Yes we saw them, a few. Men in black T shirts, in black short pants. That is Rhodes, and this men seem to pretend to be Greek firemen. NO fireproof gloves, no helmet, no respiratory masks. No special, normally orange fireproof vests. No special fire proof boots, maybe some greek sandals, old athenian model..
No organized chain of supply of water and all needed for this dangerous task.
Imagine fires blazing all around,Rhodes burning, And this sad figures pretending to be firemen.
Beside them, there were men slashing wooden sticks onto the burning grass , in short pants and T shirts, spreading sparkles in front of them and behind them.
Some were smashing shovels onto the burning bushes. Fires were made to blaze even higher, sparks jumped higher.
Imagine. Witchdoctor doubts that the Neanderthal had this kind of approach and organization in the case of fire.
AS you may know, Rhodes is a golden egg goose of Greece. Billions of dollars made from this mega Princess of something or Royal of something hotels.
Now, WD does not know how many of this “firemen” are employed in Rhodes. Maybe they follow the ancient Greek tradition, sitting in the airconditioned offices , sipping coffee and waiting for the pension.
But considering the huge profits made from the tourism, the question of follow the money, where this money goes, is seen in the action described above.
By the way, not so far away, in Slovenia, every village is much better and completely equipped for tackling the fire, repairing roofs after the storms , pumping water out of the flooded houses, etc, etc, They are mostly Voluntary firemen, organized in a territorial net which is covering the whole Slovenia and they come and help from afar if needed. And this fact is a sign of community and everybody in this force is proud to participate and the people have them in highest esteem.
They are equipped for real. The coffee comes after the work has been done, or a beer. Or whatever it takes. Whatever it takes brings us back to follow the money.
Yes, dear Greeks, come and take a look, maybe you learn something.
But Greece is beyond repair. Witchdoctor is going places there for decades, hiking trekking swimming.
The Greeks may have bought better , black german cars, they have all mobile phones and like to watch the television owned by the pals of the govt which is highly liked in the EU. They have almost finished cementing every beach, anywhere, and also in decades they have burned down anything which may slow down the process of building cement blocks for the tourist trade. But they have lost everything else.
In a few years, fortunately there will be nothing left to burn, and WD saw through decades this progress of desertification. The Greek Problem will be solved in a not nice, ugly desert with cement tourist blocks covering the bare , ugly grounds. Finally the Greek civilization will reach this new apex.
As for the water, some will come with water cistern ships, some will be desalinated. The plastic water bottles will never be recycled as is the rest of the rubbish, glass included. Same as always.
As for the tourists, as a man in Rhodes told us years ago, seeing and looking at the concept and architecture of this hotels, they, the tourists, do not give a shit where this fun parks are geographically. They could be anywhere, the whole package is a global shit mindset, regardless of the genius loci.
Who gives a shit about genius loci, current greeks included.
Witchdoctor gave them personally a credit and a chance through decades.
Bloody Troika , Merkel and all EU austerians included. But, as It seems, they prefer the desert with the cement blocks, with their Iphones, tv and german suvs.. De gustibus non disputandum est.
Time’s over.