The DANA which devastated the Mediterranean coast of the Iberian Peninsula has existed for a week. Seven days during which the inhabitants of the affected towns had to survive without running water, without hot food, without school for the children, without being able to go to work or without something as basic as being able to close the door. Seven days of a real nightmare which, until now, has cost 217 lives.
María José, a resident of Massanassa, remains dismayed since losing her house a week ago: “It’s just that I can’t even speakthe kitchen, we have nothing left either.” Necessities as basic as eating a dish with a spoon are still complicated in Llocnou: “I’ll come over this evening with some hot food.”a volunteer assured the neighbors.
In Montroy, water still does not come out of the taps. The neighbors must come with jugs to get drinking water from a tanker: “There is no water, you have to use it for cleaning, cooking, everything,” the neighbors commented.
Light is the only thing that intermittentlyreaches many communities. For this reason, the neighbors have to make do as best they can: “Well, with candles at night and during the day, without listening to television, without hearing anything,” says a neighbor. Because actions as ordinary as charging a phone have become an odyssey: “We had to go to Valencia to be able to recharge our cell phones”one girl commented.
In one of the Ground Zero towns, Paiporta, life is completely different than it was just a week ago. Manuel indicated that “I don’t have Internet, I can’t work, “I can’t get out, the water has washed away my two vehicles.”. The situation of Elena’s father, who was without your medication for a chronic illness: “My father needs insulin daily three or four times a day, and I have been looking for it since last week.”
Anabel’s husband is also surviving without his rheumatism medication: “I only know that he hasn’t taken his medication since the flood, “without being able to sleep at night”she confirmed.
There are no doctors either. and although some populations have resumed classes in schools, many students cannot attend: “I I can’t go there now.”a boy said.
But there are also those They persist, even blindly. This is the case of Pepe, who for a week has been repairing his glasses with adhesive tape to be able to communicate with his family: “As I can’t see, I have to wear these glasses to be able to read and When they break I have the tape here and I put a little more on it.. With this, I can read my cell phone.”
Because something that weighs a lot after a week, as Jenifer commented, is not being able to be with her daughters and her family: “I abandoned them a little, I’m stuck here all day, in the house trying to fix this.”. A feeling of loss that after seven days is unbearable.
