Re: What is happening around you, around the world? Thread #2

[GuardianAngel]

Bob ‏@BobTym  1h1 hour ago
With temperatures at -12 celsius crews from Henry of Pelham Family Estate winery were out harvesting icewine grapes . Thursday morning

[Kashathediva]

Wishing all our members a happy and healthy holiday season--whatever holiday you celebrate or even if there is no holiday, but the winter season.  Have fun and be safe.



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[GuardianAngel]

Wishing everyone a very Merry Christmas if you are celebrating the birth of Christ, or any other celebration whether it be Hanukkah, Winter Solstice, Fesitival of Lights. Feel free to share what you are celebrating, and how you'll be enjoying the Christmas holidays, even though it may be just because you have a few days off work.

Safe travels to those who are travelling! Enjoy your time with family friends and loved ones!

[GuardianAngel]

Happy New Year to all our members who are already enjoying 2017! This is so beautiful, well done Australia!



Wishing all our members a very happy healthy and prosperous 2017! Thanks to all for your support and contributions to our forum this past year!! A special thanks to all our moderators who unselfishly give their time to keep everything running smoothly!

Be safe and enjoy the arrival of 2017!

[KB_Mom]

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[GuardianAngel]

@KB_Mom TY!

Happy Befana day to all the Italian children!

History of Italy ‏@caputmundirm  6h6 hours ago
In Italian folklore, Befana is an old woman who delivers gifts to children throughout Italy on Epiphany Eve (the night of January 5).

[GuardianAngel]

When will it stop??

Prayers for my favourite state Florida and all the people affected from this crazy world we live in. So very upsetting that this is such a common occurance. May the love of family and friends comfort those who lost loved ones.

[albean99]

It was so sad, @GuardianAngel A lot of these people were there for a cruise. I'm sure they were so happy to be there and then this happened.

[smartcat]

^^^
Sad for my lovely state and the US. People heading for a joyous vacation in the sunny south. Lives ended so needlessly. I'm heart sick!

[GuardianAngel]

Beautiful Niagara Falls Canada, and for my American friends when the camera pans left you can see the Bridal Veil US Falls and real quick shot of the Rainbow bridge to the U.S. The buildings behind the US falls is Niagara Falls, New York.

Niagara Falls Canada ‏@NFallsCanada  2h2 hours ago
A beautiful #NiagaraFalls sunrise this morning 01.11.17 https://www.niagarafallshotels.com/hotels/

[GuardianAngel]

Before

Avalanche destroys Italian hotel, 3 bodies found and over 2 dozen missing
http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/italy-farindola-death-reports-1.3942414


After
Il Centro ‏@Il_Centro  Jan 18
#Abruzzo #Farindola #emergenzabruzzo Valanga travolge l'Hotel Rigopiano: si temono vittime http://bit.ly/2jyaB7e
Translated from Italian by Bing Wrong translation?
#Abruzzo #Farindola #emergenzabruzzo Avalanche sweeps the Hotel Rigopiano: they fear victims http://bit.ly/2jyaB7e  


The region has been getting an unusual incredible amount of snow the last week or so. A lot of areas have been without electricity for several days now. Then an earthquake then an avalanche. 45 km from our family. Everyone is on pins and needles. They had a difficult time getting equipment there. They are digging out a path so rescuers could get to the hotel. There are video's in the links.

So very sad. Prayers for everyone affected by this terrible tragedy. They just can't get a break with mother nature.

[GuardianAngel]

ibtimes.co.uk
By Staff Reporter
January 20, 2017
The story of Lupo and Nuvola, dog couple who escaped the Hotel Rigopiano avalanche
Two dogs have been found wandering the streets of a small town approximately 12km (7 miles) away from the Hotel Rigopiano, which was destroyed by an avalanche on the evening of 18 January.

Martina Rossi, a bartender who worked at the hotel, recognised them immediately: the two Maremma sheepdogs, Lupo and Nuvola (respectively meaning 'wolf' and 'cloud' in Italian) had come from the mountain resort. She found them roaming through the streets of Villa Cupoli, a small suburb outside Farindola.
The dogs were born and raised at the Hotel Rigopiano and belonged to the owner, Roberto del Rosso, who is among those missing.

The dogs, who were reportedly "inseparable", had a litter of puppies in December, but there is no news as to their offspring's whereabouts.

Jan 23, 2017
cbc.ca
Three puppies found alive beneath rubble of Italian hotel hit by avalanche

Italian emergency crews pulled three wiggling, white sheepdog puppies out from under tons of snow and rubble at an avalanche-struck hotel on Monday, giving rescuers new hope of finding alive the 23 people still missing five days after the disaster.

Five days after up to 60,000 tons of snow, rocks and uprooted trees plowed into the Hotel Rigopiano in central Italy, rescue crews were still digging by hand or with shovels and chainsaws in hopes of finding more survivors. An excavator reached the site, northeast of Rome, to speed up the search.

Jubilant emergency crews carried the pups out in their arms, with one firefighter burying his face in the fluffy white fur to give the dog a kiss. The puppies were born last month to the hotel's resident sheepdogs, Nuvola and Lupo, and were prominently featured on the hotel's Facebook page. Their parents had found their own way out after the Wednesday afternoon avalanche.

"They just started barking very softly," said Sonia Marini, a member of the Forestry Corps. "In fact, it was hard to find them right away because they were hidden. Then we heard this very tiny bark and we saw them from a little hole the firefighters had opened in the wall. Then we expanded the hole and we pulled them out."

So far nine people have been rescued from the Hotel Rigopiano and six people have died. The first survivors were released Monday from a hospital in the nearby city of Pescara, including Giorgia Galassi and her boyfriend, Vincenzo Forti.

I pray that now the excavator has finally reached the site more good news will follow.  

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