Bizarre food site + Australian bushfires

[wraithfodder]

A couple interesting links.

First, just looking at this blog will probably add ten pounds. Whoa, I cannot believe the vending machines. I'd say "surely they can't exist?!" but I'm sure they do. The blog is "Why You're Fat." ;)

Next, video of the now famous Koala named Sam, who was found in a burned out forest in Australia. There's an article here and if you just Google 'sam the koala', well, you'll find a ton. Sam, a female koala by the way, is now at an animal center with Bob, another koala. He also got singed in the fires.

Here's a photo snerched off the Reuters site of Sam and Bob:


There is an article on Sam and the firefighter being reunited at The Herald Sun.

The Australian Red Cross is soliciting help here. Nearly 200 people have died; over one million animals are estimated to have perished in the bushfires. AnimalAid is soliciting help and more for wildlife and pets.

Comments

Thankyou Wraithfodder

[(Anonymous)]

Thanks for posting about the bushfires in Victoria mate, what is little known and just as sad is massive floods at the top end of Australia (Queensland, millions of Stargate fans live here) and the birth of a couple of devastating hazards, the crocodile: http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,25041593-3102,00.html and Dengue Fever: http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,25028216-3102,00.html again thanks......gasbo

Re: Thankyou Wraithfodder

[wraithfodder.livejournal.com]

You're welcome. I swear, all we see on the news is the blasted financial mess the bankers made here.

I heard about the flooding in Queensland - people running over crocodiles on roads. Too bad all that water can find its way over to Victoria. I hadn't realized Dengue Fever was a risk. Bad news!

Re: Thankyou Wraithfodder

[(Anonymous)]

We also get the financial stuff, it's a deadset pain in the Mitka

I thought I would keep your good self and readers apprised on the sheer size of the floods in Queensland, water is covering 60% of the state, to context that for folks who know how big Texas is, the water covers an area 1.5 times the size of the Lone Star State

You've probably heard that a male person, aged 39 years has been charged with lighting one of the fires, his identity has been suppressed, more at >> http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,25047001-952,00.html thanks - gasbo

Re: Thankyou Wraithfodder

[wraithfodder.livejournal.com]

That IS a huge area. I'll have to check the news at lunch. No, hadn't heard of the arrest. Have to check that out too.