Aibu to worry about dd going on hol with dad to Cyprus

[Holdupman]

Due to current heatwave and risk of fire ??

Did you have issues with her going away with her dad - before the fires (in a different country?) I’m guessing yes.

I'm obviously not comparing my experience to the current one in Rhodes! I would not be travelling to Rhodes at the moment.
I'm just trying to re-assure the OP that fires happen very frequently and you do not need to cancel a holiday because of it. The are hardly ever reported.

There’s also British military bases in Cyprus, I would like to think they would help Brits getting stuck there if was a disaster like in Rhodes currently

YABU - her father can decide if the holiday goes ahead or not, is he not capable of doing his own risk assessments?

Fires in that side do the world is a regular occurrence, they happen most years.

Yanbu to worry about the heat..it is extremely hot here in cyprus at the moment, and next week we have another heatwave rolling in. If your ex is not prepared to stay out of the sun from 11-4, make sure your daughter drinks plenty of water and wears sunscreen when she is in the sun, then maybe this isn't the place for her. YABU to cancel a holiday in august to europe as we are all cooking under the same heatwave.

Isn’t it up to him as it’s his holiday?

I wouldn’t make him cancel

I would not cancel a much anticipated summer holiday for me. So I would not make anyone else cancel. Of course you worry about your daughter. That’s understandable. But you cannot stop them going.

Cyprus being a large island I would not consider cancelling.

My dsis lives in Greece, there's always a risk of wildfires, more so when there's a heatwave.
In dry hot countries wildfires are a real risk.
I wouldn't cancel but I'd take precautions, we're off to Greece in a couple of weeks and I've been following the news about Rhodes, so I aim to take sensible precautions.
Is dd ddad reckless? He's surely not going to do anything to put your dd at risk.
Plus he must have seen some of the news stories, forewarned is forearmed.
Hopefully the heatwave will be over soon.
I'd be worried but I wouldn't make them cancel

Worrying is normal you can't do anything about it though

How would you feel.if he cancelled your holidsy?
Or is it only you who.is allowed to cancel.holidays 🙄

I wouldn't worry overly or cancel. As others have said, wildfires in Southern/Mediterranean Europe are very common in summer. It looks to me like the fires in Rhodes are getting more coverage simply because they are in a location that is full of tourists.

For context my sister lives in Portugal but a little way inland and not in a touristy area. They have multiple massive fires EVERY year across the entire country - it's just part of life there. A couple of years ago my sister, family and pets were all packed up, watching as the fires slowly came over the hill onto their land - if the wind had picked up in their direction they were ready and waiting to jump in their jeep and abandon their home. Thankfully that didn't happen but friends and neighbours in and around the nearby villages lost everything (including some deaths). I remember when I was a teenager living in the Monchique mountains in the Algarve doing the same - watching from our house all packed and ready to drive - it didn't reach us but hectares and hectares of land, farms, homes were destroyed, all around us was a blackened wasteland. There's never much if any coverage in the British media, as the fires rarely go anywhere that would affect British tourists on a major scale.

Rhodes isn't even anywhere near Cyprus - I really doubt that the risk is any greater than usual and would absolutely let your DD go and have a lovely holiday! The main concern at the moment would be sunburn/sun stroke tbh so plenty of shade, water and sunscreen!

He is an adult with parental responsibility.
How would you feel if he cancelled your holiday with your child?

OP I would be worried about my DC going to a foreign country without me let alone without the fear mongering in the news, however, this is your anxiety to manage. There are risks of wildfires every year in hot countries, yes it's in the news because of Rhodes (which is awful) but this is an entirely different country.

I know my ex would take care and protect my children if a situation did occur. I think you have to leave this to DC dad to make the call.

I just got back from Corfu - it’s nowhere near as hot as some of the other places mentioned, only in the mid 30s. It was lovely, I’m sure they’ll have a fab time.

My dd has just had a week in Corfu. It was hot but she survived. She cannot handle the heat either.

Mind you she is 23.

I'm just back from Tuscany. It felt exactly like July in Italy always does. You take normal precautions.

I live in Cyprus and this summer feels no different to any other except we got our August weather a bit early.

Every year we have risk of wildfires, it's nothing new.
The last big one we had a couple of years ago was nowhere near any tourist areas.

As PP said, we have UK military here to help if anything happens.

Plus a good fire service, Civil Defence, and a British High Commission to assist Brits abroad in the unlikely event.

It’s normal in Cyprus. My inlaws are there now.

Cyprus is 300 miles from Rhodes. Do you avoid driving your car because there was a crash in the next city?

just got back from Corfu - it’s nowhere near as hot as some of the other places mentioned, only in the mid 30s. It was lovely, I’m sure they’ll have a fab time.

We're off to Corfu in a few weeks, I've been checking daily temperatures. It looks lovely, no hotter than when we've been to places like Majorca and Portugal at this time of year. OP I would be more worried if your dd was off to somewhere like mainland Greece or Rhodes.

Ozgirl75 · Today 10:00
YourSpleenIsDamp · Today 01:42

Me too - mine are off to Corfu with their dad next week. Hugs OP xx
I just got back from Corfu - it’s nowhere near as hot as some of the other places mentioned, only in the mid 30s. It was lovely, I’m sure they’ll have a fab time”

Glad you had a great time but to say only mid-30s and looking at your name, I guess you’re accustomed to high temperatures. We don’t know how old OP’s daughter is. I wouldn’t take a very young child from the UK to anywhere with those temperatures, many just couldn’t cope.

I am I’m terrified. This year my dog died and my mum has been seriously unwell so I feel very uneasy at the moment anyway and now I’m just terrified my dd will be out there and trapped like those poor people in Greece

Dd is 13 and has severe asthma

If it could take my dd’s life then yes