Memories of Famous Scenes
Happy Valentine’s Day to you! 💘 To my Chinese readers, happy lunar new year of Ox! 🐮 My original plan was to draw something romantic this February, but unfortunately I have lost my mood (or muse) 😑, as explained in my previous post. Yet, I’d like to express my utmost appreciation for all the support and encouraging feedback I have received. Thank you very much! 🥰
In addition, many thanks to my friend CandyAlbert for sharing the following pages (possibly inserts?) she had found from the Nakayoshi magazine. The title is “Memories of Candy (Candy) famous scenes”. When reading from the left to the right, the four male characters at the top happen to be Candy’s loves in the chronological order. Do you think this was intentional? 😉
In the bottom left corner, Candy asked, “Do you remember my first encounters with these male characters in Candy (Candy)?” Right beside her shows Pony’s Home on the map, locating near the southern tip of Michigan Lake.
There’s a bubble pointing at Pony’s Home with Candy’s words, “I wonder how Jimmy and the others are doing on Pony’s Hill?” If you move your eyes slightly at the north-east direction, do you see another red dot near the lake shore? That’s Lakewood. The last red dot by the east coast of the continent is New York, where Candy boarded the ocean liner for the voyage across the Atlantic Ocean (the Japanese word right below the ocean liner is Mauretania). The destination was Port of Southampton (the south coast of England). Candy was going to study at St. Paul’s Academy in the city of London. A bubble is pointing at London with Candy’s words, “Blue River Zoo is also here, where Albert-san is.”
Let me translate the captions of the other images (with a bit paraphrasing), starting with Prince on the Hill in the first row.
Prince on the Hill – when I was crying on the hill, he comforted me by playing that bagpipe, but I do not know his name or his current whereabouts.
Anthony – I love Anthony very much. We first met by the Ardlay’s rose gate. He said “You’re prettier when you smile”, exactly the same as what my prince had said to me. I thought without a doubt that my prince had appeared. Now, what are you doing above the sky, Anthony…
Terrence – he was crying on the deck of the ocean liner when she was heading towards England, and yet he brazenly rebelled against that scaa~ary Sister Gray. Terry’s heart was in fact filled with loneliness…
Albert-san – he rescued me when I ended up drowning in the waterfall after I had rushed out of the Lagan’s house. At first I thought he was a bad guy, and I fainted again.
Archie – as his boat was drifting away I saved him by throwing a lasso, which I’m good at.
Stear – my first date with him was (going for) a drive.
The bottom row on the right page lists the characters surrounding Candy. (1) Miss Pony and Sister Lane: the teachers at Pony’s Home. They are my mothers. (2) Neal and Eliza: the mean siblings of the Lagans (3) Great Aunt Elroy: she is intimidating and very difficult to deal with. (4) Annie and Patty: though they are weak, they are gentle, my important close friends. (5) Granduncle William: I haven’t met him before. He’s a mysterious figure.
I have a feeling these pages were published when the story took place in London, likely when Candy started to fall for Terry after she had reconciled with Annie. What do you think? Note that Candy did not use past tense when she said she loved Anthony very much. She also used the same adjective 怖い for both Sister Gray (Candy even stressed this adjective by elongating one of the syllables) and Great Aunt Elroy. 😛
Thanks for reading this post. If you find any mistake or have any question, please feel free to leave a comment. Hope to hear from you soon. 🙂
After publishing this new post on my Facebook page, Ivannia Diaz kindly left a comment telling me that she had found it in the last Mandarake Auction. It had lots of Candy Candy items, and apparently, what I shared above was an appendix to the Nakayoshi magazine published in October 1976. You can see the item here. In case this will be taken down later, I copied it to display it here. Thank you Ivannia Diaz!
CandyAlbert did share the leftmost page with me, where you can see Candy standing on the left hand side. The title is “Manga Newspaper”. It was primarily some news about Candy Candy and some information about the main character Candy (like her body measurements, etc.), the illustrator and the author (birthdays and personal data). If you are interested about this page as well I will share it in a different post. 🙂
Oh God I wanted to write ,I’m not sure the reson she left not I’m sure.Sorry.
Hi Ms Puddle and girls, I would like to make a comment irrelevant to what is happening in Greece, because if I think about what is happening in general and not only about the earthquake victims, I will cry with rage .
