Greece’s Summer of Fire and Anger

After a week of wildfires, VICE World News travelled to the island of Evia, Greece to meet local villagers that defied evacuation orders. With insufficient forces on the ground, volunteer firefighters took matters into their own hands and fought the fires themselves. They are angry at the mismanagement of the country’s fire services, a force that has long been underfunded and ill-prepared to tackle the onslaught of the climate crisis.
This is Greece's summer of fire and anger.
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[@takishaedwards273]

The sister made an excellent point- she said she recycles. So what? Her home still burned down. It just shows that end of the day, individuals do what they can within their means, but if the people in charge don't change then everything will continue to crumble

[@wut3358]

Well what are you doing about it besides complaining on the internet?

[@beaconing7689]

@@wut3358 what are you want him to do ? and what are you doing complaining complainer on the internet ? stop being a such clown 🤡

[@bertthompson4748]

@@wut3358 voting.

[@jehu1368]

Yes and then if goverment makes some decesions to recycle more or protecting nature peoples stars crying ”we dont want to goverment to tell us how to live our lifes”. So problem is not just the peoples in charge. It’s collectively all the peoples from all the levels. End is near

[@matijaderetic3565]

@@wut3358 Why are you complaining about complaining? Seems kinda absurd. OP does what he can and giving attention to problems is one important factor of solving them. The big oil ain't gonna stop before the world burns. They ain't the only culprit for this. Individuals living sustainably is both very hard and also not enough. Us pointing fingers at each other just makes major polluters out of our awareness. Sure in the end, individuals make up a movement. There is no single person that's gonna come foretold by ancient prohpecies and save us from turning Earth into inferno. We all do our part and it comes together like in Tarantino movies. Activists are trying to get to the core of the problem.

[@segua]

If firemen need permission to spray water on a fire, your society needs some adjustments.

[@Dan16673]

Lol go government!!

[@mastersonogashira1796]

What? Didn’t you watch the video? They didn’t have enough resources

[@whatsgoingon07]

@@mastersonogashira1796 bullshit, they have resources they just don't wanna spend money

[@Prototyp3m1nd]

@@mastersonogashira1796 They literally... literally said in the video that it was cost saving measures that limited firefighter response.

[@Shinzon23]

@@mastersonogashira1796 gee, I wonder why they didn't have the resources...

[@imCurveee]

89 years old and fighting back the fire with a garden hose, major respect to that pappou right there

[@janderson7459]

"respect" for all the respect givers in KZbin chat sitting at home giving respect for people actually helping others. who are you? what is your respect worth? you must think very highly of yourself

[@imCurveee]

@@janderson7459 Who hurt you bro?

[@janderson7459]

@@imCurveee ah yes ignore and deflect nice try. but back to it, who are you why is your respect worth anything? if you are going to give your respect to others how about you have some yourself to begin with. you cant give what you don't have.

[@imCurveee]

@@janderson7459 I think you might want to call your doctor and ask to bump up your medication dosage, because whatever you're currently using is not working.

[@janderson7459]

@ractoon im not the one handing out respect to make myself feel good.

[@XiyuYang]

We’re going into uncharted waters, this decade is gonna be a wild ride. Brace yourselves.

[@openroomxyz]

You think 2020 - 2030 is going to be that much different than 2010-2020?

[@ipadair7345]

@@openroomxyz yeah, it's going to be waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay worse.

[@openroomxyz]

@@ipadair7345 Tell me more, what did drive to you this conclusion? It seem that things are getting worse but I am not sure if it's that much worse.

[@jordanbuchanan3326]

@@openroomxyz climatic change, mostly. Now we are in the point of no return.

[@ipadair7345]

@@openroomxyz climate change, plus the fact with imporvements in technolohy there need to be improvementw in our social structures, coupled with the the rise of Facism, China still doing their strategy of debt trapping, Genocides still occuring, Inequality at an all time high, rise in conspiracy theorists and willfully ignorant fools, populism at an all time high, helpful reforms which were put in countries being removed, making of survelliance states, etc.

[@kstkok]

Thanks all the firefighters that helped from foreign countries like Romania, France,Poland...God bless you brothers 🙏

[@TheRealOfficialWiseOwl]

Firefighters Cant help them from God’s punishment.

[@akolyt]

@@TheRealOfficialWiseOwl God shall punish you too then

[@JamaicanToast]

Greeks speak the English language very well, something i picked up on

[@JamaicanToast]

@@TheRealOfficialWiseOwl What the hell are you talking about, the whole world is suffering from unprecedented climate change. Your town could be next,

[@thomasholaday674]

@@JamaicanToast probably a Turkish troll, they have invaded the comments.

[@cuencapsn]

My heart goes to Greece, the people left behind, and the animals.

[@riversider2506]

My heart breaks for the poor helpless animals 💔

[@chad_garrison1991]

California goes through this every summer…but worse. Pray for them too

[@kasidiantony4558]

@@riversider2506 Animals ???? hahahahaha!!!!!

[@eliasl.6902]

@@kasidiantony4558 What’s so funny ?

[@everyone7607]

@@kasidiantony4558 it's the ridiculous hypocritical love of the alternative vegan lifestyle. they love animals and kill infants...

[@saint6563]

"The Summer of Fire & Anger": It's going to be the Decade of fire & anger. Get ready World!

[@kyleunderhill9126]

Absolutely. The fire seasons globally have progressively been getting worse these last few years. What is going to change for next year? Then, when covid-19 is going away for good, protest movements and revolutions will erupt everywhere. We've seen how large the protests were during the pandemic.

[@Ag3dr3am1ngg]

Οκ, αλλά αυτό δεν είναι αστείο, έγινε στα, μπωρουσα να δω και την φωτιά κοντά στο σπίτι μου. ☠️ (If you don't understand what I'm saying pls use Google translate from English to Greek)

[@sagadoom2]

Let's hope it is just a decade

[@kyleunderhill9126]

@@Ag3dr3am1ngg I'm on mobile, it won't let me copy your comment.

[@SomePotato]

@@kyleunderhill9126 And where there are no fires, there are floods.

[@raykuang2889]

Love from California, where we’re feeling a lot of the same emotions through our fires

[@akhsdenlew1861]

california is burning every year.. :( it really hurts my eyes to see it every year in flames. So much green... just gone.

[@cmarq817]

The same happened to Portugal in 2017. A summer from hell with 100 deaths. Solidarity 😞

[@nothing_in_the_woods]

I went to greece for vacation last month, I love greece, and I will never forget being at a beach with golden sand and turquoise water, and then the waves started bringing in ash, and the turquoise turned to grey. Crazy stuff.

[@janderson7459]

your experience of Greece isnt the real Greece. you just stayed long enough to experience all the good not enough to know the real Greece. your comment is very disrespectful of what's really happening in Greece.

[@tundra5171]

@@janderson7459 there was nothing that he said that was offensive. your comment is utterly appalling. you should be ashamed

[@giorgichitauri7353]

@A guy refugees exist

[@adalbertoramirez3151]

My heart goes out to those humble human beings that stayed to fight the fire. RESPECT Greece has contributed so much to the history of the world. Love their history and culture.

[@DARTHBASTARD69]

This saddens me greatly! The Greeks are the nicest people i have ever met and the country is beautifull

[@mic9check]

The first seconds of this video are crazy, it looks like the end of the world damn

[@spacedfallen6233]

It really hit me hard, Seeing that elderly women in absolute disbelief of what is happening too her village and home. Standing her ground, Infront of a blazing apocolyptic forest fire..

[@warbrain1053]

This happened all over the mediteranean.. i would hang all of the USA parlament that don't want to reduce carbon impact throughout this millenia. They do not assume their responsabilities - in front of thd world. What will they do when it gets worse in their homeland?

[@freethegays]

It is.

[@MrNotaloka]

its just have begon prepare yourselves

[@Mr.aAdDies]

4real

[@joshuafrederiksen]

This literally happens to my province every single year. To date we have had 1574 wild fires just this year... this is a great tragedy but really just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to our planet burning.

[@zanderw1199]

BC? things are rough here locally

[@Yo_monkno]

U Canadian eh

[@driver2909]

@@zanderw1199 look at the towns burned out in AB last couple years. In Ontario are summers are ridiculously hot. The Climate has changed. I have witnessed it with my own 2 eyes over the last few decades.

[@guesly-a.coulanges1959]

@@driver2909 In Quebec, we literally have several christmas without snow, like wtf...

[@everythingisfine9988]

@@guesly-a.coulanges1959 Pennsylvania has been like that for a few years. It's getting North Carolina's these days. Climate is shifting latitudes

[@Therabithole]

This is just the beggining. Brace for impact

[@mari-atonjalkanen9920]

EXACTLY! My guide informed me about it in the beginning of the 1990s.

[@AmmarFarisA]

Embrace for the third impact

[@beanbagboys4202]

As attenbough says its not about saving the planet is about saving ourselves because this planet can survive without us, our goverments and banks invests in big OIl we really need to redefine capitalism

[@yellowmoon1084]

Begginging...

