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Old 27 August 2007, 05:30 AM   #1
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Fires in Greece

Hi there, Frostie, Did a Satellite installation for a Greek gentleman in Cape Town Yesterday, and hence saw all about the fires raging in Greece, How bad is the fires, seems pretty bad, busy watchin ERT, . Hope you are safe Cheers Jonathan
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Old 27 August 2007, 05:40 AM   #2
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well the greek goverment is completely unorganised so far. Yesterday greece faced 99 forest fires and today we had 48 and one of them was going to destroy sites of archaelogical importance but we saved the ancient ruins. 58 people died and this is considered to be on of the most leathal fires that humanity faced in 21st century. Many people are trapped inside villages. there are some 5000 people trapped in villages. Today the greek goverment decided to put the army in business in order to save the trapped people. 40 super pumas are trying to get as many people as possible outside the trapped villages. It's a total pandemonium and the fire is 30-50 meters high. The goverment seem to try to do it's best but the army is going to help a lot cause they have some special tanks that are build for firefighting. All the european countries are sending firefighting aircrafts and machines to greece in order to help. These countries are Italy Germany our Cyprian brothers france spain and other countries. The sad thing is that the news are showing the wildfires all day long. Too many people are in danger but i am not one of them. I feel really sad that people died and lost their homes. The saddest thing is that the list of the victims is going to become bigger and bigger every day. These fires were caused from arsonists and there is video footage that is showing how arsonists set fire on a forest. these 3 days are the saddest days in greece.
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Old 27 August 2007, 08:14 AM   #3
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1TSYrxzGDw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNnav...e=user&search=
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsOKjVGIoss

here are some links concerning the greek fires. Right now the army arrested 250 people which suspicious for arsoning. Some of them tried to arson a naval base and a helicopter base outside athens. Also the army has found a lot of explosive devices near military bases and near forests. It's a pure pandemonium. Many people fear that this is a terrorist attack since the people that are claimed to be arsonists are using professional equipment. Also the army and local authorities are guarding the huge forests and the huge military bases near athens.
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Old 28 August 2007, 02:26 AM   #4
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Just take a look at this picture to see all the fires in my country....



The situation is slightly better now but he have so far 63 people dead
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Old 28 August 2007, 03:00 AM   #5
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great pic george i was trying to find this pic but i couldn't thanks for sharing
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