I apologize in advance if what I’m going to write has been said by someone before and I didn’t notice it. So as for those who claim that Candy was formally adopted, in addition to Albert’s young age and the facts of that time, I realized that there is another fact that shows she was not adopted, but that his family and he had the legal guardianship. The fact is that she was never asked if she wanted to be adopted.
Basically it is so simple that it has probably been re-commented. Candy, had been asked if she wanted to go to the Leagans knowing that she would not become their true adoptive daughter, each child had the freedom of choice for being adopted by any family, in the case of the Ardlays not only never she saw the so-called adopted father but she was not even given the choice to choose as it happened in the case of the Leagans.
Interesting thoughts, @Hope! Whether Candy has been asked if she wanted to be adopted has never crossed my mind, but you’re probably right. FYI:
https://www.legalmatch.com/law-library/article/consent-of-the-person-to-be-adopted.html
However, based on Candy’s feelings upon returning to the Ardlay’s villa in Lakewood, I would assume she had accepted Granduncle William’s kindness?
Moreover, not having to leave the country to work as a child labour in Mexico was in her best interests after all. What do you think?
I think she felt deep gratitude for him from the beginning and because she had been given her opportunities for a better life but also because she would be close to Anthony.It was what she wanted the most by then. And here I want to note that she endured a lot to be by his side, I am referring to the torture of the Leagans. Then we see that she tried to be by Terry’s side and ends up doing everything to be close to Albert. Candy selflessly follows the one she loves.
The story unfolds differently in manga and anime, for a moment she was afraid of Albert but only before she faced his eyes, but when she faced his eyes, she trusted him and didn’t want to leave him. Because she saw with the eyes of the soul his heart and in his eyes, was revealed the greatness of his soul too. And what was imprinted on her mind when she saw the prince was his kind voice and the kindness in his gaze, exactly the same happened with Albert.
Good points, @Hope! Somehow Albert’s beautiful blue eyes had calmed her down and she befriended him right away, not knowing he was actually her prince 🤴
Hello!
I wouldn’t be concerned with what a few desperate Tfans have to say.. You gotta pity them, really. All their ludicrous claims have been debunked-if not completely ridiculed-one after the other. It’s not surprising that no one takes them seriously, nowadays.
Take those nonsensical claims about “blank pages”, for example. Some of those fans are so delusional that they insist we “read” those “blank pages” because we’ll find out that Terry is “anohito” in those empty pages. LMAO
The editor of Arechi Manga had actually issued an official statement on its Facebook page clarifying that those “blank pages” do not exist. He even contacted Keiko Nagita’s agent so as to inquire about those bogus claims and Nagita’s agent replied that those “blank pages” are absolutely meaningless. In reality, Keiko Nagita had once mentioned in an interview in Paris in 2019 that she wanted to write more about the Candy Candy characters and she specifically named Neal and Susanna. What Nagita actually said was simply that due to publishing limitations, she had no other alternative but to truncate her text as published in the original Japanese in 2010.
Another rubbish claim is that Nagita had stated that Terry and daffodils are directly linked. Apparently, this is not the case because never does the writer nor Candy ever identify Terry with daffodils. Instead, Candy likens Terry to the ground (earth, soil), the smell of cut grass, dark stones and certain wild animals such as tigers and gorillas. LOL
Therefore, the only asinine claim left for those delusional fans to cling onto is the so-called adoption issue. Even though the author as well as all the editors and translators involved in the official translations have repeatedly specified that Albert is not a father to anyone (because it is legally and biologically impossible for an unmarried young man to be a father to a woman only 10-11 years younger than him), some of those fans, albeit very few, continue to bang themselves against the wall obsessing with those dumb claims. The editor of Arechi Manga became so fed up with all that crap that he has warned that he’ll block anyone who comments about that claim again on the official social media of Arechi Manga. On YouTube, you will find the editor and translators of Arechi Manga (their official YouTube channel) specifying that Albert is not an adoptive father but a tutor or mentor to Candy until she becomes an adult and can take care of herself.
