In Europe's most valuable forests apocalyse already started

portuguese media, daily correio da manha ^ | July 26, 2004

[Truth666]

In Europe's most valuable forests apocalyse already started

The NASA satelite photos from one year ago confirmed that the fires that burned more than 5000 sq km of Europe's most valuable forests (in Portugal, 40% eucalyptus with exploration cycles as short as 8 years, 50% pinus pinaster with cycles of 15 to 22 years) were economically the most devastating ever in the world.

Much of What was left has now been burning for several weeks.

To start getting a larger picture, click on the links below, that you will fund at the mid of the translated page : Related articles: PORTUGAL IN LIVE COAL FLAMES RETURN TO MONCHIQUE BEACHES EVACUATED IN THE ARRÁBIDA HOUSES BURNT IN THE MOUNTAIN RANGE OF ARRÁBIDA HUMAN DRAMAS IN THE ALGARVE FIRE IN BRAGA, VISEU And ÉVORA TOTAL FIASCO IN THE PREVENTION

[Truth666]

Also interesting : the comments of the people, that come at the end of the articles.
And I'm sure that few of those people have seen the core of the area destroyed last year. You can drive along the new highway for more than 30 miles, through a deserted area, and see nothing but endless burnt eucalyptus ... images I've never seen anywhere in the media.

[theDentist]

It's all Bush's fault!

[Maeve]

Bump

[happygrl]

I drove through Yellowstone a year after the big burn and did not see as much devastation as you are describing.

Is this a repeat of last year ?

[laotzu]

We never get to hear about our least valuable forests.

The deciduous always get preference. It's blatantly racist.

[Truth666]

This was the situation August 3, 2003. You can see the border with Spain.
You can see what had burned in 2003 until then and what was burning that day alone ... and it there were still big fires until October.

[SedVictaCatoni]

The deciduous always get preference. It's blatantly racist.

No justice no trees!

[nkycincinnatikid]

Had yesterday been lived moments of panic in the auto-road of the North when some conductors? without any present authority at the first moment? they had risked to invert the march to escape to the flames that galgaram the set of wheels zone.

I was following this until they got to that galgaram business.

[nkycincinnatikid]

Btw, during the peninsular campaign the Brits burned half of Portugal to keep Napoleon far away from Lisbon. The Alentejo is magnificent but the definition of a tinderbox.

[perfect stranger]

It's been a few hours since this was posted.

I am suprised that noone has posted the lyrics to that Rush song yet. :-]

[Truth666]

A resident flees from a forest fire in the town of Malhao in the southern Portuguese province of Algarve, July 28, 2004. A man splashes water over his harvest of cork as he tries to save it from the forest fire Firefighters watch as a helicopter drops water to fight a forest fire A lone man tries to fight a forest fire early morning in Boticas, Vila Real, northern Portugal, Wednesday, July 28, 2004. A firefighting plane drops water over a raging forest fire in Sao Bernabe, south of Portugal. A raging forest fire is set to engulf houses in Sao Bernabe, south of Portugal A fireman drags a water hose as he fights a forest fire in Mafra ,30 km (20 miles) north of Lisbon, July 26, 2004. A fireman watches fire devour a hillside in southern Portugal.