Hope everyone is ok with all the recent heavy rainfall.
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Hi Grandma,
Wow⌠talking about rainfall! Iâve never seen so much rain and flooding in all the years Iâve lived here.
Thassos was in the eye of a mini-cyclone yesterday, along with Kavala and Halkidiki.
Many homes and businesses were flooded and now the islanders are racing against the clock to prepare for the next round of rain and bad weather headed this way. Theyâre trying to clear out the streams that are plugged up which caused a lot of extra flooding in our streets.
The island is currently under a national emergency.
The Greek military arrived this morning with heavy vehicles and equipment to help the locals cope with and manage the disaster. Repairs and clean up efforts are ongoing.
Government officials came via helicopter to Thassos today after they visited Halkidiki (the worst hit), to assess the situation and decide on emergency measures. The officials were the Greek Minister of National Defence, the Deputy Minister of Interior, the Secretary-General for Civil Protection, the Secretary-General for Infrastructure, the Secretary-General for Agribusiness and Social Affairs, and the Chief of the Department of Agricultural Policy and Management.
Hi Augi, how terrible! I wish you all a lot of strenght!
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Thanks so much for your words of support, Kip! They make a real difference. 
The community has been coming together and helping each other tirelessly over the last couple of days. Itâs a beautiful thing to watch.
All our thoughts are with all the islanders at this time .you Thassians are a resilient lot and your ability to get together when times require
God be with you 
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Goodness - is that snow I see on the mountains
Only 169 days until we return to our favourite Greek island
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Middle of June, Adrian? One of the best times to visit! 
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Augie, is the camera down? We havenât been able to get it for several days. Anyway ⌠happy new year to you all!
Hi Ellie
The camera is working but itâs not communicating with our server properly. Weâre in touch with our internet service provider and waiting for a solution from them. Due to the holidays itâs taking some extra time to sort but rest assured we are doing everything we can to get it back online asap!
Happy New Year to you, too!!!
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Happy New Year everybody! May 2020 be your best year yet and hopefully weâll see you in Thassos this Summer! 
PS. Iâm happy to announce the webcam is back online! I know, it could use a good clean⌠weâll get on it. 
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Happy Christmas to all
Webcam fine now Augie -Happy New Year to all you Thassonians - will be on that beach in June
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Is that snow I see again on the mountains
Loving the long, slow stroll along the beach⌠Genius. You guys amaze us..
Doesnât look like there was to much damage to the beach after the deluges and floods, or have it all been cleared??
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Hi there, frenchie
The floods last November did cause some damage in a few places around the island but Golden Beach benefited because the small rocky areas on the Skala Potamia side are now completely covered in sand! Would you believe it if I told you that the beach there is wider than it was before?
Weâre glad that youâre loving the gentle stroll along the beach and thank you for taking a moment to comment, we really appreciate it!
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Hello dear Augie, how are you? Itâs nice to hear that there is no damage to the beach, but what about the forests and trees? Has much damage been caused there? I hope it is not too bad, the forests and trees are very dear to us. I hope you can answer us. Thank you and have a nice day. 
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Hi Kip van Kapok
Iâm doing well, thanks! Itâs nice hearing from you again!
Generally speaking, the forests and trees are doing very well. A small number of trees fell during the flood but the forests didnât suffer.
Most damages happened in places where people have constructed buildings over the natural springs where water naturally flows from the mountains to the sea. These streams were overwhelmed with so much water and since they were blocked by buildings, the water was forced to create new paths⌠which is how most of the damage was caused in and around some villages. The forests didnât have this problem.
Also, some mountain paths were destroyed and are now impassable, such as the foot path from Potamia to Mt. Ypsarion. Hopefully they will be repaired soon.
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Hello dear Augie,
Thank you for your answer. I am very happy to hear that the forests and trees have not suffered from the flood!
I hope that the damage to the villages can be properly repaired, and that not too many people have suffered damage.
And hopefully the hiking trails can be made passable again.
I wish you good luck and have a nice sunday.
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Hi Augie,
Weâre thrilled that youâve brought back the beach walk ⌠loving it! Thank you
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