Yesterday they were saying the fire is gonna be under control soon, and that there is only one front left which is subsiding. Then they were like "whoops, it's back now and it has new fronts, also somehow we let it get past a huge fucking highway".

Mind you, all these days there has been 0 wind. Like, there is no wind whatsoever today, and there was none yesterday, plus no other day were there any strong winds at all. And somehow they still completely failed at containing it. And now the one big plane they had to do aerial sprays broke down. I can't conceive how they are so bad at this. But the worst part is that they're saying strong winds are about to come and I have no idea what we're gonna do then.

    • Pezevenk [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      I don't know wtf I am supposed to do at this point, I'm worried that they're useless enough to let the fire spread to where I am even though it is pretty damn far right now, and I also have no idea where I could go to avoid all that smoke because it seems like there's fires everywhere. The saddest part is my friends that work right now, no one should have to work when it is like that.

      • Kanna [she/her]
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        3 years ago

        Do you have a mask that is better than a cloth mask? That would be helpful to some extent

        • Pezevenk [he/him]
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          3 years ago

          I have an N95 mask. Still sucks. I left the city for now and I'm hoping it's better by dusk.

          • Kanna [she/her]
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            3 years ago

            Good call. Sorry you're going through this comrade

            • Pezevenk [he/him]
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              3 years ago

              Oh so far as long as it doesn't just completely go out of control and spread to my area I'm not going through that much, because I'm not currently working. If I was it would fucking suck.

              However, the combo heatwave+horrible fires and smoke+vaccine fever really did a number on my mood these last few days.

  • infuziSporg [e/em/eir]
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    3 years ago

    Wow that's kinda racist of them to start using the "yellow filter" on Greece of all places. Really says a lot.

  • LangdonAlger [any]
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    3 years ago

    that looks rough. as someone who grew up in wildfire country and i guess still lives in wildfire country due to climate change, your post just looks and sounds like a regular late summer to me. i guess it's true what they say - people can get used to anything.

    • Pezevenk [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      Bruh I've had to flee my house 3 times in my life. Wildfires are not uncommon here. But never have we had anything like this garbage. The fire is going through town after town, it's been 4 days and it's not slowed down at all, the lack of wind means that there's a dense mist of smoke that's not going away. It's horrible.