Our beautiful mountains are burning

in #life7 years ago

Greetings community...

Portugal faces grim days, and it is still not safe to assume it's controlled. Our beautiful Portuguese mountains are burning, it's the most dreadful and appalling feeling...

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(source: CMjornal, 2017)

We live 40 km from Pedrogão Grande, where it started. Apparently, it was some sort of biblical thunder, during a very dry storm, that broke down on a tree, splitting it in two. The fire started in the peak of heat... a dry storm and enough wind, allowed it to spread quickly and took the lives of 61 people so far... so far, because there's a lot of small villages and houses deep in the mountains, hard to reach and even off the grid.

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(source: CMjornal, 2017)

The fire is walking nearby our area, we see our landscape mountains tainted with a faint incoming red aura; tainted with the eminent fire; the wind's still blowing, and we can't sleep; we can never be sure... It burns all around us, the smoke's thickening the air, ashes from burnt trees and life... but still, before the sun sat, our mountains were still green, hope tomorrow they'll be there, full of life, sheltering the animal refuges from everywhere... standing strong and green.

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It need to water soon before it goes to another places. I hope it will be solved soon. Be aware @unusualconcept.

Thanks, it will be fine, we are aware and for now it's ok; let's wait and see.

Waiting for good news from this accident of forest burning. I hope everythings are tobe okay.

Thats really scary and heartbreaking. Mother nature is one tough lady tho, she will be back :)

yes, she will :) we'll make sure of that... but in the meanwhile there's a lot to deal with: a lot of people without their houses, a lot of animals dead or homeless too, villages burned, it's chaotic.

This is so sad! I was staying on a farm near Figueiró dos Vinhos this time last year. There is so so so much foliage in the area, I hope they get it under control soon. Last I heard they had 1700 fire fighters en route.

Yes, there's a lot of manpower as we speak, working tirelessly to put down the fire; hope your friends are well, have you talked to them?

I haven't been able to, they live off the grid and visit the town a few times a week. Hopefully all is well!

I hope at least the settlements are not endangered.

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