Hurricane or not, human nature prevails ) must have been boring as hell in the evacuation centers, no electricity, total darkness, I'm sure in 9 months time we'll see the results
As for the passing of the hat, the 2010 fires in Kinglake brought in 350-400 Million, It makes me proud that in times of emergency and great need, Aussies really seem to pull together.
Just watching some of the interviews on NineMSN, one man describes the eye of the storm passing directly overhead, and the total and utter silence... Then as it passed and the winds behind it came over, his house, it sounded like a freight train hurtling down the street at full noise...