a lot of people into a stance. 173 was a big number and to think how many
people and families would be hurting was hard to comprehend. I think this disaster will affect many people
in different ways and people respond and react differently. I think it will
take people a while to bounce back from this.
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