Comments on: july is burning http://bleedingespresso.com/2007/07/july-is-burning.html Fri, 10 Oct 2008 22:59:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: sognatrice http://bleedingespresso.com/2007/07/july-is-burning.html#comment-4269 sognatrice Thu, 02 Aug 2007 17:17:00 +0000 http://siteground218.com/~bleedin2/?p=224#comment-4269 Jennie, thanks; things have been much better since I first posted, so hopefully it'll stay this way :) Jennie, thanks; things have been much better since I first posted, so hopefully it’ll stay this way :)

]]> By: JennieBoo http://bleedingespresso.com/2007/07/july-is-burning.html#comment-4253 JennieBoo Wed, 01 Aug 2007 20:07:00 +0000 http://siteground218.com/~bleedin2/?p=224#comment-4253 This is a travesdy!<br/><br/>Such beautiful scenery just being burned ALIVE.<br/><br/>It's so sad. :(<br/><br/>I'm so sorry.... This is a travesdy!

Such beautiful scenery just being burned ALIVE.

It’s so sad. :(

I’m so sorry….

]]> By: sognatrice http://bleedingespresso.com/2007/07/july-is-burning.html#comment-4248 sognatrice Wed, 01 Aug 2007 17:13:00 +0000 http://siteground218.com/~bleedin2/?p=224#comment-4248 Thanks Odessa; I hope to see some of those raindrops soon :) Thanks Odessa; I hope to see some of those raindrops soon :)

]]> By: odessa http://bleedingespresso.com/2007/07/july-is-burning.html#comment-4242 odessa Wed, 01 Aug 2007 14:37:00 +0000 http://siteground218.com/~bleedin2/?p=224#comment-4242 ah, its so sad to see nature burned/burning. hope august brings you rain! take care - ah, its so sad to see nature burned/burning. hope august brings you rain! take care -

]]> By: sognatrice http://bleedingespresso.com/2007/07/july-is-burning.html#comment-4237 sognatrice Wed, 01 Aug 2007 12:58:00 +0000 http://siteground218.com/~bleedin2/?p=224#comment-4237 J Doe, some days yes and other days no; let's just say I had to watch when I was hanging out clothes because they weren't always safe. J Doe, some days yes and other days no; let’s just say I had to watch when I was hanging out clothes because they weren’t always safe.

]]> By: J.Doe http://bleedingespresso.com/2007/07/july-is-burning.html#comment-4233 J.Doe Wed, 01 Aug 2007 12:11:00 +0000 http://siteground218.com/~bleedin2/?p=224#comment-4233 Fires are scary. Were there ashes i the air by you? Fires are scary. Were there ashes i the air by you?

]]> By: sognatrice http://bleedingespresso.com/2007/07/july-is-burning.html#comment-4227 sognatrice Wed, 01 Aug 2007 09:30:00 +0000 http://siteground218.com/~bleedin2/?p=224#comment-4227 AV & A, you've expressed my feelings perfectly; thanks so much for your comment :)<br/><br/>Cherrye, we didn't even have a hint of cloud coverage this morning--some pretty, white, fluffy ones though, to go along with the cool breeze--perhaps August really will be better :) AV & A, you’ve expressed my feelings perfectly; thanks so much for your comment :)

Cherrye, we didn’t even have a hint of cloud coverage this morning–some pretty, white, fluffy ones though, to go along with the cool breeze–perhaps August really will be better :)

]]> By: Cherrye http://bleedingespresso.com/2007/07/july-is-burning.html#comment-4226 Cherrye Wed, 01 Aug 2007 09:04:00 +0000 http://siteground218.com/~bleedin2/?p=224#comment-4226 Yes - it has been really BAD around here. I think I have seen smoke every day. :-( I haven't posted about it, but I thought you might. <br/><br/>When I woke up this morning it looked cloudy - for about 20 minutes...No luck! Yes - it has been really BAD around here. I think I have seen smoke every day. :-( I haven’t posted about it, but I thought you might.

When I woke up this morning it looked cloudy - for about 20 minutes…No luck!

]]> By: Absolute Vanilla (and Atyllah) http://bleedingespresso.com/2007/07/july-is-burning.html#comment-4225 Absolute Vanilla (and Atyllah) Wed, 01 Aug 2007 08:52:00 +0000 http://siteground218.com/~bleedin2/?p=224#comment-4225 Oh that's too awful for words, Sognatrice. I always feel so sorry for all the little animals and critters that aren't able to get away. <br/>Several years ago we had massive fires here - from one end of the city to the other, right across the mountains - it was devastating. The trouble is our indigenous vegetation needs fire to propagate and perpetuate (and it burns far too readily), but too often, because of the wind, the fires get out of control. Of course, careless people and soaring summer temperatures don't do much to help either. Oh that’s too awful for words, Sognatrice. I always feel so sorry for all the little animals and critters that aren’t able to get away.
Several years ago we had massive fires here - from one end of the city to the other, right across the mountains - it was devastating. The trouble is our indigenous vegetation needs fire to propagate and perpetuate (and it burns far too readily), but too often, because of the wind, the fires get out of control. Of course, careless people and soaring summer temperatures don’t do much to help either.

