LOST DREAMS...LOST LIVES...HELLAS BURNING...

[removeduser_3482674582374]

This is a topic to give tribute to those lost and those yet fighting...THIS IS MY LOST HOMELAND...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2X1Dovm2d7s&NR=1


ps. i will keep updating with new videos, noone ever must forget...

[genko]

hey so whats happened in greece i havent heard much about it in england anyway my thoughts to all those affected

[Kraut]

Hi Polemidas!

The fires in Greece are indeed a tragedy. Our thoughts are with the Greek people, let´s hope the firefighters will turn the tide soon and limit further losses!

[removeduser_3482674582374]

Another video...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zG-Q9...elated&search=

Do I get angry by seeing these videos without a reason???

[spirit_of_rob]

Yes its deeply troubling what has happened in Greece this summer my thoughts are with all effected

[Racer X]

Same from me, it's very sad seeing what's happening there. My thoughts are with the people there and I hope they can recover.

[Turtules]

Same from me, it's very sad seeing what's happening there. My thoughts are with the people there and I hope they can recover.

They shall, they are the fathers of western culture, inventors of democracy.
They shall recover and flourish. All prayers got to the Greek peoples

[thebigsalad]

I noticed that the flames have reached some of the temples (most notably in Olympia) but the temples themselves remain largely undamaged. Interesting to a superstitious chap like me.

[removeduser_3482674582374]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7OkfulgJXI&NR=1

@ thebigsalad:
Ancient Olympia was burned there are no trees left, trees which where 3000 years old...part of the stadium was also burned including store rooms with marbles that were there in order to be restored...This Hellenic civilization...The incompetent fools we have as a government ARE going DOWN!!!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSW5Z...elated&search=

Sadness and only sadness and nothing else...

[thebigsalad]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7OkfulgJXI&NR=1

@ thebigsalad:
Ancient Olympia was burned there are no trees left, trees which where 3000 years old...part of the stadium was also burned including store rooms with marbles that were there in order to be restored...This Hellenic civilization...The incompetent fools we have as a government ARE going DOWN!!!!!

Bummer
The last I heard the outside of the temple was burned but the rest was mostly untouched.

Hopefully in the cleanup something good might come of it, like unearthing some new archaeological finds or something. If it wasn't for having to fix my car I'd actually be in Greece right now. Hopefully next year when I start my archaeology degree I can go there and maybe make it a working vacation. Help with restorative work or something.

And hopefully the government gets a reform.

[Wolfshead]

Olympia burned?? I heard they saved it??

[Illyrians]

Did any one start this mess, and is this really considered a tragedy?

[spirit_of_rob]

You dont consider people dying a tragedy?

Yes it is a tragedy no one deserves to die in my opinion

last i heard the reckon a developer was trying to clear space and lost control i dunno how much truth there is in that

[Seleucos of Olympia]

I was in Olympia up until the end of August, when the fires raged. Half of Elia looks like a black smear in satellite photos... I've been really depressed these last days, but now I'm gradually getting over it.

Thankfully the damage done to Olympia is not as horrible as the media originally reported (we have national elections in a few weeks and reporters hostile to the ruling party have been using the fires in a scandalously propagandistic manner). The museum and the archaeological site are mostly undamaged, and the fire department fought continuously and heroically to combat the flames (contrary to what we heard in the news...). The trees on Kronion hill were burnt, but by a fast moving fire front that did not have time to burn in depth, or to damage the buildings, and the firefighters managed to contain it. If you've been to Olympia, the statement "part of the stadium was burnt" would make as little sense to you as it makes to me. The stadium in Olympia is basically a flat area of dirt surrounded by grassy slopes. Grass grows back. Dirt doesn't burn. Exaggerations. Olympia has had a big scare but it's mostly ok. The ecological destruction of the rest of the Peloponnese and Euboia is the real disaster, as well as the people who died in the flames. And if emergency measures are not taken soon, the disaster will be followed up with floods that will drag away soil from the burnt mountains. Greece is slowly turning into a barren wasteland of tree-less mountains. This wasn't just some lone developer starting a fire that got out of control. Arsonists were continuously starting new fires everywhere, even after people had died. And it's not over yet.

I was crying for half an hour when I heard about Olympia burning, but when I heard about how the situation really was I realized it is mostly being exploited for shock value (I was in Athens at the time). Everyone is complaining against the government. I have no particular love for it, but the government didn't start the fires. It certainly didn't fiddle while Greece burned, I can attest to that. The scale of this disaster (whether planned or carried out by various people of different motivations who took advantage of the fact that our fire-fighting capabilities were stretched to their limits) can only be compared to a state of invasion.

[thebigsalad]

Thanks for the updates. Our media haven't covered it too much here.

[Keravnos]

Nothing but sadness.

A big part of the damage is due to the fact that all those villages burnt had olive trees in which fire spreads very fast. All those villages ruined, byzantine churches and remains burnt, Ancient marble in Olympia it was like war. Only I don't think an external enemy did this.

It was planned and organised. Multiple fires all starting at midnight. I honestly don't know who is behind this, I hope they ROT IN HELL.

[Giorgos]

Something fishy is going on.

[kambiz]

And hopefully the government gets a reform.

It should be scripted

BTW ,I wish greek people and hellas itself (Which was one of our ancient enemies ,But the proud one) good luck dealing with this terrible disaster Hopefully it firefighters will extinguish it soon and limit the loses.

[Dannath]

i hope they stop the fires soon, i was gonna take a trip to Greece, but i don't see that happening anytime this year.

[MarcusAureliusAntoninus]

Sad stuff. Weren't the fires started to disrupt elections and decrease voter turnout, or something?