Deleted member 4053
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hope non of our members are near Athens
just watching the TV news
it looks bad.
weez
Tony
just watching the TV news
it looks bad.
weez
Tony
Deleted member 4850
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I really hope not. With high winds predicted to return it looks bad...last year's experiences in Australia were terrifying, so let's hope Greece escapes.
MikeH
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I was planning on visiting my friend that lives in Athens. I expect he`ll email to say he`s ok but I think the trip is off 
Deleted member 207
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The Royal Commission into the Australian/Victorian Bushfires earlier this year and has just released its interim report, it advises the same things that have been advised since an inquiry into the 1939 Fires, then the ones in the late 1940s, 1960s, 1980s.
- reduce ground fuel by having small controlled fires during the cold or wet months.
- build underground shelters.
- dont build in areas that are impossible to defend in the event of fire - mainly gullies on steep hillsides which act like chimneys.
It seems to take about 20 years for our pollies and civil servants to forget the lessons of someone else's tragedy.
I just hope the fires dont get into the suburbs of Athens or that there is any loss of life.
- reduce ground fuel by having small controlled fires during the cold or wet months.
- build underground shelters.
- dont build in areas that are impossible to defend in the event of fire - mainly gullies on steep hillsides which act like chimneys.
It seems to take about 20 years for our pollies and civil servants to forget the lessons of someone else's tragedy.
I just hope the fires dont get into the suburbs of Athens or that there is any loss of life.
sasquatch
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They have already started to evacuate one suburb. The problem is excaserbated by insufficient fire appliances and they are not flying the drenching planes at night.