Carol Duncan wasn\u2019t sure<\/strong> if her father would survive. She was in Newcastle, New South Wales, and her 83-year-old father, John Duncan, lived about six hours north, in the small village of Rappville.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\u201cMy father called me around 3 p.m. because he was a bit worried about the approaching fire,\u201d she says. \u201cThe amber was traveling 18 miles ahead of the bushfire front, which was unheard of. I urged my father to evacuate to the local school, but he was very adamant to seek shelter in his steel shed. He believed that it wouldn\u2019t burn down.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Moments later, a local fire department posted advice to Twitter. All Rappville residents were urged to leave their houses immediately. Duncan tried to reach her father, but without luck. The phone connection was a problem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI notified the local firefighting volunteers and told them where my father was,\u201d says Duncan, a 53-year-old former radio journalist. \u201dThe shed melted away in the 1,290-degree heat in three minutes. Luckily, he and his partner got out in time. My father lost his house, his shed, his car, everything; he escaped only with his clothes on. I\u2019ve covered various catastrophes, such as storms, floods and fires, in my work. Once it hits this close, it\u2019s a very different experience. The loss and the trauma are incomprehensible.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Soon after the fire, Duncan paid a visit to her father. He had returned to his village and stayed temporarily in a friend\u2019s house that overlooked his lost property and the surrounding fire debris.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Frustrated, Duncan established a GoFundMe campaign to collect relief money for him. After five days, the prime minister and the premier of New South Wales visited Duncan\u2019s father\u2019s village.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIn one day, we raised $13,000 for my father, because Australians want to help and signal that they care,” she says. \u201cGovernment representatives did nothing, even though they made promises to the fire victims that they wouldn\u2019t be forgotten. Up to date, burned blocks haven\u2019t been cleared of the debris. Some residents live in their out structures. One man lives in a chicken coop. That is unacceptable.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Additionally, the fires affected Duncan\u2019s sense of the preciousness of life and stirred a need for a personal change. She quit her latest profession as a digital communications specialist in Sydney and decided to devote her time to support her father and the other fire survivors. Being absent from her husband and two teenage boys five days a week didn\u2019t feel right anymore, either.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe fire was a catalyst to say to myself: \u2018I just cannot be away from my family,\u2019\u201d she says. \u201cMy boys are 16 and 18. They are quite big, almost men, and I want to be with them when they are still around. Also, my mother-in-law wasn\u2019t doing so well. Being away just wasn\u2019t worth it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Moreover, Duncan doesn\u2019t recognize the country she grew up in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI grew up with bushfires, but this wasn\u2019t even a fire season yet,\u201d she says. \u201cAs a child, we had over 100 degrees once in a summer. This year, we\u2019ve had over 100 degrees in five to six consecutive days. Australia has been in a grip of drought and extreme heat for the last 10 years now, but the government has ignored all warnings and reports about the changing climate. Not too long ago, 30 leading fire chiefs advised the government about increased fire risk during the bush fire season. Even my father believes that the weather patterns have changed, even if he wouldn\u2019t use the [phrase] \u2018climate change.\u2019 Neither does our government. And people are angry with the government. They give millions to the coal industry instead of fire prevention. So, people are fundraising and doing what they can to help bushfire and wildlife services.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Duncan\u2019s own future includes more volunteer work with the fire survivors and other relief related organizations. She has also decided to be very vocal and express her displeasure with the government\u2019s actions before and during the bushfire crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cNow Australia has its own 9\/11,\u201d Duncan says. \u201cWe are at a tipping point. From here on, everything is going to change, and I don\u2019t quite know where that is going to land us. One thing is sure. I don\u2019t want to hear my father\u2019s words, \u2018I wish I didn\u2019t survive\u2019 again. My future is open; I do anything I can to help people and to prevent future devastating fires from happening.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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