#forestal fires

[cricketcat9]

Out of control forestal fire on one of our volcanos extinguished, thanks to massive effort of the firefighters, police, Red Cross and volunteers from communities up on the mountain. The town came up with water and food donations. We have these fires every year in the dry season and it’s a terrible heartbreak every time; thankfully no visible smoke anywhere today...  

[crawling-from-the-pit]

#PrayForChile

So... yeah, my country is burning down. Literally. 

There has been more than 90 fires, located all the way down to the south of Chile. Hundreds of people without a home, without something to eat, fireman dying, policeman dying, Endemic species burt down, thousands of animals dying. I know this might not be a problem to you, that you live far, far away from here... but even though I’m not a religious person, I ask you one thing. 

Pray for Chile. My country is dying. My people are homeless. The government is sitting on their asses, rejecting help. The beautiful fields of the south are black and grey. My country needs help, my country needs hope, and I know we will get out of this, because we’ve done it thousands of times before, but... you don’t understand. We’re ready for earthquakes, we’re ready for rivers overflowing and heat waves. We can take that; we’re the second most sismic country in the world, after Japan. We know how to handle earthquakes, we live with that, we even laugh about that. 

But there’s nothing that could prepare you to live 35 fires, active fires, burning right now, while you read this. While you read this, there might be a possibility that another fireman had died. There’s a chance that maybe a hundred families lost their homes, their money, their food, their shelter, their clothes. 

So please. If not for me, for the non-religious people, do it for my people. Do it for my country, do it for the patch of earth I was born in. Do it for all those who cry right now, do it for those who are fighting to save lifes. Do it for Chile. 

Pray for Chile.