[@ilovejewelyn]

Oh my heart Greece! I live in California where our fires are crazy. No words but I’m sorry! I’ll be visiting Greece in a month and looking forward to see the country… but this is awful! My heart goes out to the people of Greece! 🙏🏼

[@panagiotismikelis1284]

I'll think that you've already visited Greece after 11 months. What where your impressions and you're assumption from that country?

[@noodleramen2217]

Bro I would not touch greek soil if I was from Cali are u delusional u already have beaches and beautiful places LMAO

[@olgapapadopoulpou1142]

@@noodleramen2217 i think you are the delusional one...u actually compare the ocean with the crystal clear beaches of Greece?

[@user-ti6hz1hs9h]

the government is setting fires to install wind turbines every year, this is the truth

[@user-bz7qg5xw6h]

@@noodleramen2217 and for every grain of sand in cali, you get 100 crackheads. :D

[@andykitchen5225]

Brace yourself, next year will be worse! So sorry for your suffering.

[@ATRTAP]

Doubt it.

[@2011blueman]

@@ATRTAP The worldwide trend continues, each year the wildfires are worse. I wouldn't expect 2022 to be any better than 2021.

[@ATRTAP]

@@2011blueman . New technologies will be developed, the fuel will be spent. Never underestimate the ingenuity of mankind.

[@2011blueman]

@HunterBidensCrackPipe You seem to right wing troll every Vice video.

[@dankuser1366]

@@ATRTAP but sometimes mankind can be extremely dumb and negligent, the COVID-19 vaccine conspiracies made me lose faith in us

[@crystalidx]

This makes me feel like all my problems in my life are so minimal.

[@KindaSemiCompetent]

It won’t be forever. Soon you’ll experience these problems.

[@crystalidx]

@@KindaSemiCompetent how do you know? Has it happened to you?

[@protic4]

@@crystalidx Unfortunately it is happening all over the world.

[@crystalidx]

@@protic4 okay, please explain.

[@KindaSemiCompetent]

@@crystalidx Climate change is increasing the rate of natural disasters. Eventually, you’ll be hit by one just like these people were.

[@sollymadeit]

The whole world is really going up in flames and we thought it would be impossible

[@mindlessmonk3322]

Who is this we??? Been preaching the message since I've heard it.

[@scoops2]

@@mindlessmonk3322 46% of Americans who votes in a climate denying president in 2016 is one example. 55% of Brazilians who voted in Bolsonaro. 41% of Australians who voted in Scott Morrison. Countries around the world are half populated by people who vote for climate deniers.

[@juja6042]

We respect and support the Greek people. We love Greece and your suffering broke our hearts. Polish firefigthers rushed to assist as only they got noticed from Greece to do so. They were the ones on Evia and Villa and the fire was managed there.

[@mrunderhill5197]

We greeks know who helped us and we owe much gratitude to polish firefighers.Thank u mrs Jablonska to u and ur people

[@Knotaro_bot]

Sympathy from Australia. Wishing you strength while you rebuild

[@PHlophe]

this is global warming at work. we are next

[@zaikoshi]

Hey, just asking, is aussie still struggling with mouse plague? It's just there's no more news coverage on that but im curious.

[@user-fx5cd4px3k]

sympathies to australia as well since you live in a medical police state

[@myaccount9120]

@@user-fx5cd4px3k Fasten your tinfoil hats everyone.

[@SLACK_JAW]

REST IN PISS AUSTRALIA

[@flip1980ful]

That lady at the end- that burned now this is burning it’s all related and we don’t demand anything.

[@henryjohnson-ville3834]

Yep. This is all due to HAARP and Direct Energy Weapon (D.E.W) from our corrupt governments.

[@CortexNewsService]

Then there was her last comment. "Maybe this is how the game is ending. "

[@oakinwol]

@@henryjohnson-ville3834 conspiracies aren't helpful. Guessing at the cause for blame purposes isn't great if there are completely understandable explanations, like wind and heat

[@lisablack8804]

The Most High is in control let’s all pray .

[@vgernyc]

@@lisablack8804 "...faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead." James 2:14-26

[@heywaitMarlee]

To the beautiful, resilient and wonderful people of Greece: I am so sorry you are experiencing this. Living in a state known for fire seasons and experiencing devastating fires scar our land, kill our people and pollute our air, my heart goes out to you all. Sending all my love and care for you from California. We are on fire too. We know your anger and sorrow. It's our own.

