{"id":2819,"date":"2017-06-08T14:42:09","date_gmt":"2017-06-08T12:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/travelbucket.co.za\/?p=2819"},"modified":"2019-03-18T13:42:15","modified_gmt":"2019-03-18T11:42:15","slug":"knysna-fire-disaster-7-june-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/travelbucket.co.za\/knysna-fire-disaster-7-june-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"KNYSNA FIRE DISASTER, 7 JUNE 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

7 June 2017 — \u00a0I will surely never forget the date.\u00a0 This is the date when the worst fires ever in history struck the Garden Route area.<\/p>\n

8 Junie 2017 — Soos wat ek nou hier sit en skryf elf uur die oggend is dit \u2018n vriesende 8\u00b0C buite.\u00a0 Vir ons w\u00eareld is dit koud, baie koud.\u00a0 Ek sit en my gedagtes dwaal na\u00a0 die mense wat vanoggend moet gaan kyk wat het hulle oor van hulle lewe \u2013 heel moontlik niks.<\/p>\n

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So kom die berigte die een na die ander in.\u00a0 Die een gesin soek nog na hulle ma wat Alzheimers het.\u00a0 Hulle weet nie waar sy is nie …\u00a0 Die honde wat ronddwaal en soek na hulle base en huise …\u00a0 Mense wat die nag in hulle karre geslaap het met net\u00a0 die klere aan hulle lyf …\u00a0 Mense wat angsaanvalle kry …\u00a0 Eens bekende huise is onherkenbaar …<\/p>\n

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Dan is daar ook die goeie stories wat vorendag kom.\u00a0 Die Go George busbestuurders, \u00a0met 800 bottels water en 30 bale komberse, wat hulle tyd opoffer om mense te gaan haal en na veiligheid te bring …\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0Pelican Lodge Gastehuis wat \u2018n sentrum opgestel het waarheen mense kon kom en gratis hulle familie laat weet dat hulle veilig is …\u00a0 Die DBV van Uitenhage wat diere kom haal en van \u201cfoster homes\u201d voorsien …\u00a0 Dr Ruth* en Dr Elke, twee wonderlike veeartse van George, wat hulle oor die diere slagoffers ontferm en hulp aanbied …<\/p>\n

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Die lys van stories is soms hartverskeurend en soms inspirerend.<\/p>\n

Gisteraand het ek met nuwe o\u00eb en respek na die mense van my omgewing gekyk.\u00a0 Soveel welwillendheid en saamstaan het ek lanklaas gesien.\u00a0 Mense wat net opdaag om te help \u2013 hulle gee nie om wat hulle doen nie.\u00a0 Elkeen wat daar was, wou<\/em> net die hulp gee wat hy kon.<\/p>\n

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Dit was koud.\u00a0 Hier teen 03:00 was dit maar net 3\u00b0C gewees en die woeste wind het nog steeds gewoed, maar ieder en elk wat sy bydrae daardie tyd van die oggend gemaak het, het die elemente getrotseer en dit\u00a0 met \u2018n warm hart gedoen vir wild vreemde mense wie hulle nog\u00a0 nooit in hulle lewens gesien het nie.<\/p>\n

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Mense het opgedaag met potte kerrie en rys, beskuit, toebroodjies, pizzas, koffie, suiker, klere, skoene, matrasse, stootkarretjies, ens, ens, ens.\u00a0 Die lys is lank. \u00a0Nie een persoon het omgegee om\u00a0 broodjies te smeer of om klere te sorteer en of jy nou moes koffie aandra vir iemand wat die admin doen –\u00a0 jy het gedoen wat jou hand vind om te doen!\u00a0 Elkeen wat opgedaag het, en steeds opdaag, om iets te skenk doen dit met deernis en opregtheid.<\/p>\n

—ooooOoooo—<\/p>\n

Follow the link below to a very interesting article explaining some contributing factors to the horrendous fires.<\/em><\/p>\n

Knysna Fires : Five factors that produced the Perfect Inferno<\/a><\/p>\n

—ooooOooo—<\/p>\n

Ons land kan!<\/span><\/h4>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ons kan as ons wil!<\/span><\/h4>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ons kan saamstaan as ons moet!<\/span><\/h4>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ek is trots op MY mense van die Tuinroete.<\/span><\/h4>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 God is good all the time!<\/span><\/h4>\n
******\u00a0 Dr Ruth van Vetcare Animal Clinic is ook ons boisterous Bully se veearts.<\/em><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

7 June 2017 — \u00a0I will surely never forget the date.\u00a0 This is the date when the worst fires ever in history struck the Garden Route area. 8 Junie 2017 — Soos wat ek nou hier sit en skryf elf uur die oggend is dit \u2018n vriesende 8\u00b0C buite.\u00a0 Vir ons w\u00eareld is dit koud, baie koud.\u00a0 Ek sit en my gedagtes dwaal na\u00a0 die mense wat vanoggend moet gaan kyk wat het hulle oor van hulle lewe \u2013 heel moontlik niks. So kom die berigte die een na die ander in.\u00a0 Die een gesin soek nog na hulle ma wat Alzheimers het.\u00a0 Hulle weet nie waar sy is nie …\u00a0 Die honde wat ronddwaal en soek na hulle base en huise …\u00a0 Mense wat die nag in hulle karre geslaap het met net\u00a0 die klere aan hulle lyf …\u00a0 Mense wat angsaanvalle kry …\u00a0 Eens bekende huise is onherkenbaar… Read more ><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2821,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[139],"tags":[580,195,582,215,581,583,579,605,584,413,857],"geo":null,"yoast_head":"\nKNYSNA FIRE DISASTER, 7 JUNE 2017 - TRAVELBUCKET<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"7 June 2017 -- \u00a0 This is the date when the worst fires ever in history struck the Garden Route area.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/travelbucket.co.za\/knysna-fire-disaster-7-june-2017\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"KNYSNA FIRE DISASTER, 7 JUNE 2017 - 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