For the images that saw the light of day on Monday morning after its devastating invasion bad weather Boraspoke to the Minister of Climate Crisis and Civil Protection, Vassilis Kikilias.

“They operated 3,300 Firefighters, EMAK, EMODE in 640 vehicles, together with Army, Police, everywhere throughout the country, everywhere where it was needed” as informed by Mr. Kikilias, talking about a shocking effort in terms of Civil Protection, with 125 rescues, 1,070 tree cuttings, 1,000 calls in Rhodes alone, as well as in Central Macedonia and Halkidiki.

“Unfortunately, not all our fellow citizens heard it 112. At 10 o’clock 112 was called, at 12 o’clock the deceased had not been disciplined and was still in the area. It is reported that he took his farm car to go and pull his other car in front of the torrent,” he emphasized, adding that the value of human life is much higher than any material loss.

“I think the tragic end of the weather in Valencia and Malaga in Spain has come to show that even where our forecasters do not fall in and the Risk Assessment Committee overestimates some things, it is a thousand times better to discipline something slightly excessive sometimes than to sound no warning at all.”

He then pointed out that what nature forgave in terms of infrastructure, building in streams, filling riverbeds and we could overcome it with a minimum of small disasters, is now at the heart of climate change unforgiven.

“Just as I told you that there should be a fund for expropriation, desilting and opening of streams in key points in Attica, so I tell you that in Ialyssos there is also a rainwater conduit with a small diameter that ends up through the mountain and from streams to hotel walls. This is unsustainable from now on, since the power of nature and water is much more than any material.”