[@user-lj7ju7ln6e]

Stand with brothers 🇦🇲🇨🇾🇬🇷🕆🖒❤

[@user-gk5ms9mw4q]

My condolences to the families that were affected by the fires. I myself am a Greek citizen living in America and majority of my family lives in Greece. They are doing fine but the disaster is really hard on their friends. I hope Greece can recover from this.

[@nelsonsmith3654]

The absolute scariest thing is that it’s only getting worse. Trying to reverse climate change at this point in nearly impossible. I can’t imagine the world our children and grandchildren will inherit.

[@LowMedow]

Weather warfare disaster capitalism

[@whatsgoingon07]

Even if we stop carbon emissions today, climate change won't stop for another 300 years

[@Stabfab]

Maybe it's time to do something about that 7 billion and counting.

[@pennPi]

How many of you are doing something about it? Here’s a checklist: 1) have you gone vegan or at least avoid all factory farmed animal products 2) do you support your local farmers by shopping at farmer’s market 3) do you compost and ask your government to provide composting pick ups 4) do you take public transportation or minimize fossil fuel usage 5) do you minimize air travel, say once or none per year 6) do you conserve energy or have solar power electricity 7) do you conserve water 8) do you avoid over consumption, fast fashion/ mass market products and buy out of necessity as opposed to trends and greed? 9) do you have one or no children, so you’re not contributing to the over population of this world? I’m not perfect (and I don’t have solar electricity), but I can check most of the boxes. If most of us started today, we can make a difference.

[@Affluent-Ghetto-Blackman]

@@pennPi While I don’t disagree with what you said even if we all made that effort the corporations and army’s polluting the planet would render that effort meaningless it’s not just on the people it’s on the governments

[@surferdude8086]

"Maybe this is the start of the end." That is exactly what's going on.

[@yondel-kttkoh3948]

Except that the governments and 1% are the ones with good shelters and have the money to wait it out while hiding.

[@surferdude8086]

@@yondel-kttkoh3948 Of course. That's all part of the plan. But, it doesn't end well with them. I've read the book. 😉

[@filetmignon4446]

This is very tragic.. my heart to the families and animals

[@evangelostsiligiannis4375]

Greek here thanks for the support to everyone it was one difficult summer pandemic and fires.

[@PHlophe]

Evange, we need to pray for this planet. if you hear about the same thing elsewhere, for example in east africa. know that this will come right back around in Greece. this planet is not as big as we think it is.

[@heywaitMarlee]

Going through it here in California too Evangelos with our 3% contained fire in the mountains. Stay safe over there, we're keeping Greece in our thoughts and hearts

[@locosbarbas]

ne i pandimia eftege oxi aftoi pu tin psifisan ....

[@samirtalibov37]

PrayFor Greece Love Greece from Azerbaijan #prayforGreece 🇦🇿🤝🇬🇷 🙏

[@radscorpion8]

I am in love with vice documentaries, such excellent quality! The beginning clip, just incredible

[@alessio7407]

Last year Australia and this year major wildfires in Italy, Turkey and Greece.

[@MeanLaQueefa]

Canada too, in Northern Wisconsin it was the first time we had air quality warning from the smoke.

[@Athanatoi]

Brazilian Amazon forest also.

[@eldridgedavis]

'Maybe this is how the game is ending..' Dang...😓😢😥😪

[@adelacruz2887]

The beginning of the end

[@unknownwatcher3734]

This shatters my heart, I can't imagine being one of these villages loosing everything they've known

[@dannyzero692]

Do whatever you can to save the environment. But your actions are meaningless if the higher ups don’t change. They asked me to donate $20 to end child hunger. They’re a $50 billion dollars company, why not them donating but me?

[@Alzeau_Maiti]

The last lady's last words sent chills down my back 🥴

[@larcomj]

0:16 Damn when the firefighters are arguing you've got problems.

[@tolisshelby9926]

They are not arguing he tells him move ahead and he sits there with the cigarette in his hand waiting orders from a government that doesn't exist

[@Platinumscope06]

I was actually in one of the fires this summer, i was traveling on the highway near Patra and we were escorted off by the police to keep going on side streets, we keep going and the smoke gets thicker, eventually we open the door and could feel the heat of the fire. We turned around and got stuck in a huge traffic jam for a half hour trying to escape. At one point we put our wallets and phones in our backpacks and were ready to ditch the car. The cops led us toward the fire, then opened no routes for escape, zero communication, i saw cops walking around hands in pocket like nothing was happening, eventually the kids from the village came out and started escorting traffic, doing the polices job!! Eventually thank God we got out and headed back towards Athens, we saw a block up at least 5km long of cars, who would have to sleep there that night, absolute mess, i thought i was gonna die, something similar happened in Mati a couple years ago, catastrophe.

