[Leica] Nathan's PAD 14/9/2019: after the storm

[Tina Manley]

It sounds like you were lucky this time.  My son in Charleston had similar
scenes after Dorian.  They were lucky, too.

I hope your luck holds!!

Tina

On Mon, Sep 16, 2019 at 1:30 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 Almoradí, 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.
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> 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
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> 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
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> The wind was still blowing strongly, from the sea:
> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-MwkwRfZ/A
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> And there was some beach erosion:
> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-mFHqX2w/A
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> 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 Aigües—so no complaints here.
>
> Cheers,
> Nathan
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> Nathan Wajsman
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> Alicante, Spain
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