Are Some People Completely Nuts

[nicebloke1]

Why would you still fly into a fire bomb, and take your kids, (Greece) Do we have a stand off here? The holiday companies wont cancel, because that means a loss to them, and the customer wont cancel for the same reason, but prepeared to risk there lives. The goverment wont advise not to travel, because they are as always gutless. Lets just wait until a few die before we see any sense. Rant over.

[nicebloke1]

So people walking for miles in the night, with their kids to escape the fires, is all made up by the bbc,:>) put ones head in the sand and it will go away. Coming into land, (child) look mummy a big bonfire, can we go to the shop and buy some fireworks.

[barry1010]

This is the biggest evacuation in the history of Greece, it is not some made up story, thousands of people's lives are being affected.

[nicebloke1]

Looks like the bbc started the fire barry.:>(

[Old_Geezer]

Perhaps those that go have assumed their particular destination must be ok as the flights are still going on. Government ought to ban such activity, and insurance, airline or personal holiday, sort out compensation.

[Peter Pedant]

are some people completely nuts ?
yes - and not all of them are on AB ! ter-daah !

( cadged from " we arent all mad to work here, but it helps!"
and amongst all the daily gut busting one liners about me (PP) such as "foo!" "foo foo" "what dat mean den?"
a little " Is PP on drugs - no but he should be"

Now lets see what other crap has washed up on these shores

[Peter Pedant]

This is the biggest evacuation in the history of Greece,
not sure if Boris - the Blessed Boris that is! would agree

the spartan besieged Athens ( they good at land battles: Athenians good at sea battles) and drove all the people in the countryside INTO the city -- (oo 320 BC) - and the result of the overcrowing was....
the first great plague ( in greek purpura)

Yeah I know: one AB wag is gonna quip - who Boris den?

[Peter Pedant]

A relative of mine is flying to Zante this morning
in view of the thread head
should nt this be
A relative of mine is flying to Zanny this morning
( or zany)

[andres]

Why would anyone want to fly anywhere at all in the present climate?Planes are the main cause of the spheres surrounding the earth breaking up .

[calmck]

Fortunately we have only had a few fires in Portugal this year, quickly extinguished. The main causes of most fires here have been arson to get round land use laws, equipment causing sparks or flames, dropped cigarettes.
From what I understand there is no compensation for cancelled holidays until a government advisory is issued against travel to Greece. As some areas are not affected this appears to be difficult

[Deskdiary]

“Why would anyone want to fly anywhere at all in the present climate?”

Because I like going abroad!

[gulliver1]

Funny old place the UK is ...Immigrants dying to get in.
..........Brits flying into wildfire to get out.

[Zacs-Master]

Some people are completely nuts. There are several on here!

[perseverer]

Are some people completely nuts? How about those who think the BBC are responsible for everything?

[naomi24]

I think the BBC shoe-horns climate change in wherever it can - often to what I think are totally unrelated topics.

[andres]

Never mind the holidaymakers. They had the choice to be in the midst of all this chaos. They must be stupid.
It's the local people whose homes are being destroyed we should be thinking about. Their animals, wildlife, countryside going up in flames.

[ToraToraTora]

"Are Some People Completely Nuts" - I have discovered in my time on earth that a surprising proportion of people are indeed MAABOF!

[Old_Geezer]

How difficult can it be for government advisories to be issued against travel to affected parts of a nation with a wildfire problem ? Granted the areas can change, but make the zone of safety wide enough and that ought not result in a change of advice. Heck, perhaps simply advising not to go to places at imminent risk of wildfire may be sufficient.

[Ellipsis]

Greece is hotter than drier than normal. But the big problem is that it's also windier than normal.

Arson is a problem every year, but because things this year are hotter, drier and windier, the arson impact is worse. It's a bit like Australia:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bushfires_in_Australia
The most destructive fires are usually preceded by extreme high temperatures, low relative humidity and strong winds, which combine to create ideal conditions for the rapid spread of fire. Severe fire storms are often named according to the day on which they peaked, including the five most deadly blazes: Black Saturday 2009 in Victoria (173 people killed, 2,000 homes lost); Ash Wednesday 1983 in Victoria and South Australia (75 dead, nearly 1,900 homes); Black Friday 1939 in Victoria (71 dead, 650 houses destroyed), Black Tuesday 1967 in Tasmania (62 people and almost 1,300 homes); and the Gippsland fires and Black Sunday of 1926 in Victoria (60 people killed over a two-month period).

[dave50]

Wouldn't surprise me if some of these fires were started deliberately by eco lunatics to justify their criminal activity.

[choux]

nicebloke, I think that you probably have put the answer as nicely as you can in your OP. How else can one describe such thinking and decision making - selfish, blinded to the truth of mortal danger, senseless, thrill-seeking? Today 2 pilots have died in their endeavours to bring fire under control. Sadly, some of the holiday makers have not got the brains they were born with.