August 22, 2009
Greek Fires Satellite Imagery
A quote from the Mayor of Marathonas:
'I fear that unless the fire is contained during the night we will see nothing left standing by sunrise,' said Spyros Zagoris, the Mayor of Marathonas. Story
The fires are being pushed by gale force winds and aircraft was pulled for the night. Hopefully civilians have fled the region.
CNN has more.
Click images to enlarge
These fires are reminiscent of the wildfires that killed 65 people in Southern Greece in August of 2007. I blogged those fires to a great extent including posts here and here.
Greece is no stranger to wildfire but the country is poor by Western standards. The military is called on to fight the larger blazes. Homeowners do their best to protect their homes but in 2007 most of the fatalities were due to civilians staying near their homes instead of fleeing at the first hint of smoke.
In 2006 and 2007 the Russians sent a couple of their supertanker aircraft to assists the Greeks. The entire EU offered assistance in 2007.
Note:
Για Έλληνες φίλοι μας, μπορεί να σας όλα να είναι ασφαλή και οι τρομερές πυρκαγιές πάει μακριά.
'I fear that unless the fire is contained during the night we will see nothing left standing by sunrise,' said Spyros Zagoris, the Mayor of Marathonas. Story
The fires are being pushed by gale force winds and aircraft was pulled for the night. Hopefully civilians have fled the region.
CNN has more.
Click images to enlarge
These fires are reminiscent of the wildfires that killed 65 people in Southern Greece in August of 2007. I blogged those fires to a great extent including posts here and here.
Greece is no stranger to wildfire but the country is poor by Western standards. The military is called on to fight the larger blazes. Homeowners do their best to protect their homes but in 2007 most of the fatalities were due to civilians staying near their homes instead of fleeing at the first hint of smoke.
In 2006 and 2007 the Russians sent a couple of their supertanker aircraft to assists the Greeks. The entire EU offered assistance in 2007.
Note:
Για Έλληνες φίλοι μας, μπορεί να σας όλα να είναι ασφαλή και οι τρομερές πυρκαγιές πάει μακριά.
Labels: Greek Wildfires
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here you can see the videos i posted on cnn,... the hero firefighter pilots fly with crazy winds... trying their best.
check out todays video too.
they are still flying, now 8 planes in a row! to maintain the line of fire! ..
here you can see the videos i posted on cnn,... the hero firefighter pilots fly with crazy winds... trying their best.
check out todays video too.
they are still flying, now 8 planes in a row! to maintain the line of fire! ..
I positioned the second satellite image on Google Earth, and posted the .kmz file here:
http://seattlewebcrafters.com/nexus/athensfire.20090822.kmz
http://seattlewebcrafters.com/nexus/athensfire.20090822.kmz
Thanks Chad, I will be out the rest of the day but will look at that this evening.
I appreciate the comment and info!
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I appreciate the comment and info!
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