Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2019/09/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I had read the reports of extreme rain events in eastern Spain but when the location came up in the story I realized that the worst was east of you. Hopefully the rain was more useful than the damages that the rain caused. On Mon, Sep 16, 2019 at 12:30 AM Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote: > While I was in Bratislava last week, my part of Spain was drenched in > torrential rain and lashed by high winds. The areas south of Alicante, like > Orihuela or Almorad?, are really badly affected, with heavy flooding and > significant damage, similar to what you see in the aftermath of a > hurricane. We live to the north of the city and due to the topography in > our area, the rain basically just ran off into the sea; in some mountain > villages there were flash floods but here on the coast there was just a bit > of mess on the beach. I went for a walk on Saturday morning to have a look. > > The beach promenade had been closed as a precaution. I have no idea to > what extent the warnings had been followed. I can imagine that some > windsurfers might have wanted to take advantage of the wind: > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-946jSXr/A > > Certainly the wind rearranged the beach a bit. This is the access ramp for > wheelchair users: > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-TLWF7xw/A > > The wind was still blowing strongly, from the sea: > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-MwkwRfZ/A > > And there was some beach erosion: > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-mFHqX2w/A > > So overall, we got off extremely easy here in El Campello. And the wind > that was still blowing strongly on Saturday morning meant that when I took > my bike ride inland later in the day, I had a nice strong tailwind while > climbing the hills towards Aig?es?so no complaints here. > > Cheers, > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/> > http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws < > http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ < > http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/> > > Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator < > http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator> > > YNWA > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- Don don.dory at gmail.com