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The year’s rain pretty unevenly distributed. Had to stop and think - when was it last not raining. Well, dry on Friday until evening and there have been brief intervals of respite since then, particularly on Sunday. But some of the heaviest rain we’ve experienced and pretty well unrelenting. The bucket J put outside the door filled up in minutes not hours. Have seen some official records of rainfall in different communities but can’t easily bend my mind around rainfall expressed as kilograms per square metre. Obviously that involves a time factor as well and am quite willing to settle for saying it’s crazy out there.
Old timers - not necessarily older than we are but those who have lived here longer - claim to have experienced worse in 2010 and 2015. Undoubtedly true, but this is stay home unless you have to go out and school cancelled tomorrow weather. Some roads have been closed. Having said which, it makes considerable difference where you live. The mayor of Girne points out that excess water in Girne (as in much of Lapta) goes into the sea, whereas in Nicosia it creates significant flooding. Two dams have overflowed and there have been some mudslides.
We’re pretty well placed. On a mountainside but with a large flat garden above us and an orchard below us. Plenty of dry land to absorb water. The road in front of us is wet but no standing water. So far no electricity outages although other communities have reported short ones. Internet a bit iffy but never quite gives up.
And we have homemade soup and pasta sauce as well as lots of reading. Actually pretty cosy.
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