-- 27 YEARS AGO, Akcja Wyborcza Solidarność won the parliamentary elections. -- 44.9% OF POLES GIVE DONALD TUSK'S GOVERNMENT A GOOD RATING FOR ITS FLOOD RESPONSE - SW RESEARCH POLL FOR RP.PL: https://www.rp.pl/kleski-zywiolowe/art41167491-powodz-w-polsce-sondaz-jaka-ocene-wystawiaja-polacy-rzadowi-donalda-tuska -- "WE WILL ENSURE HOUSING FOR EVERYONE WITHOUT EXCEPTION, BUT IT'S UNDERSTANDABLE THAT IT WON'T BE THEIR OWN HOME" - GAZETA.PL REPORTS FROM THE MORNING CRISIS TEAM MEETING: The Prime Minister reminded the crisis team that in cases of extensive damage, houses "will not be ready for use in the coming weeks." - "We will ensure housing for everyone without exception, but it's understandable that it won't be their own home. I understand the reactions of people who say they don't want to move to another part of town or to another city because they are from here. We will do everything to minimize your suffering, but let's be realistic – some of you will return to your own homes later," he said. https://wiadomosci.gazeta.pl/wiadomosci/7,114883,31323594,wazne-zapewnienie-tuska-na-sztabie-kryzysowym-nie-ma-sie-co.html -- "GŁOGÓW AS WELL AS NOWA SÓL ARE IN A RATHER WORRYING STATE" - NATALIA SAWKA REPORTS IN OKO.PRESS: "IMGW Director Robert Czerniawski stated during a flood control meeting that the maximum water level on the Odra River – 710 cm – will appear in Głogów on Monday morning. He emphasized that this city, as well as Nowa Sól, are in a rather worrying state." https://oko.press/raport-powodziowy-przesiakniete-waly-kolo-wolowa-na-nadejscie-fali-szykuje-sie-lubuskie -- "WE HAVE SHEEP… WE CARRIED THEM ALL UP TO THE ATTIC IN THE BARN OURSELVES" - PIOTR SOBIK'S REPORTAGE IN OKO.PRESS: "We have sheep… We carried them all up to the attic in the barn ourselves. Can you imagine carrying a hundred-kilogram animal through those narrow and steep doors? I'll show you. Kaziu, Lepie! They are over there! They won't come out, they are scared," says Agata. -- "THE INFORMATION ABOUT THE EVACUATION IS A JOKE. THEY MUST HAVE KNOWN EARLIER WHAT COULD HAPPEN" - A RESIDENT OF THE FLOODED AREA FURTHER IN SOBIK'S REPORTAGE IN OKO.PRESS: "The information about the evacuation is a joke. They must have known earlier what could happen. There was no one, they've only started rushing here now, when the catastrophe has already occurred. I don't understand, why did we lose signal, internet? In my personal opinion, something is not right here." https://oko.press/chlopaki-ze-smiglowca-mowili-czekalismy-na-rozkaz-a-on-przyszedl-jak-juz-byla-tragedia-stronie-slaskie -- "TUSK ASSUMES THAT WITHOUT SUCH PERSONAL INTERVENTION, HIS SUBORDINATES WOULD HAVE COMPLETELY MESSED UP THE ENTIRE OPERATION" - ANDRZEJ STANKIEWICZ ON ONET.PL: "In reality, the Prime Minister has no choice. He must take responsibility for the flood because he does not believe in the efficiency of state institutions and the competence of the people who lead them. He assumes that without such personal intervention, his subordinates would have spectacularly botched the entire operation, leaving him with political problems. This is why crisis team meetings from Lower Silesia are broadcast twice a day, where Tusk expresses surprise and anger at his subordinates' reports; he points his finger at them, but can also praise them." -- "HE IS SURROUNDED BY MINISTERS OF MINIMAL EXPERIENCE, GAWKOWSKI DOESN'T APPEAR AT THE MEETINGS AT ALL" - STANKIEWICZ FURTHER ON ONET.PL: "He is surrounded by ministers of minimal experience. The Minister of Climate, Paulina Hennig-Kloska, spouts nonsense about arranging preferential loans for flood victims. The Minister of Infrastructure, Dariusz Klimczak, looks very scared. The Minister of Digitization, Krzysztof Gawkowski, does not appear at the meetings at all." -- "TUSK KNOWS THAT ONE CANNOT POLITICALLY WIN A FLOOD. BUT ONE CAN AVOID LOSING IT" - STANKIEWICZ FURTHER: "One cannot politically win a flood. Something will always go wrong, the media will find people who have lost their life's work, and their moving stories are simultaneously an indictment of the authorities. But Tusk also knows that one can avoid politically losing a flood." -- "ONE THING IS CERTAIN: POST-FLOOD POLLS WILL BE CRUCIAL IN TUSK'S DECISION-MAKING, SHOULD HE SECRETLY HARBOR AMBITIONS FOR THE PRESIDENCY" - STANKIEWICZ'S CONCLUSION. https://www.onet.pl/informacje/newsweek/koziol-ofiarny-tuska-musi-zrzec-sie-euromandatu/8jm3dex,452ad802 -- "THE RECOVERY OF LOWER SILESIA FROM THE DESTRUCTION WILL TAKE YEARS" - MARSHAL OF LOWER SILESIA IN AN INTERVIEW WITH KAMILA BARANOWSKA ON INTERIA.PL: "- It will take years to restore everything to its pre-flood state," he says. "Clearing infrastructure, rebuilding bridges, some municipalities are in a truly terrible state, 'plowed over,' houses mixed with rubble, wood, to such an extent that sometimes you don't know where to start," he says. https://wydarzenia.interia.pl/kraj/news-sytuacja-jak-po-wybuchu-bomby-marszalek-nie-ma-dobrych-infor,nId,7820314 -- "WILL ANYONE HOLD THE ECOLOGISTS ACCOUNTABLE AFTER THE FLOOD? AND FOR WHAT?" - PIOTR ZAREMBA ON INTERIA.PL: "In the context of the flood, the issue of the influence of ecologists on Polish investments is strongly highlighted. Deputy Minister Urszula Zielińska is like a child lost in the fog, not for the first time. But are there interests hidden behind the backs of dogmatists like her?" -- "UNFORTUNATELY, IT LOOKS LIKE KINO LUNA WILL NOT RESUME OPERATIONS SOON" - MICHAŁ WOJTCZUK IN GAZETA WYBORCZA: "This is a disastrous year for Warsaw cinemas. In August, the Multikino multiplex in Ursynów was closed. The property was taken over by a developer, and the equipment has already been removed from the cinema. The building awaits demolition. Let's hope Kino Luna does not meet the same fate." https://warszawa.wyborcza.pl/warszawa/7,54420,31321248,po-cichu-umarlo-znane-kino-w-warszawie.html -- BIRTHDAYS: Jan Olbrycht, Tadeusz Jarmuziewicz, Waldemar Buda. SUNDAY: Michał Jach, Katarzyna Maria Piekarska, Jakub Górnicki, Michał Sznajder, Mirosława Nykiel, Elżbieta Stępień.