]]> By: sognatrice http://bleedingespresso.com/2007/07/july-is-burning.html#comment-4224 sognatrice Wed, 01 Aug 2007 07:14:00 +0000 http://siteground218.com/~bleedin2/?p=224#comment-4224 Ally, those were actually pretty mild photos; if my camera wasn't broken, you'd see a lot of actual flames and thick smoke from the most recent one across the way from me :( And perhaps the happy thoughts have helped because today there is a *gorgeous* cool breeze!<br/><br/>Calabrisella, purtroppo non c'è niente da fare ma grazie per i tuoi pensieri :)<br/><br/>Nora, thanks; I hope if you still have any family and friends back there, they're all safe and sound.<br/><br/>SPF, yes, sharing the good, the bad, and the ugly as they say--sometimes there's just no point in putting a pretty curtain over the pink elephant. Anyway, yes, we are relatively safe, and I'm glad you enjoyed the views. The first photo is actually from the piazza--on a normal day, you can clearly see the next village up on the mountain and it's quite a lovely scene. When I get my camera back (or, more likely, a new one (sniff sniff) because it's just going to take too long to get fixed), I'll have to take more from there.<br/><br/>The second photo is from my balcony, looking down on some of the old tile rooftops--if you look closely, you can see the flames at the left edge of the blackness. Glad I wasn't driving up through there at that moment, as it's right on the main road.<br/><br/>Rebecca, the amazing thing about these fires, at least to me, is just how quickly the land bounces back; we have these every year to some extent, but things are always green by the following summer (assuming we've gotten a decent amount of rain in the spring). There won't be any hotels and whatnot on the land around me that's burned--just new olive, lemon, and orange trees, I'm guessing.<br/><br/>Shan, thanks, but I have high hopes for August. I was sitting out on the balcony in the sun for a few minutes this morning--that wasn't even possible recently, so temps are changing :)<br/><br/>KC, lovely cool breeze here too! It's wonderful! Yes, let's hope for another overcast August; some rain drops (minus lightning!) would be fabulous.<br/><br/>About the southern Italian prejudice, you know, it's just one of those things that I'm sure there is some truth to it (they did find incendiary devices near one fire in Italy that I know of), but to say that "most" of them were deliberately set is a bit much to me--considering there were literally thousands of them in just a few day span, how could they even know? <br/><br/>Anyway, let's just hope that this cool breeze means long term relief. I hope the next smoke I smell is coming from a grill :) Ally, those were actually pretty mild photos; if my camera wasn’t broken, you’d see a lot of actual flames and thick smoke from the most recent one across the way from me :( And perhaps the happy thoughts have helped because today there is a *gorgeous* cool breeze!

Calabrisella, purtroppo non c’è niente da fare ma grazie per i tuoi pensieri :)

Nora, thanks; I hope if you still have any family and friends back there, they’re all safe and sound.

SPF, yes, sharing the good, the bad, and the ugly as they say–sometimes there’s just no point in putting a pretty curtain over the pink elephant. Anyway, yes, we are relatively safe, and I’m glad you enjoyed the views. The first photo is actually from the piazza–on a normal day, you can clearly see the next village up on the mountain and it’s quite a lovely scene. When I get my camera back (or, more likely, a new one (sniff sniff) because it’s just going to take too long to get fixed), I’ll have to take more from there.

The second photo is from my balcony, looking down on some of the old tile rooftops–if you look closely, you can see the flames at the left edge of the blackness. Glad I wasn’t driving up through there at that moment, as it’s right on the main road.

Rebecca, the amazing thing about these fires, at least to me, is just how quickly the land bounces back; we have these every year to some extent, but things are always green by the following summer (assuming we’ve gotten a decent amount of rain in the spring). There won’t be any hotels and whatnot on the land around me that’s burned–just new olive, lemon, and orange trees, I’m guessing.

Shan, thanks, but I have high hopes for August. I was sitting out on the balcony in the sun for a few minutes this morning–that wasn’t even possible recently, so temps are changing :)

KC, lovely cool breeze here too! It’s wonderful! Yes, let’s hope for another overcast August; some rain drops (minus lightning!) would be fabulous.

About the southern Italian prejudice, you know, it’s just one of those things that I’m sure there is some truth to it (they did find incendiary devices near one fire in Italy that I know of), but to say that “most” of them were deliberately set is a bit much to me–considering there were literally thousands of them in just a few day span, how could they even know?

Anyway, let’s just hope that this cool breeze means long term relief. I hope the next smoke I smell is coming from a grill :)

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