My Lebanon is being burned to ashes

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During the war between Hezbollah and Israel that started on July 12, 2006, lasting for 34 days then ended on August 14, 2006, we reported our own views and analysis. Nowadays, we continue to report the post-war effects on the Lebanese here and abroad. Stay tuned.

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Wednesday, October 31, 2007

Prevent forest fire

I've been hearing this commercial (not so commercial) on the radio about how to prevent from causing fires in the forests and woods.

On that note, there are things that we cannot control of course, like wind and hot weather, however we can control many other things that will surely prevent those fires:
- After a picnic, clean after you, do not keep Beer bottles and such in the woods
- After a fire camp, make sure you turn it off well (put sand on it, etc...)
- Do not throw the end of a cigarette while it is still lit
- Do not let a kid with matches in the woods (or anywhere for that matter), example for that here
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(If you know more please tell us, as that is all I was able to remember)

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Tuesday, October 02, 2007

Lebanon is on fire, literally

Image brought from Tayyar.org
Fires broke last night in several forests in Lebanon, almost all at the same time and spread to other places as well. Locations such as Deir Al Kamar, Dhour el Shweir, Koubayat, Rishmaya, Bhamdoun and others have been the victim of these fires, causing a weird weather with dim clouds, small white bits of burned trees and leaves were flying all over Lebanon.
The cause of fire is unknown, at first they said it's the heat wave and the windy weather, however, Lebanese has been through hotter days during this summer, and it's not that windy at all.
Some are saying that these fires have been started unnaturally. However, there are no info or proof about them.
Fire departments have all been on code red, they even asked for private owners of water trucks to join them in fighting the fire, and they also asked from the Italian international forces to help them. The latter will send 5 planes tomorrow.

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