[@Platinumscope06]

The thing is though a lot of the fires are Arson, assholes and deadbeats

[@petrospetromixos6962]

Yes they hired tenths of thousands policemen and few huntrent firemen. Thats just saws the tyrannical nature of such goverment

[@akhsdenlew1861]

A not so fun fact : Back in 2018, the goverment of greece actually did exactly what you said. There was a HUGE fire in an area called "Mati" , the cops Literally blocked the roads for escape and lead people Into the heart of the fire. 108 people were killed... it's amazing how useless the police is when faced against a real situation of emergency. they are only good when they beat kids and elders.

[@anakhan3150]

My condolences with the people of Greece..

[@saramarie4651]

Deepest condolences for the lives lost in these tragic fires. 😞❤️

[@MrAchsas]

these forests need to be restored as fast as possible or it only gets worse

[@MK_ULTRA420]

They also need to have planned, controlled burnings and/or logging otherwise this will just happen again.

[@AthanasiaKo]

They haven’t. They have put wind generators instead of trees.

[@FORGOTTENMINDFREAK23]

Dec 2019 in Australia was absolutely bloody terrifying. To see this happening in Greece... Aussie hearts bleed for you. And we know about the mismanagement too. Mismanagement triggered our fires. And mismanagement means that no one has received funds from that disaster relief fund that our govt set up.

[@DammyFG]

I'm greek and I live near the location. The fire is spreading even more in mater of minutes! This is unbelievable. I could see the mountain burning down from my balcony and not even ONE helicopter or aircraft came

[@asktheuniverse2718]

“The absurdity is that 400 meters from where the fire started… The fire truck(s) were missing” 🤔

[@DennisWHJr]

They pulled fire trucks from rural areas to fight fires in urban areas

[@vincentlee7359]

They were stretched thin. Nothing conspiracy related dude. Go get some sunlight and maybe sleep earlier. Go outside.

[@rkan2]

Most fire fighting services are not designed to put out everything burning up at the same time.

[@vincentlee7359]

@@rkan2 Well he wouldn't know that since he's too into conspiracy fantasy instead of reality and logic.

[@PresidentialWinner]

It's been almost two decades since i visited your amazing country. I feel you pain...

[@nateb1194]

The Pacific Northwest here in Oregon US, has been burning every summer for the last 10 years. As a kid I’ve never witness forest fires as much as I have as an adult. It’s terrible

[@kollerbrian]

Demand a Safe Recovery. I understand your emotions. Wishing all a safe recovery, Brian Koller

[@Boombox69in]

Thank you for covering this

[@celticwarrior777]

heartbreaking for humans, birds, wildlife, cattle, trees. just heartbreaking.

[@MayorMcheese12]

Can't feel bad when it's just mother nature doing what it does

[@estebandeutschuntericht1728]

cattle caused this in the first place, one of the main leading causes of global warming...

[@mariaisabellabaez5501]

My deepest condolences and sorrow for the people of the beautiful island of Greece

[@tokugeeky2931]

Heartbreaking man. It is still incredible to see everyone work together against the fire though.

[@felicitydeikos5250]

As a Australian my heart goes out to you, I pray that God will send some much tain and cooler weather for you . In Victoria Australia 2018,19,20 we had the same problems. The whole surf coast was on fire.

[@spaghetti5914]

I remember back in 2019, the news would say that an area equal to greece was being destroyed in the wildfires. Terrifying stuff. As someone who wants to be a zoologist and loves the diversity of australia (and the energy of the people), that's definitely not fun to watch

[@shaf60]

This isn't the end This is the beginning of the end . 🐺

[@SpaceRanger187]

Our solar system is heating up and they are trying to hide it..with Global warming.You have been warned

[@henryjohnson-ville3834]

@@SpaceRanger187 what do you mean “Solar System is heating up”? I really wanna know. Can you link a video? 😄

[@warruor]

@HunterBidensCrackPipe it's gonna be fun..when your house is burning down.. when you are dehydrated...when your area is hit by famine to say "we told you so"..it's gonna be so fun..

