Forest fire in Ifonche area

[Janet]

The authorities and firefighting teams have asked the public to stay away because they are hindering rather than helping. They say that the public's concern is much appreciated, but the firefighting teams are professional - in the widest meaning of the word - and even the large numbers of volunteer firefighters are specially trained.

[Janet]

Here's a picture of the scene outside this morning. The smoke is almost obscuring the sun, which is barely visible in the photo, but when the smoke swirls away, the disc of the sun is blood red. We're now walking through ash to get that photo.

[Janet]

 The Government says the fire is now on level 3, and has reached Tijoco Alto. JA

[Perikles]

The Government says the fire is now on level 3, and has reached Tijoco Alto. JA

So what colour of alert corresponds to a level 3? green, yellow, orange, red, heliotrope?

[Janet]

It's for levels of co-ordination, and denotes powers/authorities ... this is major now.

[Phil]

Is there anywhere that one can read up about the different alert levels and what they mean?

[Nova]

 My god, this is really scary!

[Perikles]

From where we are, it looks much less scarey than it did 3 hours ago. I asked some official who drove up our road whether this area was in danger, and he just laughed.

Later, in the chemist's in Guia de Isora, I heard a bloke telling people that Taucho and Vera de Erques had been evacuated. News to me.

[Phil]

Attn Grammar Police, the Spelling Police would like a word....

[Perikles]

Attn Grammar Police, the Spelling Police would like a word....

Yep - I can't even claim it was a typo, because it took me some time to spot it, despite responding to a post with the word in it. I don't think I've ever used the word before, because it's a bit girly.