Apart from the official Spanish translation of Nagita’s novel, both the French (Pika) and Italian (Kappalab) also acknowledge the duality and ambiguity of this novel and thus giving equal leverage to Terry and Albert as being “anohito”. Even the book trailer of the Italian translation shows Candy standing in the middle of a field and two names appear juxtaposing her and those names are obviously Terry and Albert.😉
Thank you for all that awesome information, Myra. For my part, I had watched that YT vid by Kappalab and several fans had rushed to claim that the girl starring in that vid is running through a field of daffodils. Those fans were wrong, yet again, as those flowers turned out to be just rapeseed, instead.
Folks, that uploaded video on the Kappalab YouTube channel doesn’t even belong to them. Certain fans have been duped into believing that the editorial team of Kappalab created that CCFS book trailer where, in fact, it’s just a copy-paste of two royalty-free videos which have been circulating online for about a couple of years and many content creators on YouTube have been making use of those videos as well as so many others similar to their theme.
Here are the links to the those royalty-free videos but these links are the only ones as there are loads available online:
https://tinyurl.com/vdm8em9z
https://tinyurl.com/jst3uzj3
Folks, that uploaded video on the Kappalab YouTube channel doesn’t even belong to them. Certain fans have been duped into believing that the editorial team of Kappalab created that CCFS book trailer where, in fact, it’s just a copy-paste of two royalty-free videos which have been circulating online for about a couple of years and many content creators on YouTube have been making use of those videos as well as so many others similar to their theme.
Here are the links to the those royalty-free videos but these links are the only ones as there are loads available online:
tinyurl.com/vdm8em9z
tinyurl.com/jst3uzj3
Note:
Meant to say that they are NOT the only ones available online…
Here are those same links but in a different format for ease of access:
youtube.com/watch?v=cNyjSeFX5PQ
youtube.com/watch?v=4NCKp2IXuvU
Thanks @Irana93 for your kind words.
I’ll add to @Sarah’s comment that some fans were insisting that the silhouette of the person gazing at the sunset was Terry but, in reality, it’s the back silhouette of a woman. The bottom line is that those videos have got nothing to do with the CCFS but as already explained by @Sarah, they’re just some random videos ubiquitous on the web, some of which are even used as jokes and other memes.
Yeah.. I’ve seen those vids multiple times popping up at various parodies and memes. I remember a Terry fan was trying to impose her theory that the silhouette of that girl facing the sunset is Terry because there’s no way a girl could ever have such broad shoulders. 😂😂😂
First off, those shoulders aren’t that broad and second, that poor Terry fan failed to understand that there are plenty of tall and broad-shouldered women in our world.
Including me..😎
Hi @Lynn, I have a good laugh. 😆 It’s much needed after a long day for me 😂
Thank you Sarah for sharing the videos. I’ll check them out soon 👍
That’s very interesting, @Irana93! How did you find out those are rapeseed instead?
It’s crystal clear in that royalty-free video used by Kappalab. There’s a girl (or young woman) going through a vast field of rapeseed which is a type of flora distinctly different from daffodils. It’s easily noticeable. As for that girl in the video, she looks nothing like Candy because she’s got brown hair, a tallish built and wearing 21st century clothes. Kappalab could have at least selected a royalty-free video where the key figure is a blonde woman. LoL
@Thank you for your comment Myra and I agree with what you wrote as well as with the other girls. Regarding daddofills I think there is a reference to Terry but I noticed that these flowers were also in the jar of the hospital where Suzanna was treated. But these flowers grow on their own anyway in Britain. Candy has roses in her garden among other flowers and only cares about the roses.I mean she takes care of them by herself.
However, in addition to useful information that you give, you also have humor. Personally, I was anxious at the beginning with the attack I received, but now their theories seem ridiculous to me. But for me it is certain and clear what is the meaning of Candy and and it makes no sense if the prince does not end up with her .
Irrelevant but you could also say relevant, if you remember in some episodes Candy remembers Terry with red roses. Anthony with Candy Rose. The cover in the Spanish translation has a pink rose that grows in the garden. This is a reference to Albert for me .
Whatever we write, Nagita herself admitted that she prefers Albert. It’s like dropping a bomb! After that, everyone should realize it.
Well said, @Hope!