[@sikeyimboyleisi]

@HunterBidensCrackPipe do you think if the solar system was heating up and what this other user commented was true, do you think the governments would publish papers on it to let the people know? Like this Z generation is DUMB man. I’m sorry but you guys think you’re so scientific but you’re just clueless

[@DeathDog69]

May you recover quickly from this disaster brothers, I wish you health and unity. Much love from Serbia

[@mrunderhill5197]

Many serb firefighters helped us during the summer fires.Thenk u brothers u know that we will do the same for u as we helped u as much we could during the bombing of belgrade by lying to the americans about whre ur troops were.We always are brothers

[@DeathDog69]

@@mrunderhill5197 Serbs will never forget the Greek protests against the bombing of Serbia, and all the support we received. Thank you, brothers forever.

[@lottidd6037]

Another heartbreaking event happening around the world. Thoughts, prayers and healing to those you were affected by this tragic event. 😢🙏🙏💕

[@th4n4s1skntz]

Watching this in December, after saw it live and I'm crying again. (I'm from Evia)

[@kristofferhellstrom]

I'm thankful that we got so much help here in Sweden from other countries during our fires a couple of years ago. This summer we sent a couple of firefighting planes to Greece but I feel sorry there was so much destruction :(

[@znzjasjnsnskssk3386]

Thanks but our politicians are the worst

[@79guitarherofreak]

I have a strange feeling this wouldn't be happening if it wasn't for our intense industrialization of our planet

[@gregwilvert]

Uh yeah, obviously

[@nassimi8917]

Not really, alot of the fires that started here were manmade, even though climat change surely played a role as well

[@melaniewilliams1351]

Industrialisation isn’t the problem, the source of energy is

[@MK_ULTRA420]

@@melaniewilliams1351 "Dying isn't the problem, the source of death is"

[@melaniewilliams1351]

@@MK_ULTRA420 that’s a stupid analogy. Industrialism is fine so long as the source of energy is renewable and materials are recycled

[@MeMyth]

This is heartbreaking 💔😔

[@arijitdey8365]

No word can sooth their loss. But still, I extend my deepest sympathy to the sufferers!

[@tinojimenez8544]

Indeed, this is the beginning of the end.

[@backto-il9ne]

"Maybe this is the start of the end" - Haunting prophetic words.

[@josephc5083]

So sad I hope everyone recovers

[@vasogvoricht473]

And after one year, it still hurts to see our villages and forest like this... They left us alone.

[@HeartGoldKILLER]

These are the stories vice needs to keep doing

[@TheFlagUnit]

If you truly care about Greece you will put aside your global animosity, you will condemn war and violence, and support world wide peace and collaboration towards fighting climate change. Any support towards conflict is movement towards supporting more disaster.

[@pigjubby1]

What climate change? Waste of money.

[@rkan2]

@@pigjubby1 Make sure the place you live doesn't have excess fuel. I hope you don't drive an ICE vehicle - they always have excess fuel.

[@giwrgoshmm9430]

climate change agenda 2030 and jesus christ?no thnx ill pass.just do your job next time and everything will be fine

[@ShouttoJesusChrist]

No. That's the nwo.

[@duke3250]

climate change isn't real; they're doing it on purpose. that's why there was no response from the government; they're responsible.

[@hassansmith6275]

That's literally hell on earth

[@desertbluesplaylist7550]

This is just heartbreaking

[@dantenapoles5951]

"Maybe, this is how the game, is ending".

[@JRO-zz9lv]

I really hope this crazy game ends and starts the transparency , cause i can't stand anymore.

[@dantenapoles5951]

@@JRO-zz9lv Not to worry, the game is ending. We will all be part of the transperancy, it won't be religious or secular, simply the end of the belief of time and space. We can't be greedy with this experience we call life, the accomplishments, failures, our love and hate, right and wrong, times, what 8 billion now plus all those lives before, since the first poisonous thought of us animals egotistically aserting ourselves as the top of the food chain, we will know together at the same time, the game was sour and sweet and the point to all of this, was to be a part of all of this. Lol, I sound crazy right? Well, if crazy gives me peace (my opinion only Jana), I'll take it! May all your experiences be beautiful and full of this thing called life. Take the lessons with you, prepare yourself for the next experience, there is no death to our force, our energy. The body, our vessel will die, not us, not what is communicating with you. Be in peace Jana.

