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August 25, 2007

Satellite Images of Greek Wildfires

 

UPDATE! Newer Satellite Images Here!

Map and Image from NOAA/OSEI Site

Note the fires burning in Albania and Italy

August 24, 2007
The image below (taken 8/25) is from a site that is normally home to an Athens Webcam. The fires have gripped the nation of Greece as the death toll surpasses 60. A family friend who pays for Greek TV feeds tells me the station is carrying 24 hour coverage of the fires.


From the news wires and related blogs:

"And new fronts emerged. Dozens of fresh fires broke out across the country — including some blamed on arson — with the worse infernos concentrated in the mountains of southern Greece.

By sea and by land, authorities evacuated hundreds of people trapped by the flames.

An extra 500 soldiers were to join firefighters on Sunday, the fire department said. At least 12 countries also pledged reinforcements, including firefighting aircraft and crews.

Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis said arson was suspected in some of the blazes.

“So many fires breaking out simultaneously in so many parts of the country cannot be a coincidence,” Karamanlis said in a nationally televised address. “The state will do everything it can to find those responsible and punish them.”

A 65-year-old man was arrested and charged with arson and multiple counts of homicide in a fire that killed six people in Areopolis, a town in the southern Peloponnese, said fire department spokesman Nikos Diamandis. Separately, two youths were arrested on suspicion of arson in the northern Greek city of Kavala, he said. Their parents were also to face charges, he said...More"

Blogosphere search results for Greek Fires



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Posted by: retired cap mike: 7:09 PM


Comments:
ΕΙΝΑΙ ΚΑΘΑΡΜΑΤΑ ΚΑΙ ΕΥΧΟΜΑΙ ΝΑ ΠΑΘΟΥΝ ΛΕΠΡΑ ΚΑΙ ΝΑ ΣΑΠΙΣΟΥΝ ΜΕ ΑΡΓΟ ΘΑΝΑΤΟ ΑΥΤΟΙ ΠΟΥ ΤΟ ΕΚΑΝΑΝ ΚΑΙ ΑΥΤΟΙ ΠΟΥ ΤΟΥΣ ΕΙΠΑΝ ΝΑ ΤΟ ΚΑΝΟΥΝ
# posted by Anonymous Anonymous : August 27, 2007 11:43 AM
 
Above comment translated using Babel Fish; (Regarding Arsonists)

"THEY IS CREEPS AND I WISH THEY SUFFER LEPERS AND ROT WITH ARGON. DEATH THOSE THAT HIM MADE ALSO THOSE THAT TO THEM SAID HIM TO MAKE"

Creeps, may they suffer leprosy, death to their kin.... etc.

Couldn't have said it any better myself.
# posted by Blogger Mike : August 27, 2007 12:22 PM
 
That's too sad. I can't find a word. Nothing can relieve this pain. How I wish I could do anything even for 1 tree.
# posted by Blogger nurpinar : August 27, 2007 12:33 PM
 
For pinar and anyone else wishing to do something: Please help us protest against the changes in the economy and land use of the devastated area. 1.5 billion square meters of land were burnt in Peloponese alone in 2007. A significant share was cultivated land with vegetables and olives. Help us stand against the conversion of this area to hotels, thematic parks, and conference centres.
# posted by Anonymous Anonymous : August 29, 2007 3:37 AM
 
lan ipna yunanlilar hepinizin gotune koyum!! kizilay yardim gondertmis niye almiyonuz amin dumbulleri! yarrak gibi adamsiniz hanuna koyyum! kimin yardim ettigi de onemli demek! yanarim komur olurum turkten yardim almam diyosun yani! o zaman yarragimi yeeeoooo !!!
# posted by Anonymous Anonymous : August 29, 2007 10:49 AM
 
I believe the above comment is Bulgarian and the only Bulgarian translator on the web I could find is down.
Any help?
# posted by Blogger Mike : August 29, 2007 11:04 AM
 
No, Mike, the comment above is in Turkish. I cannot translate it, but I was able to identify a few words. I could not find an online Turkish to English translator, either...
# posted by Anonymous Anonymous : August 30, 2007 12:41 AM
 
Thanks Anon, I found a Turkish translator machine and it spewed out the following from the text above;
Translator Machine

"Lan ipna yunanlilar hepinizin I affect gotune!! Kizilay yardim why gondertmis almiyonuz amen dumbulleri! Adamsiniz hanuna like yarrak my cove! The whose yardim to tell onemli tell ettigi! Yanarim komur turkten possible yardim that I take diyosun yani! That time yarragimi yeeeoooo!!!"

Maybe it's a sub-dialect! LOL
# posted by Blogger Mike : August 30, 2007 8:19 AM
 
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