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I have caught the ABC noon news the last 2 days on the fires with a very young reporter on the scene (I do have images of the "Jimmy Olsens" of the reporting world being sent out to danger zones while the Murdochs & Packers sit back in air-conditioned comfort). I digress, as usual.
The cub reporter was out there describing the difficulties the farmers were having personally (power lines are down and they have to "survive on sandwiches sent in which do not stay fresh as we do not have a generator for our fridge")and with trying to get livestock out of there due to road closures in hazardous areas.
I think that what really got me was when the farmer being interviewed regarding all of his hardships was when he complained that he had to hand-feed all of his cattle and he could not get them trucked out.
All 12 of them.