Originally posted by PalynkaMy parents came back from a holiday on Madeira just two weeks ago. So I had the beautiful side of it freshly in my mind when I read about the disastrous floods. Tragic.
The beauty:
http://www.trekearth.com/gallery?sort=views&l=state&filter=Madeira
...and the beast:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8527589.stm
🙁
Poor people. I will help the people of Madeira by visiting it and
spending part of my holiday budget as soon as it is ready for
tourists again. Seriously.
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On the bright side, at least they were not visited by Carlos after
their horrible tragedy. Thread 127249