August 24th, 2009

A pity for Athens

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It is raining at my house in Halandri. But it is not water that drops. It is ashes.

 

It's like dusk, only it is noon . But there are not any clouds in the sky. There is only smoke.

 

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Again, after 2 years, no one can help us.

No government, no fire department, nothing. They should have helped before the fires. They had 2 years time to organize and act.

 

Now they only blame the wind and the hard terrain of the area. And our forests are dying.

 

They will say they were successful. This time no one died (yet) in comparison to the 70 dead from the fires in 2007.

But this is a slow death. We will suffer from the consequences in the years to come.

 

I can't express what I feel by words. This is a time to show not tell. I did that in 2007 after the fire that burned half the mountain of Parnitha was out.

 

 

The title says "rage and responsibility". I would have said it differently: we have been burned.

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tags: greek wildfires

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