July 22, 2012

FIRE


This week has been blazing hot in Madeira, and in consequence, fires started all over the island, (you can see on my twitter some pictures of the horror) my beautiful island was burning for 3 days, and I could see one of the fires from my terrace, away from us, thankfully, but it was still a horrible image to see. So far, some people lost their houses, lands, and belongings, and some even lost their animals :(
It was a true tragedy, (they even called it a catastrophe). Firefighters were unstoppable, and if it weren't for them and for brave people who jumped in to help it could have been much worse. There are still some active fires, and I hope that it doesn't spread much. Unfortunately the heat is in the whole country and there are fires in some places of the Portuguese continent too. 
In the year of 2010, in the winter we had a flood catastrophe (due to the constant rain), a lot of people died and some, like now, lost everything, and then another horror of fire in the summer, that destroyed our beautiful natural park. I just hope that karma find us in the middle of the Atlantic and save us from further fires and rains for the rest of eternity, because this is just too much for one little island.
Thanks so much to all of you who heard about it and sent messages and emails asking how I was! I wasn't expecting it and I was very touched, so thanks again to all of you!

9 comments:

  1. Lenna SandlerJuly 22, 2012

    oh no, that is so sad! :-(
    I hope you are ok dear, and that there are no more fires now! much love xoxo

    Lenna Sandler

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Thank you sweetie, everything's fine with me and my family :) x

      Delete
  2. AnonymousJuly 22, 2012

    Hope you're ok xxx

    ReplyDelete
  3. I've been following it on the news, what a disaster! Happy that you and your family are ok. Wishing the best to all the people on your island!

    Good luck with everything!

    XOXO from the Netherlands,
    Lucia


    http://luciafloresdesigndiary.blogspot.com

    ReplyDelete
  4. That sounds terrible! I hope you and your family are ok!
    lots of love,
    Merel

    ReplyDelete
  5. AnonymousJuly 22, 2012

    eu nem soube sobre isso! morro de vontade de ir visitar ai! beijos

    ReplyDelete
  6. thats terrible! i hope you are all fine..

    http://www.themirroronthewall.com/

    ReplyDelete
  7. Sounds terrible :( Hope you're okay..

    http://mentrend.blogspot.be/

    ReplyDelete

Thank you for leaving a message! ♥