Monday, August 24, 2009

Fires Reach Athens..Again



Scenes evoking images of similar events in 2007.

I hold stories linked to Greece kind of dear because of the family I've got living inside and on the skirts of the metropolis. Last years riots in Athens put things at a standstill for weeks and the wildfire coupled with constant political distress can't be easy for my cousins and uncles. The Military is now involved and they've got airtankers dropping water all over the place. The one problem is that there is little to no coordination between the military, firefighters or local government. What is most trifling is that I'd bet my last drachma that this is the work of arsonists. Arsonists that are working in tandem with a decade of drought oh would it just rainnnn.

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