Concerning that scene with the daffodils, I’ll refer to an instant in the novel and, in particular, in Section II. As spring is approaching, the daffodils are all over the place and Candy enjoys watching them at St Paul’s. However, she never identifies them with any character and especially not with Terry. Instead, various characters are mentioned with regards to various interpersonal interactions outdoors at that college such as Stear and Archie. Stear helps Candy get up after she trips whilst running through the daffodils. When she’s running again after having spent some time with Archie and Stear, she trips over Terry and she tells him that she mistook him for a dark stone. At that point Terry sarcastically proclaims himself to be a “fragrant daffodil” but he’s just clowning around and trolling Candy as usual whilst lying down on the ground amongst daffodils…
Apparently, Terry’s fans cannot grasp the “arcana” of his sardonic wit and how he just loves to troll the life out of people, especially Candy. Besides, Terry would downright detest being identified with a flower and this is evident in the novel based on how completely ape-shit he became when Candy told him that he somewhat resembled the rose-loving Anthony. Based on Terry’s proven track-record in the novel, he would have preferred being identified with a tiger or other ferocious animal and definitely not some delicate little flower.
Well said, @Hope and @Myra! I totally agree with Myra that if Terry had been real he would have hated to be associated with any flower 😂
Hi @Hope, I thought the pink rose was Sweet Candy? Anyway, good point that Candy dreamed of Terry with red roses (after the breakup). I don’t recall such scene in the novel though.
@Ms Puddle Yes indeed, Candy Rose is pink and is a reference to Anthony, in essence, a direct link but I think there are common references to the two faces, to Albert and Anthony their eyes and the blue sky, the gentle gaze, the hair color that was blonde of the sand, the words they said were the same etc so somehow I conclude that Antony existed for two main reasons in the story, to show the power of loss and to replace Albert until Candy is complete as a human being ready to live by his side. .
And while the whole garden is Albert, Candy Rose is the fruit of their love that is calm, pure ,genuine ,deep, and selfless. Anthony dedicates the rose to her honoring it with her name but then he dies and Candy is cured only when she shares common grief with Albert and they externalize their feelings. Then she has a reborn spirit and she remembers Candy Rose .
However, even though she had fallen in love with Anthony, it was time to question herself whether she had loved him while she was in college. As an adult, she realized that she loved him and loved Terry but there was no comparison in the fullness she felt with Albert that would not have happened otherwise because she loved him under other bases and in many ways (as the one who saved her, as her friend, as her brother, as a lover, as her husband, as her Prince )essentially, ideally, selflessly .Their fruit of their love , the Candy Rose bloomed in their garden .
I mostly agree with you, @Hope, about how Candy always pursued the ones she loved. The only exception was Albert after she found out he was William Albert Ardlay. Before that discovery, she did go to Rockstown to look for him everywhere.
Yet, Candy did not chase after WAA but instead retreated to the countryside to be far away from him. Isn’t it a little intriguing? 😉
@Ms Puddle I think she left him for two reasons. At first, he left without explaining to her but making her realize how important he was to her. Secondly, Candy felt angry because he hid his identity from her, the only way to clarify their position was the distance because they held multiple roles in each life of the other and it had to be attributed in writing that little by little they came even closer, forgetting any hesitation they had and showing the deep feelings they felt.
Hello Ms Puddle and Hope,
I’ll just chime in a bit and assume that Candy probably felt more apprehensive than angry but this is only my theory. Let’s not forget that Candy had been continuously “slut-shamed” by Eliza and her clique-first with Anthony and later on with Terry.
Imagine how horrid the gossip and slander would be against Candy after the Leagans found out that she had been living with Albert for a few years. For all this time, a pretty and young female was sharing her home with a handsome and young male without being relatives or married. Add the time and setting which is the early 20th century and you got a recipe for disaster. Candy and Albert’s cohabitation was way too radical and rebellious for those conservative times.
There’s an expression which goes “once bitten, twice shy..”. It would make sense that Candy would feel awkward and given the fact that her feelings for Albert were becoming more intimate and romantic, she would have felt even more uneasy. She was uneasy back at St Paul’s for having feelings for Terry and she would have most certainly felt uneasy for having feelings for the grand albeit young and very handsome “patriarch” of the Ardlay clan.
@Hi Lynn, how are you ? 🙂
Do you think she lived for a short time with him in the mansion? because in the manga before she leaves and returns to the orphanage she wears other clothes.
