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Originally Posted by sabredog
Woke up this morning to find several more bush fires have broken out, including one not far from where I work. Seems also Darwin is battening down with a category one cyclone alert.
In times like this us Aussies shift from being a little statecentric to one nation, all supporting each other.
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Yes, normally we all love poking fun at other states and boo or cheer every time we play state sports games. But at this time we all get together and support each other. My normally hard-nosed musician friends, who won't get out of bed for less than their minimum fee, jumped at the chance to give their services free for benefit concerts (and raised thousands of dollars) and several who had family in Queensland flew up to help with clean ups.
No doubt we will revert back to our usual rivalry in good times, but we all have "flood stories" or "bushfire stories", everyone I know has either been personally affected by some natural disaster over the years or has a close family member or friend who has suffered - it's one degree of separation, not six.