Is Rhodes On Fire? Seen from the Air, It Doesn’t Look Like It
A video posted yesterday by the Swiss weekly Die Weltwoche provides an aerial view of the Greek island of Rhodes, revealing an isolated fire, but not a widespread conflagration. The video appears to have been shot by a Swiss aeroplane passenger (or perhaps pilot?) on the previous day.
Referring to dramatic reports in the media, Weltwoche writer Christoph Mörgeli comments: “Someone flying over the island at 10,000 meters [33,000 feet] above sea-level, and who thus has a good overview, gets a much less dramatic impression. Although a cloud of smoke can be clearly seen on the video shown here, there is no sign of a burning island or a gigantic conflagration.”
At the end of the clip, the videographer makes the same point more succinctly. “According to the media, all of Rhodes is burning,” he says. “It’s nuts the shit that they tell us.”
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If you form an option of the world based on what you see on the news you’re lost.
As my dear Grandmother used to say “NEVER believe anything you read and only half of what you hear”. A very wise and wonderful lady.
……… and only half of what you see!
I think that passenger sums it up perfectly.
Could be a passenger, but that view is from the cockpit, definitely.
GB News through Paul Hawkins, their reporter on the ground in Rhodes were at it again this morning. He repeated his unsubstantiated and unreferenced claim that, due to climate change, by 2060 UK would be subject to regular summer temperatures of 40C and that such temperatures would be considered “mild” by the turn of the century. I have never heard such unadulterated tosh in my entire life.
Bloody chance would be a fine thing.. 😉
Is it time for a climaaate! yet?
😆😆😆😆
Oh that Mr Khan is such a lovely fellow!
Assisted by the Met Office publishing their speculative guesstimate.
That is exactly what the BBC were saying in an article on their website yesterday too. I view their news just to see what is being said. The majority of comments were very depressing reading.
Do not (will not) read lamestream fakery. I take it, most comments fully endorse the climate fascist agenda and believe that plant food is causing local fires on Rhodes and elswhere vs say arson.
Same lack of critical thinking during Rona. The Dumb Ages.
I understand where you are coming from, but I think it is important to know what the likes of the BBC et al. are saying and yes, the comments were indicating that people really do believe what they are being told.
Not sure you even need critical thinking for this – do you? Common sense and to paraphrase the late great Christopher Booker “looking out of your window should tell you what’s going on’.
GBNews – back in line with Ofcom.
I am sure Portillo the limp wrist will spend 2 hrs on Climate quackery this weekend. He can’t speak a sentence without mentioning queer no-pride or climate change.
Ofcom clearly scare the bejesus out of GB News with Dolan and Wooton operating in Uriah Heep mode in their obeisance towards them. Only Mark Steyn demonstrated cojones but was sold down the river for his troubles by senior GB Management. BTW, did you note joint owner Sir Paul Marshall shorted Natwest shares earlier in the year. A spot of ‘good fortune.’
For those who, like me, have thrown the towel in on GB News, UK. Column’s thrice weekly news podcasts are refreshingly beyond the reach of Ofcom.
‘The job of the Mainstream Media is to keep you uninformed about what you don’t know and misinformed about what you do know.’
Ben Harnwell
The mainstream media + fact checkers will look at that photo and say with emphatic clarity… that’s not Rhodes.. 😉
The Independant headline today ( it popped up ! Honest ) Global Boil ! 😂😂😂
Even meteorologists appear to be saying that he’s talking through his arse.
The view appears to be Northern tip of Rhodes. The worst affected area is to the South. Also, as I understand it, the nature of the fires is not one continuous conflagration but flare ups which are then either suppressed or die down but keep on occurring.
What prevents arsonists from operating in Northern Rhodes?
Show us.
Magic forest fires. Plant food eh? Or maybe arson?
There are plenty of photographs of the wildfires in the Med including Rhodes. Here’s one.
They may well has been started by arsonists. That is beside the point. Climate change doesn’t start fires, it creates the conditions for them to start more easily.
God, look at the whole island, burned to a tinder. Green tinder.
In case you haven’t noticed there is a large scar across the middle of the island that is far from green. I would guess it amounts to about 10% of the area of the island.
Wildfires (natural, arson or otherwise) have always happened. Take another look in three months, all the brown will have been replaced by green. This is nothing new, and certainly not the scale. I normally refrain from ad hominem attacks, but for you, I’ll make an exception: I think you’re an idiot, and these days, you’re certainly not alone suffering that affliction.
What’s is like to be frightened, all the time?
I’ve only got an ‘O’ level in Geography and that was from 50 years ago but I’m sure the photo/video is actually looking south from the aeroplane!
What makes you say that? I was going by the shape of the land and the fact the airport is in the North. Either way it is very small part of the island. It would be interesting to see the view of the other side of the plane.
I don’t think it’s difficult. If you look at the outcrops either side of the picture they are different and if you compare that to a map I am as sure as I can be that we are looking south.
You may be right. I realise it can’t be the Northern tip – that is quite built up. Anyhow, it only shows a small part of the islan.
Based on the map you shared I would estimate it shows just over half of the island.
Got it! You are right. I had the wrong perspective. I still don’t think it proves much. Wild fires don’t burn the whole area simultaneously and you can’t make out the state of the ground which is supposed to have been burned.
MTF – Forget the detail – the overall point is that what’s going on is not something to be so abjectly frightened of. The world is not burning up. The exaggerations are e. endless. Don’t worry – we’re not about to die. FFS.
That’s the view from the cockpit. Definitely.
Related topic: Nudge Psychology. Did anyone see the documentary on the weird phenomenon of ‘blackface’ on BBC2 yesterday, presented by actor David Harewood? After opening archive footage, as he arrives at the BFI, the presenter’s very first words are: “On a sweltering summer’s day, I’ve come to the BFI…” Sweltering: he’s wearing jeans, shirt and long-sleeved, fairly heavy looking fleece/jacket. It’s a grey day, no sun, and clearly not one of the close, sticky, uncomfortable London days. A bit more footage which he’s shown watching with his head at a slightly odd angle, carefully lit from behind in a way designed to highlight some sweat running down his face. The intention is obvious. He then wanders the London streets on an untypically quiet day – early morning perhaps – when locals are fairly few and far between and clearly not dressed for “sweltering” weather: a man in mac and baseball cap, a girl at an outside table wearing polo-neck and tight leather jacket, several men in jeans, & heavy jackets, hands in pockets etc etc. I saw one man in shirt and shorts and everyone else in what you might call autumn attire. There might have been more references to… Read more »
I can’t remember what I was reading a few days ago when I took this screenshot but it seems a plausible reason as to why there is a selective epidemic of pyromania.