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RESPONSES OF SOCIETY.
Sunday, April 11, 2010
 Bushfires cause responses from the society, and victims themselves. Society will experience many different feelings during a bushfire, and after a bushfire.
Some of these feelings are:
Determination;
Society will be determined to help the bushfire victims as much as they can, because they see the pain they have suffered, and empathise with them.
Fear;
After the bushfire, they might feel scared and anxious because something like this could happen again, and more damage could be done. During the bushfire, they could be afraid because they know they might lose their friends, loved ones, and members of the community, or that they would end up badly injured.
Indecision;
During the bushfire, victims often don't know what items they should save, how much time they have left before the fire destroys everything, and sometimes don't know whether they have enough time to get everything they want to save and make it out alive.
Longing;
For the things that are gone, and for things that will never be able to happen because of the bushfire.
Numbness;
The victims can't understand their feelings.
Regret;
For not being able to do things which could have reduced damage, and for not making the most of life in that area which was destroyed.
Sadness;
Knowing that loved ones, friends, and fellow community members have suffered terribly, and are dead or injured.
Shame and guilt;
For not being able to save people or reduce damage, for being alive and not in physical pain, and for being better off than others.
Shock and disbelief;
They never expected something like this to happen, and feel as if what they had is all gone.
Strength;
For being able to help others, knowing that they have been good enough to change someone's life (This is after they have helped the victims.)
Children, victims, will feel vulnerable, and will act like how they were when they were little, as in, have a lot of nightmares, become clingy or distressed, and cry a lot. Children who have witnessed the event on television, will react in a similar way,
Society and communities, (sometimes throughout the country depending on how much damage was done) try their best to raise money for the victims, because they have lost many of their needs. They empathise with them, which raise the hopes and lift the spirits of the bushfire victims. Australian Red Cross, is one of the popular organisations which fundraise.
Hungry Jacks raised the amount below for the Victorial Black Saturday Bushfire Appeal.
  The amount above was donated to the Tooday Bushfire Appeal.
Victims appreciate what society has done for them, and are very grateful for all the help received, and feel stronger, and high hopes, knowing that, out there, there are many people who know what they have been through, and are trying to help them.
The media realeases many videos of the bushfire, its damage, and about people's responses and feelings, and it becomes news.
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