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| Courtesy Gündem Kıbrıs Gaztesi |
There had been heavy rain warnings for today - but also contradictory forecasts with suggestions of 3mm rainfall. As well as the usual radar depicting us in the middle of a whirlwind. And bringing to mind the lines from The Wreck of the Julie Plante:
De win' she blow from nor'-eas'-wes,'--
De sout' win' she blow too
[William Henry Drummond, from the days before writing in a dialect other than one’s own was considered condescending].
The rain begins in the night and continues heavily most of the day. M and B had planned to leave today and take advantage of a very brief respite - as in mere drizzle - to put their things in the car and start back to South Cyprus, heading for home and a dog waiting at the kennel.
Very nearly the only break in the torrential rain as well. Even hail, although not for long. We have no power outage, although many communities, including parts of Lapta, do experience electrical failure, some of them for hours. Among the causes - a lightning strike on a transformer. We do lose internet for a couple of hours, unsurprisingly.
Happy to get a call from M in late afternoon to hear they made it home safely. Fortuitous timing on their departure, as not long after they left the Lapta Alsancak coastal road was closed due to flooding.