Letters: Readers share their thoughts on when the bushfire smoke settles

Updated January 16 2020 - 4:01pm, first published 12:16pm

After the fires

A red dot in the hazy western sky descends to the horizon while the evening news shows fires on Sydney's rim. Thousands of people have volunteered their time to fight the fires or to support the fire fighters in feeding, watering and sheltering the crews. Houses and sheds had been lost; many had been saved. As informative as the news reports have been and as graphic as the footage is that was shown, the real impact of the devastation to the communities is only clear when traveling through and seeing for yourself what has happened. The TV is great, but it is still only a window, almost like a barrier that dissociates you from what you are seeing.

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