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Thanks to Jack Duskin and John Baez for describing the point of Peter's comment that I had stupidly missed; I didn't associate "..." with a verbal pause. Other writers to the Bulletin Board have already vividly described the fires, but confirmed that no lives have been lost. Most years have fires around Sydney, but it's some time since they were as bad as this year. None of the category people, I think, lives in an area likely to be in danger. Thanks for your expressions of concern. Max.