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Wildfires in Greece


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I am OK, thanks for your concern. Actually the fatal wild fire is located on the eastern coast of Attica, while my garden lies to the west of this location on the southern coast. I had been on the beach that day and the weather really turned from calm to super windy within only a minute. I thought Godzilla was about to pop out from the wavy sea. Imo the biggest threat to human lives and properties are those shitty pine trees. They should be replaced with other mediterranian plants like Ceratonia siliqua, Arbutus unedo, Quercus or even  fig and mulberry  trees, Cedars and feral forms of other fruiting trees like Prunus and almond trees. 

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13 minutes ago, Phoenikakias said:

I am OK, thanks for your concern. Actually the fatal wild fire is located on the eastern coast of Attica, while my garden lies to the west of this location on the southern coast. I had been on the beach that day and the weather really turned from calm to super windy within only a minute. I thought Godzilla was about to pop out from the wavy sea. Imo the biggest threat to human lives and properties are those shitty pine trees. They should be replaced with other mediterranian plants like Ceratonia siliqua, Arbutus unedo, Quercus or even  fig and mulberry  trees, Cedars and feral forms of other fruiting trees like Prunus and almond trees. 

… and phoenix theophrasti ;) 

Glad that you are OK!

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14 minutes ago, Phoenikakias said:

I am OK, thanks for your concern. Actually the fatal wild fire is located on the eastern coast of Attica, while my garden lies to the west of this location on the southern coast. I had been on the beach that day and the weather really turned from calm to super windy within only a minute. I thought Godzilla was about to pop out from the wavy sea. Imo the biggest threat to human lives and properties are those shitty pine trees. They should be replaced with other mediterranian plants like Ceratonia siliqua, Arbutus unedo, Quercus or even  fig and mulberry  trees, Cedars and feral forms of other fruiting trees like Prunus and almond trees. 

Glad you're okay!

I looked at a map, and thought you'd be, but . . . .

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Agree, pine trees are good only for the postcards. Burning cones can fly easy 70 meters and more spreading fire in all directions

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4 minutes ago, dalmatiansoap said:

Agree, pine trees are good only for the postcards. Burning cones can fly easy 70 meters and more spreading fire in all directions

Id also add trees like Eucalyptus or other plants which contain highly flammable / volatile oils to the list of things which shouldn't be placed anywhere near a home, or anything that can burn in a fire.. California, Australia, and the Mediterranean region contain many such native plant species. 

Regarding the situation in Greece, had heard this morning that the fire may have been set by an arsonist. Sad situation.. Monitoring twitter feeds on 3 ( & now possibly a 4th ) large fires in CA. atm. 

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55 minutes ago, Silas_Sancona said:

Id also add trees like Eucalyptus or other plants which contain highly flammable / volatile oils to the list of things which shouldn't be placed anywhere near a home, or anything that can burn in a fire.. California, Australia, and the Mediterranean region contain many such native plant species. 

Regarding the situation in Greece, had heard this morning that the fire may have been set by an arsonist. Sad situation.. Monitoring twitter feeds on 3 ( & now possibly a 4th ) large fires in CA. atm. 

Actually wnd was blowing with a speed of 95 km/h at that time. Under such conditions you do not need an arsonist for a wild fire to get out of control inside a pine forest. 

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1 hour ago, dalmatiansoap said:

Agree, pine trees are good only for the postcards. Burning cones can fly easy 70 meters and more spreading fire in all directions

Those pine trees are the result of habitat degradation in mediterranean region since ancient times. This should bear in mind the supporters of pine trees. 

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Just now, Phoenikakias said:

Actually wnd was blowing with a speed of 95 km/h at that time. Under such conditions you do not need an arsonist for a wild fire to get out of control inside a pine forest. 

True, things like downed power lines can also be sources for fire starts.

More often however, people start fires whether intentionally or by accident. How the fire behaves afterwards is dependent on soil /weather/ vegetation conditions at the time.. A downed transmission line + an intense wind event at that time, is thought to have caused the Thomas fire in CA. last December.   
 

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..As if the fire situation created by the Cranston Fire in S Cal isn't bad enough,  A much worse situation  is developing up in Redding ( N. Calif.) The "Carr" Fire looks to be pushing into town as we speak.. To follow,: #carrfire on Twitter.  Not Good. 

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