[@barittos5585]

@@dantenapoles5951 And the life of this world is nothing but play and amusment. And indeed, the home of hereafter that is eternal, if only they knew

[@dantenapoles5951]

@@barittos5585 Every one will know in their own way. At their point of death, during their last exhale, lol, just like I am knowing how we are in eternity. Taking care to savor the experience, learning how to carry on carefully and what to never do, say, treat, think or participate in again. Takes practice and discipline and of course, at least I, have to laugh about the times my dark side tells me I have l lost my mind. I laugh because I want to loose my mind, I just, currently don't have the strength to loose it all, to let go. God, a masculine force told me to take my time. Why? Because the force of all forces, love, a feminine power, the maker of all, spiritual or physical, told me, (like the God force did, without words or thoughts, yet I clearly understood exactly words and thoughts...? It sounds crazy, because it is, no problem, so far) I could die and everything would be alright. I am a slow learner and as you can tell very egotistical. I can't leave eternity until I have learned sufficiently. So, I pick up the roses at my feet, smell the fragrance, a combination of frequencies, atomic densities and speed add up to give me the sensation of "a lovely smell" and I continue to learn in this wonderland of a waiting room we call life. Enjoy your journey.

[@Willow_508_]

My heart 💕 goes out to the people in the fire's. As I live in Australia,we too have terrible fires,which are only getting worse as the planet warms up. We can expect many many more in years to come as global warming takes hold.

[@paudiepower1407]

Controlled fires is your best bet

[@hunterphan5506]

This is very heart-breaking.

[@Piesy001]

Thoughts are with you from Australia. We are hoping this summer for us isn't like yours or our last one with the fires...

[@eyuelnegash2681]

I pray the this world turn peaceful💚

[@user-yr1cs1pw6h]

I hope they recover fast. 🙇

[@poovaneswaransupramaniam19]

Oh my goodness..sorry to hear about this destruction...please stay save and stay strong ...

[@LBC_squared]

Damn. I feel for them. Out here in California

[@brucelee4996]

Greece had it rough ten years ago with their economy. Now this. I hope you fine people find a will or a way. 🙏

[@nassimi8917]

This is not even close to the worst things that have happened to Greece the last 10 years, and many, many bad things happened in those 10 years. This is just the tip of the iceberg

[@lostinthecityofbooks6711]

Lol at ten years. More like since they wanted the Olympics and the euro so badly, keep voting idiots into positions of power, they only have themselves to blame.

[@nassimi8917]

@@lostinthecityofbooks6711 But you dont understand that whatever you vote here they are all idiots, so you cant change the country just by voting here.

[@marshcreek4355]

@@nassimi8917 I'm not trying to be obtuse. If you're not an idiot, maybe you can run? Or someone you can trust to run? Government is only as good as the people who want to participate. I see the same problem here in the U.S. Either people become willing participants in their own extinction by continually voting for the wrong leaders or complain about them when things fall apart. It's a vicious circle. It's not the "government and us", but rather we are the government and if you want a good one you have to fight for it with everything you / we have.

[@petrospetromixos6962]

Yes an other staged crises

[@ss4jBCha0s]

a expert in post disaster management... it's the real life captain hindsight !!

[@zelo8045]

My condolences for the people that lost any family pets or friend I hope you can find peace and happiness again may they rest in peace

[@marcokat1]

my heart is just broken..

[@preevash7340]

I feel like nature is taking its revenge

[@generationfallout5189]

I hope it does. Humanity is well overdue for its humbling. This is the broken world we have created. Where greed thrives above all other logic or reason.

[@kenfern2259]

@@generationfallout5189 when money rules over everything. The humanity extinction will come from greed.

[@tonivoul1971]

What revenge what did the Greeks did do to nature tell me now

[@MK_ULTRA420]

@@tonivoul1971 Well for starters they didn't properly manage their trees with logging and/or controlled fires. Then being said California and Australia didn't either so it's not a problem that is unique to Greece.

[@tonivoul1971]

@@MK_ULTRA420 i asked him why we deserve to be burned I didn't asked the reason of fires this guy Is a turkophile

[@petergray7576]

Fires in Greece, Turkey, Algeria, Western United States etc..... But once again everything is bigger in Russia. There were fires in the summer of 2021 in Siberia.... that burned 8.5 million hectares (21 million acres). That's an area equivalent to the country of Serbia.

[@nejatcam659]

yes but that is not inhabited land by people, hence not nearly as much coverage. It's still messed up for sure

[@dennisroland5654]

Stunning. Thank you.

[@anthonycimino2535]

The snapshot before you watch this video looks like the trailer of a major motion picture! Gladiator, the Greek fire fighter!!!

[@wolfiekarati]

😲😲 sorry for them

[@michaelalfandary1643]

I live in California I'm 40 years old I've seen areas go from beautiful Forest to just dirt Hills dead and grass the fires are devastating.

[@user-ds2fj3tj9l]

Я плачу 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 Господи не брось людей в беде,помоги им спастись! Аминь!!! 🙏🙏😢

[@josevansco4395]

KZbin once again a good source for international news.

