Hi Doris, Thanks for asking. The Telfords live in Hazlebrook - which is not affected yet. They are actually travelling back from interstate tomorrow. We are trying to be in touch with them. We dont think any other colleagues are directly or indirectly affected at this point. Our daughter lives in South Penrith - very smokey, about an hour east of the worst Blue Mountains area. It is possibily going to worsen in coming days.Thanks for your thoughts everyone. cheers Robyn ----- Original Message ----- From: Doris Hahn To: oe@wedgeblade.net ; dialogue@wedgeblade.net Sent: Saturday, October 19, 2013 11:50 AM Subject: [Oe List ...] Australia's trauma To all our Australian Colleagues - we look with fear and pain at the pictures of the fires near Sydney and across the state. If there is something that connects us more personally, please let us know. You are on our minds and in our prayers. Doris Hahn ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ OE mailing list OE@lists.wedgeblade.net http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net