Wildfires reach outskirts of Athens during scorching heatwave
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ska invita
back on the other side
i'm in utter doom mode tbh - we're fucked - environmental collapse is on, any positive political intervention if it ever comes will be way way too late. we'll be looking back at 2021 as the good old days in a couple of decades
caught a bit of radio 4 womens hour last week for some reason, cant remember what they were talking about now, but they were reading out listeners responses and one woman emailed in to say Its All Irrelevant as we're going in to climate catastrophe....cue the presenter laughing off the idea "we're doomed". It felt like an ironic moment in the film just before all hell breaks loose.
caught a bit of radio 4 womens hour last week for some reason, cant remember what they were talking about now, but they were reading out listeners responses and one woman emailed in to say Its All Irrelevant as we're going in to climate catastrophe....cue the presenter laughing off the idea "we're doomed". It felt like an ironic moment in the film just before all hell breaks loose.
This suggests the fascists were claiming to be helping fight the fires:
eta:
"Let's not forget that at the wildfire frontlines are playing fascist groups of different kinds who are exploiting the catastrophe [...] In the photo is the group 'Defend Athens' at Varibobi. Food for thought."
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cupid_stunt
Chief seagull hater & farmerbarleymow's nemesis.
It's tragic how half the world seems to be on fire, whilst the other half is dealing with floods. 
ska invita
back on the other side
What is the Daily Climate Show? I get an idea from the title obviously but would you mind describing it a bit?
cupid_stunt
Chief seagull hater & farmerbarleymow's nemesis.
It's a 15-minute round-up of climate news & special reports, that aims to highlight the immediate threat of global warming on the planet, and it's good that it's at prime times - M-F 6.30pm & repeated 9.30pm.
The Daily Climate Show: Sky News launches prime time programme dedicated to global crisis
The head of Sky News says "there has never been a more urgent need to report accurately on the climate crisis".
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misfungled
Groups of men "guarding" forests with guns and beating people they suspect of starting fires.
Lord Camomile
Yipchaa!
Fucking hell.
This is terrifying, not just the immediate devastation, but also thinking about what will be left afterwards, and to come after that too.
This is terrifying, not just the immediate devastation, but also thinking about what will be left afterwards, and to come after that too.
Yeah, I know little beyond the footage and stories of the different weather catastrophes, but it's hard not to draw some very depressing conclusions
cupid_stunt
Chief seagull hater & farmerbarleymow's nemesis.
HEADS UP - 'A Burning Summer - Wildfires on the Med' is a special half-hour report on Sky News, next repeats at 3.30pm & 7.30pm today.
Just caught the end of that, so I'll catch the repeat, apparently the Turkish 'media dogwatch' has threaten action against media outlets if they don't tone down their coverage of the fires and stop scaring people.
Just caught the end of that, so I'll catch the repeat, apparently the Turkish 'media dogwatch' has threaten action against media outlets if they don't tone down their coverage of the fires and stop scaring people.
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misfungled
#strongTurkey
#wedontneedhelp
These are some hashtags that were trending on Turkish Twitter 
This is a (German?) woman who's been going into the forest to try to help animals/people there. Pretty interesting posts. Reka Sahara Krieg
#wedontneedhelp
These are some hashtags that were trending on Turkish Twitter
This is a (German?) woman who's been going into the forest to try to help animals/people there. Pretty interesting posts. Reka Sahara Krieg
sheothebudworths
Up the bum - no babies!!!
It's just absolutely fucking petrifying - so, so scary. The immediate terror and fear for so many people - I mean I just cannot imagine - and the total inadequacy of any help available, or being provided, along with a complete lack of any significant, meaningful and urgent worldwide action to really address this, while the results of that are just storming ahead, regardless.
So frightening to witness, even from our own distance, ffs.
And we have cunts like this overseeing it - ‘One rule for them’: Alok Sharma criticised over flights to 30 countries
So frightening to witness, even from our own distance, ffs.
And we have cunts like this overseeing it - ‘One rule for them’: Alok Sharma criticised over flights to 30 countries
cupid_stunt
Chief seagull hater & farmerbarleymow's nemesis.
HEADS UP - 'A Burning Summer - Wildfires on the Med' is a special half-hour report on Sky News, next repeats at 3.30pm & 7.30pm today.
Just caught the end of that, so I'll catch the repeat, apparently the Turkish 'media dogwatch' has threaten action against media outlets if they don't tone down their coverage of the fires and stop scaring people.
That was a hard watch, but the footage is incredible, and their crazy team was right on the frontline at times, even filming the firefighters retreating and shouting they should do the same.
It's on youtube now...
In a special programme on the wildfires burning across large parts of the Mediterranean, Sky's Alex Crawford reports from the scene of a blaze in Turkey.
Report on Evia
www.keeptalkinggreece.com
Evia SOS: Flames swallow forest & villages, outraged locals refuse to evacuate (videos) - Keep Talking Greece
Horrified and angry residents of Istiaia and surrounding villages in northern Evia have been floodin
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sheothebudworths
Up the bum - no babies!!!
On a really small level, comparatively, I watched a fire consume the upper stories of our own home, almost two years ago, within minutes.
We had ten fire engines and it still burned through the night.
We lost loads and some of my neighbours lost everything.
It was surreal to experience and I also remember that while we evacuated very quickly (despite the advice to stay put inside), with no lives lost and no injuries, weirdly we didn't instinctively move away from the building - just out - until the fire service arrived and obviously shouted at everyone to move.
I just can't imagine what it must feel like to have to endure fire like this, coming from all sides, while you're stuck in place with the shock of what is actually happening, with a fire service that has already been decimated and with such scarily small offers of urgent aid coming from elsewhere - those numbers posted earlier, of international help, just seem impossibly small to get any sort of a handle on it.
I am so scared for the people left shouting for help, becoming increasingly trapped.
We had ten fire engines and it still burned through the night.
We lost loads and some of my neighbours lost everything.
It was surreal to experience and I also remember that while we evacuated very quickly (despite the advice to stay put inside), with no lives lost and no injuries, weirdly we didn't instinctively move away from the building - just out - until the fire service arrived and obviously shouted at everyone to move.
I just can't imagine what it must feel like to have to endure fire like this, coming from all sides, while you're stuck in place with the shock of what is actually happening, with a fire service that has already been decimated and with such scarily small offers of urgent aid coming from elsewhere - those numbers posted earlier, of international help, just seem impossibly small to get any sort of a handle on it.
I am so scared for the people left shouting for help, becoming increasingly trapped.
Evia Fire: "Our Children Will Never See the Island Like We Did" Says Mayor
The mayor of Istiaia - Aidipsos on northern Evia issued a dramatic warning about the aftermath of the devastating fires on the island.
greekreporter.com
Drone footage from Evia
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