We’re in Rhodes and have been evacuated due to the wildfires.
We’re safe in a hotel which has been turned into a temporary refuge.
By all accounts, 30,000+ tourists and locals have been displaced in the last 24 hours and let me tell you, it’s been fucken scary.
We went from our hotel being turned into a refuge to jumping on the back of a dump truck in the middle of the night, to walking for hours in pitch black to finally getting picked up by a coach to take us to where we are now.
Also, it’s been hell for more than us today. Our hotel was a “safe zone” even this afternoon (yesterday at this point).
People had to walk to our hotel for up to 4 hours in 38 C heat. People with young kids. Old people. Vulnerable people.
They then again, had to walk for hours to get a chance at safety.
I’ve bumped into a few here thankfully and they’re safe.
@andy unfortunately it will get far worse. I'm really nervous for hurricane season this year; can't imagine being without AC for even just a few days now!
Be safe out there!
Glad you're safe mate but 1000% this. Crazy weather things are happening all over and this is just the start.
@andy but it’s fine - the Romans grew grapes in England dontcha know - it’s all part of the natural cycle.
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@andy really glad you're safe. My holiday has just been cancelled so we are rebooking in the UK.
Hope the whole family is doing ok, gives me nightmares just thinking what my two would think if this happened to them
@andy @steveworkman Have you made it back? Poor kids, yeah I bet it was so scary, as well as physically hard for you all, esp. being uprooted in the middle of the night.
We have our first ever resort holiday as a family booked with our two littles in Turkey in September - I'll definitely be keeping my eyes peeled on the weather & fire conditions, as it's about the same heat level there as in Greece right now.
@sarajw @steveworkman not yet, but later this week!
We’re actually really near Turkey in Rhodes. If it helps with anxiety, it’s looking like these wildfires are arson. Turkey are super well equipped for wildfires too, whereas Greece isn’t
@andy @steveworkman Yeah I did go looking up maps and saw that it was pretty close to where we'll be going. Ahaha I dunno if that helps the anxiety!
I'm still so sorry you've had to go through all that.
@sarajw @andy If it helps, we only cancelled because the place we were going to in Rhodes was pretty close by, and with the wrong winds we'd be right in its path. We were offered free cancellation and took it.
If it were just me and my partner we would probably still go - but no need to risk it with the kids and we had an easy way out. Turkey will be absolutely fine
@andy I saw the news about Rhodes this morning and as I knew you were vacationing in Greece I went looking at your account right away. And sadly found this.
What a nightmare!
I'm glad, you and the other people are safe though. Sadly it's probably just the beginning of a weird and winded trip back home. All the best for that too, Andy! 🍀
@andy We stayed in Lindos a few years ago and as we were reading the news last night we were thinking “glad we’re not there now”
Glad you’re safe
And is anybody questionning the concept of fossile-fuel-driven holiday flights?
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