Friday, August 31, 2012
GRACIAS A DIOS!!
It's been too horrible and we are so very lucky to have escaped a terrible catastrophe, a tragedy. We can thank God that we were spared because the tragic stories all around us are heartbreaking, houses are burned, dogs that were left chained up have perished, burnt alive - among them many Mastins.
People who have no
income had their homes, their assets, everything lost - buried under ashes and
debris. Everything reeks of smoke and the beautiful nature all around is destroyed, the ecological reconstruction will take years. It's just so sad, a large
great catastrophe.
Our refugio dogs have been spared, but what fear it has instilled in us. What feelings and thoughts go through your mind as you try to keep a cool head and deal with the situation. Because if the wind had turned - and it was looking as if it would - we would have to
evacuate. We were standing by, people were ready to help but still, we wouldn't have been able to extinguish the flames because we are still without water.
The water problem is still not resolved. We are tackling it on two fronts - with plans, and fundraising, to dig a deeper well and also trying to get the municipality to put us on mains water. But even today, after a night of much anxiety and such great danger, there is no sign of a gesture from them.
Dear everyone, we fear the night because
here and there there are fires that have not been extinguished. The wind has died down a bit and
the fierce fires are now raging further away in Ronda and Marbella. Here is everything
"they say" under control, let us hope. We will have a rest tomorrow
and start again refreshed. Greetings from our dear ones who have had no idea what was
happening around them but very restless because they feel everything so much
better than us. They are all ok ... happy.
Fabienne,
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