DR Tomovoz, if you get an evacuation order, you and Colin please get out of there. Please don't stay and try to fight the fire with a garden hose (people here try to do that).
Evacuation orders are not likely to arrive Dear Reader Laura. There is just no-one to give them. We have to leave well before the fire hits - fortunately radio communications are excellent. (if you have power and are awake).
It is way too dangerous to leave in a vehicle when the fires are near. We do have basic fire evacuation plans etc but the Fire itself plays no heed to rules and patterns of behavior. No doubt many of the people lost did what "rules" would recommend.
I was just feeding the birds this morning and my thought went to the wild life out there.
We have a large wild life sanctuary zoo in the Yarra Valley - Many of the "residents" have been shifted to the Melbourne Zoo. So many of the species at the Healsville sanctuary are on the endangered list. They have even rescued "eggs".
I think the area is "Safe" for the moment.
