There are several things that I do not square about ten days now. It is not the amount of water that fell during this time, since I have memory, have always been inclined to keep us locked in the house, see, for example, in November 2000.
Luckily I have not been affected by the flood that submerged half the city center and several municipalities of the Veneto, so I write from a perspective outside without emotional involvement.
What I do not return are the statements of local politicians that I read in the Journal of Vicenza: a few hours from happening instead of the opposition to remove the mud from the streets shoveled on him the most, guilty of failure to notice of impending disaster in the face of cooperation in a difficult time. Among other things, the accusers are the same as in December 2001 for four flakes of snow lying in the city did go haywire all the roads had not thought of a plan. Congratulations to the brazen courage. Never loses an opportunity to look bad by saying things useless.
I do not back the chronology of events: Friday happy hour would be sent a fax to alert the towns on the situation of the rivers .... A fax?? Yes, fuck! Benedetta PA, luckily Minister Brunetta is banging for computerization of government offices quell'allerta otherwise would have been written in stone! And then, on Friday at that hour, in a public office, who can be found? Maybe, but even the cleaning lady. Each system is consciousness: the region said he had advised the Province that it did not receive anything, the City Council, defends the same way. Ask the cleaning lady ...
Saturday, October 30 are expected heavier rainfall and Arpav provides no more than 150 mm of rain. At the end of the detectors there are more than 400 (the same amount that can fall in one year), what that has not happened since 1882. So Sunday night at 31 it was decided to push through a loudspeaker to warn of the impending invasion of water along the streets. But who was behind that megaphone, a mute? Many say they have heard because the windows were closed and were sleeping: tell that to his mother every Sunday morning at which dell'arrotino ringing ears!
Then the second alert is sent via a fax Monday: fantastic! I guess the loser of a civil servant loyal to his duty to respond by sending a fax on a holiday now when the streets are canals!
Saturday 6 I was sent in a courtyard at 23:30 on Sunday 31 already flooded with water and alarmed homeowners had alerted the city police on the level of Bacchiglione: "Tranquilli (?) are the first to let us know, we will!" . Only, Monday, November 1 at 5:30 of a local police patrol was in a bakery to reassure the owner, alarmed at the level of the river "Tranquilli (!) We are monitoring the situation!" . A few hours later in the panettone cakes and bottles floated up to the counter.
I do not return the accounts when I hear people complain about the lack of space devoted by the flood of national media in favor of facts bad politics, immorality and morbidity: because of national visibility, if I have a water meter that devastates me home, I do not slam a sledgehammer! The national exposure I do not solve the problem and if my country for once in the national Tigga, maybe not immediately name & surname of a famous footballer, I'm not sure I'll be in front of the television to hear it! And the people of Rome as that of Cuneo you can move a little bit of compassion but not my ass and legs to make her come here and give us a hand.
We have threatened not to pay the income tax of tenercela and now the politicians have poured into the city. Fear them not even receive a salary, eh?
I return accounts for the rate of demand for money: politicians political category of industrial representatives and trade unionists gathered in the choir of the star claiming their right to several hundred million euro compensation for damages. Apart from the fact that the word 'immediately' give me much trouble, you know a child spoiled, but we are still covered with mud and you already know how much money do we need? Congratulations, who's had this eye or this clinical brain that has multiplied the average cost of a car, kitchen, living room, dining room and one room for all the families affected by flooding?
"We Venetians, we pay taxes - as you no, then there are tanning and goldsmiths failed running in Porsche - but then there comes back the money going to all of those southerners or thieving Rome ... "is a refrain known. ... Money put them at the same level of 'now', even worse. I hate them. But, alas, are fundamental.
But I naturally a "fuck you" to those who now take well around, because the same people who now with his eyes bulging insist on their right to compensation money they had been there yes, even many, to prevent this disaster with the works of maintenance or construction of levees in containment. Too bad that they remained only on paper, when I got ... on paper! The joke is that even part of that money been spent doing nothing, even compensate for a joint venture that could not perform the work contracted for the prefect of the time had stopped work for reasons of public order.
Perfect description of Italy: we get lost behind one thousand evaluations and discussions from day to day changes the situation keeping the country. Meanwhile, a foreign nation in a jiffy takes nothing to build a military base without asking many permits. In this we should learn, and a bit sorry for himself 'less.
Fuck you ask for money if we do not even know who takes them to use them?
We do recycling, we will pay fees for charity, we almost everything we asked and required to do. Politicians and administrators do is talk. They are incompetent irresponsible.
E 'opened an investigation: the case against unknown is "unjustifiable mess" . Handcuffing those who do not meet their responsibility by downloading them onto others. Their names and last names with photos are supplied by a dozen days in the Journal of Vicenza. Anyway, the police know where to find them.
I return accounts to the dismay of all the volunteers: possible that every time you do a good deed we should be surprised, according to the law that makes more noise than an emotional tree growing than one that falls? I think anyone who cares about their city instinctively lift my ass to help her settle down after that mess! I am surprised to the contrary in fact, are saddened me to see these kids smiling at their spritz drink at the bar in vogue at that time on the bus passing in front of volunteers. Tarnished our image reflected in the glass squeaked by their clothing in order by Saturday afternoon. Or rather, it was the opposite! But I'm not totally useless, because they sense the presence of volunteers. It moved me to know there is someone who came from outside.
I do not return the accounts as long as I stay with his nose fixed on the LCD in my office while the city needs a hand. I wanted to have in hand a broom and a shovel to be dirty and sweaty, because work in situations of this type is of secondary importance. It would be nice to agree with them, with serenity, a time change to work from 8 to 14 and only 2 hours to ask permission to join the others who helped the poor people or who fanned to clean up the town. But the world is not perfect and some have other priorities, or just ignores them .
I do not return the accounts of the words of the President of the Province: it says that the volunteers were be prepared and organized. He was crying in the sewer money to burn until its citizens were offered for crapped? A good example I have lived in the municipal we were too much and produced accordingly. Perhaps they were not used for such production. The fact is that we risked becoming witnesses of the first volunteers for redundancy . At least we took over a big laugh, but close enough for that ...
I do not return the accounts of other dragons: the ones that cling to the displaced and gutted houses without windows are desperate and I can even understand them. Those who throw stones are those who offer their skills or they can ask for money or by multiplying the normal rate. They deserve to suffer from hemorrhoids exaggerated for at least a couple of years!
I keep two pictures on Saturday: the first at the municipal work to fill sandbags. More than 20 people of various ages, immediately arranged to bend work with pleasure and want to talk music with their lives from the past present and future in harmony, as if it were not the first time you saw.
at the end of the second day of volunteering, I, Anna, Leo, Mary (two guys who showed me a great pleasure to see again after a lot of time and would like to attend more often) and Eleanor (friend of Anna University, who came specially from the deep province of Treviso), and in dirty overalls, a walk to the center and mixed in with others like us who were mixed on Saturday afternoon.
A indescribable taste, and like the race for the city, shame to have to wait for a flood to experience these situations.
I will not be easy, but does not add up.
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