http://betabug.ch/blogs/ch-athens a swiss geek in Athens 2012-01-09T19:53:24Z http://betabug.ch/blogs/ch-athens/1230 Yesterday, we were out hiking in the Parnitha mountains with a group of people from ΕΔΑΣΑ (E.DAS.A. Volunteers Of Forest Fire-Watching Of Attica). We took the gondola lift up to the casino, complete with plush carpets and gilt framed mirrors. Then we went out into the cold... hiking fire photography betabug 2012-01-09T19:53:24Z http://betabug.ch/blogs/ch-athens/1057 Monday morning I dropped off 2 films at the shop where they develop my color films. Tuesday morning I got them back, developed and scanned. One of the films is a roll film " 120 " , that I exposed on the Arca-Swiss over the last weeks. The Arca's for... photography fire hiking betabug 2010-03-18T18:36:15Z http://betabug.ch/blogs/ch-athens/1052 This morning we woke up a bit earlier than usual on a Sunday, to go and help with planting trees on the Ymmitos hills that had been burned down at the beginning of last summer. The event was organized by the municipality, various nature and forest or... fire betabug 2010-03-07T12:57:01Z http://betabug.ch/blogs/ch-athens/1046 Almost three years after the fire that destroyed a large part of the forest on the parnassos mountains (Πάρνηθα, parnitha), and a bit more than three years after I went hiking at parmitha, I went back. Today, on a sunday with fine ... travel fire hiking betabug 2010-02-28T20:28:02Z http://betabug.ch/blogs/ch-athens/968 Two days ago this hill on the Ymittos range in Ano Glyfada was still green. It's trees and bushes were providing fresh air and lowering the temperature of the local area. On the early afternoon of Monday something (or likely: someone) started a fire,... fire betabug 2009-06-17T11:25:34Z http://betabug.ch/blogs/ch-athens/851 Μήπως τα είχαμε ξεχάσει; Αν ήτανε έτσι, το μπλακ άουτ τις επανέφερε πάλι στην προσοχή μας, τις φωτιές που είχαμε πέρσι ... και όπως φαίνεται, είμαστε στο καλύτερο δρόμο να έχουμε τα ίδια ξανά φέτος. Μέχρι τώρα βλέπω μια διαφορά: Εκεί που πέρσι είδα 2... fire betabug 2008-06-25T20:01:18Z http://betabug.ch/blogs/ch-athens/850 A few minutes ago the power went out here in the office. Before that, there were some instants where the lights were dimming. Now we hear some building alarms outside. Traffic is still rolling normally, but I suspect in some areas there will be confu... athens fire betabug 2008-06-25T13:15:59Z http://betabug.ch/blogs/ch-athens/674 For I don't know how many days now... the forest fires are still burning. New fires are springing up from time to time, the fire season isn't over yet. The media have gotten bored about it (the fire's 15 minutes of fame are probably over) and besides... fire betabug 2007-09-07T09:34:40Z http://betabug.ch/blogs/ch-athens/669 For those tuning in late or having only heard some information on international news media, I'd like to give a little bit of overview and background information about the fires in Greece in the summer of 2007. As far as we got right now, because some of the fires are still burning. Let's start in chronological order. I'm following my own experience here, if you want dates and exact places, have a look at 2007_Greek_forest_fires on wikipedia. If you want to read how I (and the people here around me) experienced things here in Athens, read on... fire media athens betabug 2007-08-31T00:49:22Z http://betabug.ch/blogs/ch-athens/668 The square starts to fill up. Syntagma square outside the parliament is a sea of black. We're not sure if there aren't less people than on the Parnitha demonstration. But maybe it's that they are slower in arriving and stay more on the center of the ... athens fire betabug 2007-08-29T18:50:01Z http://betabug.ch/blogs/ch-athens/667 Show your support for the Greek forest, for the people and animals that suffered and died, for nature in this beautiful country. Higher resolution PNG here. Original comes from wikipedia, Greek flag generously added by Stratos from Graphics Garage. (Please don't "hotlink", copy the image to your site!) media fire betabug 2007-08-29T11:31:19Z http://betabug.ch/blogs/ch-athens/666 Αυτό το flyer μόλις μου το στείλανε με e-mail. Συγκέντρωση διαμαρτυρίας, Τετάρτη 29 Αυγούστου, στις 7 το απόγευμα, στην πλατεία Συντάγματος και σε κάθε κεντρική πλατεία, σε ολόκληρη τη χώρα. Φορώντας μαύρα. I've just received this flyer by mail. Protest demonstration, Wednesday August 29, 19:00, Syntagma square, and on every central square all over the country. Wearing black. Click on image for the full flyer! athens fire betabug 2007-08-27T16:58:02Z http://betabug.ch/blogs/ch-athens/663 Even though in.gr reports the fire on Ymittos to be over (and we can see it's over) and only mentions a fire in Penteli in passing, ashes are raining down on us. It also started to smell like fire. The sun is shining yellow and dark through a big clo... athens fire betabug 2007-08-25T15:55:09Z http://betabug.ch/blogs/ch-athens/662 Forest fires are burning in the immediate surroundings of Athens again. Firefighter planes drone on over our building. We went up to the terrace and watched a couple of Canadair planes, a russian Beriev, and a helicopter. There's lots of smoke and ap... athens fire betabug 2007-08-25T14:01:29Z http://betabug.ch/blogs/ch-athens/643 A few weeks ago it was Parnitha, now the forest is burning on Ymitos. According to news reports (see in.gr in Greek) the fire is very close to buildings. Same source says that residents saw fires spring up in several places, so arson is suspected. Fi... fire athens betabug 2007-07-16T16:52:29Z