Hello Hope,
I’m not sure.. Perhaps she just stayed overnight-at least that’s how the sequence of images appear to show in the manga. I would have to re-check to be more certain.
If I’m not mistaken, Candy had to change clothes because the boat she and Albert were in had capsized during their stay at Lakewood.
Regarding Candy and Albert living together at the Magnolia, however, it appears that it had been around a couple of years and perhaps a bit more. I think the novel appears to suggest this too.
Ms Puddle has written an article about this time-frame on her blog and it’s worth a read as her analysis is astute.
Thank you @Lynn for your kind words. Yes @Hope, Lynn is right Candy and Albert stayed in the Mountain Lodge for the night in the manga (the same house where Candy had first met the vagabond).
However, this part may be in the manga only. In CCFS epilogue, Candy (in her mental letter to Anthony?) said that it was the first time she had walked around the Lakewood premise with Albert (thus visiting the forest and the memorial hall, etc.).
It seems to have dried her dress and when George came to pick her up, she wore the same, then wore her engagement dress and then changed her dress again. I guess you’re right, she probably stayed there for one night. I’m sure the reason she left Albert .
As long as she loved Anthony she suffered a lot, with Albert being the patriarch of the family, she would feel more secure. I may be wrong but I have the impression that she left because their relationship was not clear.
p.s I apogize for the hundred grammar mistakes I’ve done .
Thanks @Hope and @Lynn!
You have raised excellent points!
You’re right about that, Ms Puddle. There’s no mention of that scene in the novel but then again, there are loads of scenes from the entire story omitted in this otherwise very vague and flat novel…
Hi @Lynn, while it’s true that some beloved scenes in the manga have been omitted or modified, it seems Nagita-sensei had intentionally moved the scene where they walked around the villa and the surrounding lands to the epilogue. In CCFS settings, they were already in love with each other whereas in the manga, Candy was with WAA. This makes Albert’s action, letting Candy enter the family memorial hall (her very first time), rather significant. In a sense he introduced her to his family and ancestors before he returned her diary later that day. He had it all planned out. She had to decide whether to choose him as WAA or Terry. 😉
I see you point, Ms Puddle, but without the manga to navigate the reader along this storyline, the novel on its own is nonsensical and erratic leaving the reader rudderless.
That I agree with you, @Lynn. The epilogue is not bad but section 3 is indeed confusing 😔
Lynn, I apologize , I wanted to write I’m not sure about the reason she left Albert for a while .
Your grammar is perfectly fine @Hope. As for typos, they’re common for all of us as we all make those minor errors.😊
Agree with @Lynn. @Hope, please take it easy. There’s no grammar police here 😅
Bravo, @Lynn! I couldn’t have said it better! I just want to add that Neal and Eliza already made Dr. Leonard fire Candy, using Madam Elroy’s influence. They already knew Candy was living with a male patient. Little did the old lady know the patient was her missing nephew until many months later.
Thanks @Hope and @Lynn!
You have both raised excellent points!
Hi @Hope, yes, after Albert disappeared in Candy’s life, she realized how much she missed his presence (companionship). When she later discovered his true identity, she was indeed angry but I think it shouldn’t last very long. Yet, I have a feeling Candy continued to use her anger to hide her real feelings for the patriarch. 😉
I always keep in mind manga too.However, regarding her relationship with Albert in the CCFS , from the manga is given a sequel. Why didn’t she get over Terry in the manga? I think we all realized that. When she was sitting next to Albert in the fireplace he asked her about him and she was surprised and her inner voice confessed that she had made a decision and she was forgetting him (and she did not know who Albert was = the prince of the hill) .
I don’t think that she was really angry with him, but that she left because their relationship was not clear. And she teased him in many ways to make him express his feelings to her, knowing of course that he had taken the first step, to reveal to her that he is her prince.
To be honest, @Hope, I’m also alarmed by what has occurred in the aforesaid seismic region in Greece but I am almost just as outraged with the police brutality against innocent civilians in Nea Smyrni. I can understand that we all need to protect ourselves and one another from spreading the virus but that is absolutely no excuse for deploying physical abuse against unarmed and peaceful citizens. There are other ways to implement the law and beating down on people is definitely not one of them.
