Barrio Caimito (which is elevated) just got socked with a 50 mile-an-hour (or greater) gust of wind (my estimate because at my house, it knocked down large branches, while at my neighbor's it knocked down at least two trees). After I cleared the branches with a machete in order to get my car out the driveway, I went on the road to check out the barrio to see the extent of the damage (I wouldn't recommend it to anyone). The road to Barrio Tomé is impassable because trees are blocking it. I saw children being picked up at an elementary school in a driving rain not too far from where a creek was swelling up rapidly and a tree was leaning on power lines. These are NOT the conditions any parent would want their child to be in. Somebody in the government was asleep at the wheel on this one!
I'll try to get back on-line if I still have current when I finish. "Beware of the man who does not talk, and the dog that does not bark." Cheyenne
Be well. The fact is that what we're experiencing right now is a top-down disaster. -Paul Krugman
Nowhere near as bad, but very strange, Der Weser began to overflow it's banks about an hour ago as i was walking by. Caught me by surprise. Normal in winter, up to two meters higher. But very rare in August. Ongoing.
(Perhaps you can make out the Weserstadion in the background, though you can't see it's covered in photovoltaics all aound.) "Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." - Anaïs Nin
Stay safe! Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin
