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Mayor Lefteris Papakalodoukas supervising the post storm clean up in Lieni. |
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The Agia Marina carved a new path for itself through the Pedi Valley. |
It has been
quite an exciting week on Symi, weather wise at any rate. On Tuesday night there was a big thunderstorm
and lightning struck the masts at the top of the Vigla, knocking out the WIND
Hellas 3G mast, most of the local television channels and sending the remaining
mobile phone network off into random roaming.
On Wednesday it looked as though the worst was over but the clouds
rallied in late afternoon and we had a veritable deluge of 55 millimetres of
rain in less than 2 hours on Wednesday evening.
Water courses that had not flowed in years came down in spate, walls
collapsed, rock falls blocked the roads and tons of topsoil washed into the
sea. All credit to the town hall that at
11 pm on Wednesday night, once the rain had abated, we could hear bulldozers
working on the road above us and the municipal bobcat was still at work,
systematically clearing rubble all day Thursday, tidying up and setting the
island to rights. Fortunately the next
rain is only expected to reach us late next week and it is unlikely to be so
heavy so there is time for us all to dry off and tidy up. The
mobile phone/3G network is still in disarray and is likely to remain so until
all the necessary spares arrive.
Have a good
weekend.
Regards,
Adriana
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In the spring this field is where the lambs are fattened for Easter. |
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A cheerful sign - Christmas stars have been put up on the lamp posts in the harbour. |
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The Diagoras - Symi's winter life line. |
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Cyclamens and moss growing between the steps. |
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Drying carpets |
And I thought that Somerset was the only area to get flooding. Well done, Mayor Lefteris but where's your bucket?