@Μyra. Agreed.This is exactly what I was referring to when I wrote that if I explained I would cry. Basically we have a fascist regime and in fact it sounds like they will pass a law on freedom of speech.
Unfortunately, the political situation in our country is messed up and since this pseudo-democratic government has full majority-power in parliament, don’t expect those morons to be getting out of office any time soon. Based on the polls, they seem to be retaining the same strong lead against all the other political parties. This shouldn’t come as a shock given the fact that the opposition is currently in shambles and its leader is utterly useless.
Sorry to hear that, @Myra and @Hope. The situation in Canada may be slightly better but the politicians are trying to propose new laws that can potentially be devastating. 🙁
@Myra , you said them all :pseudo-democratic goverment.
@Ms Puddle Sooner or later the whole planet will experience common situations .
Yes, @Ms Puddle and @Hope, the situation is rather bleak worldwide but we need to stay positive and, above all, be vigilant when it comes to our human rights.
@Well said, Myra.I could not agree more. It seems that they are taking advantage of the situation because of the pandemic. In various ways. On individual rights, on freedom of speech, on our physical integrity and clearly on economic benefits. I always try to be optimistic but I can’t turn a blind eye in what they do.
That’s right @Hope. The Greek media is horrendously corrupt but, fortunately, the internet cannot be controlled by the government and thus all critical thinkers deploy the web as their means of information and protest. More active participation and dynamic resistance are required, however.
Dear Ms Puddle,
Thank you for sharing another awesome analysis of yours with us. It’s commendable of you that you always focus on providing a serious analysis based on textual evidence and logic. Your contributors are also equivalently praise-worthy when it comes to their intelligent commentary. It’s not surprising that so many people within the CC community respect you and your blog so much. Your forum is of the very few online which is so objective and rational in the discussion of the CC novel and the various theories circulating about.
Can’t wait for your next entry and I hope you are all well.
Stay Safe and Best Regards!
Thank you @Aurora for your highly encouraging feedback on my blog. I consider myself blessed with many intelligent contributors, and my blog is not the same without you all. 🤗
You stay safe and take care too! 💓
We’re the ones who should thank you!
You have created a great team inspiring contributors to post their erudite and well-measured analysis. It’s beyond any shadow of a doubt that your blog is one of the most vibrant and active ones in the international CC community and perhaps the most influential and significant in the English-speaking forums.
From my perspective, I’ll highlight the awesome contributions regarding the debunking of various vacuous and asinine claims that Terry was an RSC actor. Yet, the intelligent contributors of your blog were astute to point out that the RSC (aka Royal Shakespeare Company) did not exist in the 1930s but was established as a royal charter in 1961. That was an awesome “bomb-shell”.
Needless to mention the well-educated commentary surrounding the fact that it’s legally impossible for an unmarried man in his early 20s to adopt a woman who’s merely a decade younger than him. No matter how much some desperate fans screech and whine, it is legally impossible for such an adoption to happen and it’s noteworthy that even the editor and translators of Arechi Manga (the official Spanish translation of the novel) specified this indisputable fact along with their explanation that Albert is not intended as a father or brotherly figure in this story but as a potential suitor to Candy. Even the Italian editorial team has conceded to the already well-known fact that Nagita has decided to leave an open ending for Candy to choose between Terry or Albert as her partner.
To add further insult to injury to those poor fans, the editor of Arechi Manga received an official notification via Keiko Nagita’s agent that those “blank pages” have zero significance to the overall narrative. Those silly claims are mere fabrications coming from some delusional fans.
Whether certain fans like it or not, Nagita has decided to leave an ambiguous ending to her novel. Those who try to impose their beliefs on others are not taken seriously and that is why their own groups have diminished, dwindled and eventually crumbled to poor little whimpers.😉
Couldn’t agree with you more @Aurora. Well said!