[@matthewtopping2061]

Given the state of the world's climate, better to say that 2021 was "the first summer of fire and anger"

[@appleciderhorror12]

The US is suffering from historical, "once in a century" storms, floods, and hurricanes every year now. But they'll be fine, just sell houses to Aquaman

[@Affluent-Ghetto-Blackman]

@@appleciderhorror12 Or according to the climate deniers this is gods plan and Jesus will save us.

[@keithbrown3045]

@@Affluent-Ghetto-Blackman Or refusing to clear fuel loads and once a fire gets out of control blame it on Climate change. Seem pretty insidious

[@oakinwol]

@@keithbrown3045 life is more complex than these simple narratives, and correlations don't equal causation. The ones claiming this don't even know how many fires occurred before some clearing was overtaken, nor how the clearing affected those fire numbers. We don't need guesses from people who don't know anything, we need numbers. Then we should do what the numbers tell us to do

[@keithbrown3045]

@@oakinwol Ahh than you know perfectly well the severity of any fire is directly linked to fuel loads. Putting your faith in the religion of climate change is disingenuous at best and a very easy way of deflecting criminal mismanagement of forestry at worst.

[@Tim_Shu]

Terrible, bless you Evia 🇬🇷💙

[@dinem4624]

You have my most sincere condolences ♡

[@Tpbmods]

As a wildland firefighter myself, I would really like to know how the communities have since adapted their fire services since this disaster. I live in BC Canada, and every year we have constant wildfires. But our losses are so minimal.... This pains me to see so much loss.

[@benlotus2703]

Absolute madness.

[@omaroba1490]

Seems like the whole world is on fire, sad.

[@kenfern2259]

its just the beginning, it gets worse every yr. When no matter wants to change that's the result.

[@jayaves8789]

Or underwater. Record breaking hurricanes and ice melting every year.

[@agnelopereira5856]

I earned a lot working on Greek ships, I am sore that Govt did not reach out to help people of Evia.

[@mrunderhill5197]

they were probably in it along with corporations.We greeks are friendly to people and the nature but the goverment officials are as rotten as in all the world

[@dann6067]

My shallowest condolences.....

[@yourlittleinsomniac5369]

Empathy from Oregon, US. Our entire state was on fire last year and it was terrifying but we had help from other states at least. I can't imagine how it would feel to know no one was coming.

[@dinastergiou709]

They did come, our Christians brothers and sisters... Romania, Serbia, Croatia and Russia sent the biggest fireplane.

[@leguan278]

Its odd, thoes burned trees and lands covered in nothing but black/gray ash... they have this terrefying, haunting beauty to it, if you just saw that picture there could be some beauty to it, but mix with the suffering and pain of the people and it paints a picture that is hard to describe with words. 5:10

[@petecapri4054]

Are wildfires happening at an increased rate than they usually do in the Mediterranean?

[@SatounoKumo]

Yes, we had a prolonged dry summer with 3 heat waves and fewer rains during the other seasons. I come from Samos, it's what everybody pointed out.

[@petecapri4054]

@@SatounoKumo wow so fires like these are actually abnormal. I grew up in California and we have a Mediterranean climate similar to yours and fires are a very common part of the dry season. Let’s hope the rest of the region can better prepare for dry seasons like this in future.

[@SatounoKumo]

@@petecapri4054 it is a natural thing but when it happens too often the time to heal shortens and forests change. The most unatural thing however is the system that cut down fire prevention services thus the fire spread from sea to sea and burned 0,5million acres. (Strema not acre but similar)

[@catc8927]

@@petecapri4054 Fires may be normal for us California, but we’ve seen far more extreme and intense fires in the last five years than ever. Our old fires wouldn’t kill all the trees, flame up into treetops, and send embers flying for miles, but that’s what’s happening now. If you look at Cal Fire’s rankings of the state’s biggest fires, they are all in the last five years. This year, given how the Dixie fire is going, the acreage burned is likely to be 50% more than last year, almost identical to how bad it’ll be in Greece according to this video.

[@loescheimer]

What‘s even worse is that Greece did in fact have a functioning system of volunteer fire services (ESEPA) before they were shut down by the government - Another potential subject worth reporting about

[@skincap30]

All the civilians who stayed behind to put out the fire, they will be remembered for 100s of years on as heros.

[@mrunderhill5197]

My friend its an obligation for us to protect our homes and lands.We have done it since the persian wars.Noone left and where can u go if ur house is being burned?