Spoke too soon about fire (or maybe we jinxed it). On Tuesday 81 fires started in Greece. Two large ones are in Attica - the Athens region. One is in the north of Athens and has forced around 4000 people to be evacuated, and one is Elefsina where all the oil refineries are and lots of industrial processes are carried out.
Today the air over us has a strange yellow filter applied, and our bedroom smelled of charcoal when we woke up this morning.
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The scene over the Gulf is hazy and from the office window we can barely see the hills that are behind the suburbs on the other side of the ferry port.
Lots of people are putting their lives on the line to fight these fires - not just here but all over Greece. It would be devastating to think that any of them might not have started spontaneously or accidentally. Whatever possesses a sick person to put so many lives, so much property, so many ecosystems and wildlife on a highway to a flaming destruction?
If terrorism is setting a bomb in, or driving a truck into, a crowd of 100s of people, what is setting fire to a town of 1000s of people called?
so sorry the fires are there now... fire is terrifying and I think terrorist is the apt term.. it is horrid enough when nature starts the fires, but for humans we need another word. I agree on that. stay safe, both of you. hope the smoke clears away from you. tigger you are the only cat I know that would not dart out of an open pack and off into the wild blue yonder. you are so GOOD
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ReplyDeleteVery good question, Tigger ol' chap. We are so free to point fingers and acuse terrorism to those who do not fit our social criteria, but refuse to apply the same judgement on those within our own circles when they behave in exactly the same irresponsible manner... I send positive thoughts for a sudden rain storm to assist the firepeeps and POTP for those displaced. Stay safe and cool you two... Hugs and whiskeries, YAM-aunty xxx
How frightening for those caught up in it. I hope the fire and smoke doesn't get any closer to you.
ReplyDeleteI hope the fires are put out as quickly as possible. Arilx
ReplyDeleteWe know fires here in Australia and it strikes terror in our hearts
ReplyDeleteUsually it is a total Neanderthal that starts them, what does through their minds, do the even have one? I just don’t know
Stay safe apparently the smoke is toxic
Yes we've just seen the toxicity warning. There had been a number of explosions on the first day - maybe from those. The pall of smoke over the south (Glyfada) is reallg thick this morning.
DeleteThank goodness the wind is not blowing in our direction. I hope you can shut it out though.
ReplyDeleteThere were 87 fires in Greece yesterday but that one near you was catastrophic. My heart went out to those poor people who lost houses and businesses.
It wasn't strong here. Last year we ended up with lots of ash on the balcony. Fire is just the most frightening thing for risk to life and property.
DeleteDo they ever have fire bans over there? I know every Summer here they are out in full force. btw thank you for your kind words about Bunny, we miss her to bits but unfortunately it was probably all for the best.
ReplyDeleteThey have a weird (and slightly scary) system of being able to broadcast 'civil emergency' warnings to cellphones. The phones start giving out a sort of civil defence siren sound and you get a text message in greek and english. They did that when we went into lockdown. We got another one last night closing all access to forests because of the fire risk. There isn't a fire ban as such just a message to avoid all actions that might cause fire - is that the same thing?
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