I’ll just add that the textual evidence of this novel clearly explains that Albert is not anyone’s father. Apart from a few prominent members of the Ardlay clan, everyone else simply thought that WAA was the “grand patriarch” of the entire Ardlay clan because he was believed to be a very old man and not some lanky 20-year-old college kid. lol
Candy also explains that she was never adopted and never had proper adoptive parents like Annie did. Whenever Candy describes Albert in the novel, she uses the terms “friend” and “someone most special to me”. She never used the terms “father” or “brother” because (as she says so in the novel) she never regarded Albert to be a father or brother to her. It’s obvious that Candy is attracted to Albert and she admits that she’s concerned whether he also feels the same way for her. Their relationship had kicked off as a friendship during their teens and gradually developed into a romance during their adulthood. Plain and simple.
Well said, @Aurora and @DanielleV! Thank you both for the great summary❣️💖
Heard about the earthquake in Greece with magnitude 6+!! Are you ladies alright, @Fay, @Myra and @Hope?
Hello, Ms. Puddle. Thank you for asking. Everything is all right in my home town which is far from the area hit by the earthquake. I have just heard it myself on TV. I hope the other girls are all right too. Thankfully there are no dead or wounded, only damages, which is very fortunate, considering the magnitude of it.
Hi @Fay so glad to hear you’re safe! Yes it’s fortunate that there’s no injury or death yet 🙏
I’m glad that you’re safe, Fay. Take care and all best!
You too, Myra. I guess we have to learn to live with earthquakes and as you said, stay calm and listen to the advice of the scientists. This time it was so fortunate that no human lives were lost.
Agreed. It’s best to stay calm and maintain one’s composure even though such events are rather frightening. The government, however, ought to impose stricter sanctions and regulations with regards to the building of stronger constructions, especially in populated urban areas.
Thank you so much for your concern, Ms Puddle.
My partner and I live in Northern Athens but the earthquake was felt here too albeit nowhere near as intense as in Larissa and Thessaloniki (the epicentre is in Northern/mainland Greece, Larissa). There have been reports of structural damages to old buildings in Elassona (within the region of Larissa) and the first 48hrs are crucial, apparently.
The intriguing aspect is that there were reports by many people the previous day that the sea level had receded to more than a metre. My parents are pensioners and reside at an island in the Aegean and they had also noticed this phenomenon. My mother was actually telling me on the phone that she and many elders of the island were concerned whether this was a imminent warning because they recalled a similar phenomenon back in the 1950s which had brought forth a devastating earthquake. Some Greek seismologists have corroborated such claims that the abrupt and abnormal decrease in the sea level could be due to various environmental factors, climate change but also a warning for a major seismic tremor.
Here in Athens, we’ve got our own “ring of fire” which is known as the Gulf of Corinth or commonly termed as the “Alyconides”. Back in 1981 (I wasn’t born yet but my eldest sister was a few months old) it released a circa 7 on the Richter scale. We’ve also got the fault near Parnitha which had released a devastating earthquake in 1999. I was a kid back then but I remember how intense that experience was.
Earthquakes are a common phenomenon here in Greece and we’ve got no other alternative but to stay calm and take the necessary precautions and listen to the scientists/seismologists.
So glad to hear you’re safe, @Myra 🤗 Thank you for sharing very interesting facts too! So in a sense your mother has kinda warned you ahead of time 👍
She reads a lot about such natural phenomenon but she always keeps an open mind since many such theories are often based on inconclusive evidence.
Hello Ms Puddle and girls!Thank you for asking and being so kind. I live far from the area too. A second earthquake happened, the situation is very bad,the living conditions are tragic for the people there.
Glad you’re safe @Hope. As you have said, however, the situation for the people living near the epicentre is critical.
Glad to hear you’re safe and sound, @Hope. Let’s hope that the government can address the issues as soon as possible by providing much needed assistance to the victims. 🙏
Pleased to know that you are safe. From what I’ve been reading online, that earthquake was massive. Fortunately, no lives have been claimed.
Hello!
It’s good to know that you are all safe. Greece is one of the most seismically active countries worldwide but at least there were no fatalities in this specific earthquake. There is a bit of concern regarding that specific region and fault line. Hopefully, the aftershocks do not incur further damage to the already structurally devastated area.
I’ve also read about that devastating earthquake in the news. I’m glad that our friends here in this forum are fine and I hope their family and friends are safe too.
My best wishes!
It’s a relief that @Fay, @Myra and @Hope are alright. The photos of the aftermath of the earthquake are alarming to say the least. Some friends of mine have family in Greece and they are really concerned.