English
Hello friends! I hope you are all well.
After 6 days of heavy rain, on the 30th of November the sky fell over Santa Catarina.
Only today, a few days later, is it possible for me to sit down to write.
That day started with much more rain than the previous days.
I was taking pictures of people with umbrellas from the window of my house.
At the end of the afternoon, the streets already showed a sheet of running water.
At the beginning of the night everything overflowed.
The water entered the houses and dragged everything away.
I only managed to grab my backpack with the photographic equipment and cross the street in waist-deep water to a higher house where I was welcomed.
I lost everything. It was the most heard phrase the next morning.
With the sunlight it was possible to see the size of the damage.
The streets were rivers of mud and garbage, driftwood and cars and floating animals.
Luckily the rain gave a break for the waters to go down and with the sun at full power trying to recover something.
Personally, the most painful loss was my hard drives containing all my original photographic files (including backups).
I've already received donations of clothes and other things, but my story as a photographer has disappeared under water.
Now just on the memory card in my head.
Despite all this, in the midst of all this, I took some photographs to document it.
These are the ones I selected today.
There is no art here, no beauty.
Just the document of yet another tragedy.
There were dead and missing people until today.
And the rain came back hard after 2 days of truce.
Thank you for your attention, stay well, enjoy every moment and until next time.
Portugues
Olá amigos! Espero que estejam todos bem.
Depois de 6 dias de chuvas intensas, dia 30 de novembro o céu caiu sobre Santa Catarina.
Só hoje, alguns dias depois, que me é possível sentar para escrever.
Aquele dia começou com muito mais chuva que nos dias prévios.
Eu fiquei fazendo fotos das pessoas com guarda-chuva desde a janela da minha casa.
No final da tarde as ruas já mostravam uma lâmina de agua correndo.
No começo da noite todo transbordou.
A água entrou nas casas e arrastou tudo.
Eu só consegui pegar minha mochila com o equipamento fotográfico e atravessar a rua com água na cintura até uma casa mais alta onde fui acolhido.
Perdi tudo. Foi a frase mais ouvida na manhã seguinte.
Com a luz do sol foi possível ver o tamanho do estrago.
As ruas eram rios de lama e lixo, madeiras e carros arrastados e animais boiando.
Por sorte a chuva deu uma trégua para as aguas baixarem e com o sol a pleno poder tentar recuperar alguma coisa.
Pessoalmente, a mais dolorosa das perdas, foi a dos meus HDs contendo todos os meus arquivos fotográficos originais(incluindo backups).
Já recebi doações de roupa e outras coisas, mas minha história como fotógrafo desapareceu na água.
Agora só no memory card da minha cabeça.
Apesar ďe tudo, no meio de tudo isto, fez algumas fotografias para documentar.
São as que selecionei hoje.
Não há arte aqui, nem beleza.
Só o documento de mais uma tragédia.
Houve mortos e gente desaparecida até hoje.
E a chuva voltou com força depois de 2 dias de trégua.
Obrigado pela atenção, fiquem bem, aproveitem cada momento e até a próxima.
Wow, i am devastated to hear about this. I have lost my photo archives more than once but never in such a tragic way. That would be the least of concerns. My prayers are with you guys!
Thanks so much for your words my friend. I agrre with you, lost my archives is the least of my concerns. There are many people in a worts situation. This is a neighborhood of poor people with limited resources and no support from the state. It's gonna be hard but people help each other. Soon we will stand up again.
Obrigado por promover a Língua Portuguesa em suas postagens.
Vamos seguir fortalecendo a comunidade lusófona dentro da Hive.
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