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ishtar79 ([personal profile] ishtar79) wrote2007-08-26 05:58 pm
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Oh God

Ancient Olympia just burned to the ground.

*curls into a ball*

eta: After a whole DAY of conflicting reports, it seems that while the fire was in the grounds and burned a good portion of the woods, they managed to save the ancient site and museum. It's by no means the end of this, but it's a huge relief for me.

[identity profile] ishtar79.livejournal.com 2007-08-27 09:44 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, I'm perfectly safe. The center of Athens, were I live, is nothing but cement-nothing to burn.

Olympia is not completely undamaged (a historic forest on the large grounds was burned down), but at least they managed to save the museum and ancient site in the nick of time.

The fires are still raging. *cries*

[identity profile] ackonrad.livejournal.com 2007-08-27 09:49 am (UTC)(link)
Hasn't the weather cooled down a little down there? It was unbearably hot here the last couple of days, but today it's pretty tolerable. It won't last long, though - tomorrow, we're returning to good old 35-40 degrees.

This weather is killing me.

You need rain. Yes. *prays to God to send you some*

[identity profile] ishtar79.livejournal.com 2007-08-27 09:53 am (UTC)(link)
I think it's a bit cooler-it's hard to say, there's still a fair bit of smoke over Athens. The winds feel stronger today though, and that can't be good.