When it rains on Symi… But first: You’ll be on the edge of your seat to hear about the duvet delivery and I can tell you today that ‘my (own personal) Hermes’ tells me that the package is now collected (18.40 21st) and at 01.37 on 22nd, was on its way having been sorted at the National hub. I wonder where that might be? Where would the hub of Great Britain actually lie? Probably somewhere near Birmingham and I don’t know why I say that, it just feels right.
Anyway… Sometimes, when it rains on Symi it really rains on Symi. And the first real rain after a long hot summer results in the surface dust and soil being washed down the hills and into the sea. There’s always a certain amount of top soil washed away but when you get as much rain as we did on Wednesday, and after a long dry spell (one small storm aside) you can expect to see the sea change colour. So, today’s photos will give you an idea of how the sea changes when the rains hit. The sea in Yialos was, at one point, chocolate brown.
We did some mopping up after the storm. Half our towel supply was used to catch drips that came in under the windows before we managed to shut the shutters and, as we had the balcony doors open for photos, we also had some splashes come in there. The offices now smell a bit damp as we had to have the washing in there overnight and some rain had come in through the windows as the wind was driving in that direction, but compared to the old house, we got off lightly. Our landlord rushed across to see us after things died down to make sure we were okay and had remembered to unplug the flower pots from the hole in the wall that drains the courtyard. He’d not seen the water flowing out that way from his view across the road and was worried that we might have forgotten and thus had the house flooded (as would have happened had we been away and not unplugged the pots. Note: leave flower pots out of the hole in the wall when going away).
Another thing to remember to do, when you live around here, when you are going away – or when a storm is coming in – is to unplug everything else. On Wednesday we were constantly unplugging the phone line, the router, the PCs, the TV, just in case… It does interrupt work, though the laptops run for four hours on battery, but it must be done. Also when we go out and the weather looks doubtful, just in case. You don’t want to be under one of these when they come in to land:
I cut that from a video I made on my underwater camera during the storm. If you want to get a feel for how things can be on Symi in the winter, then take a look at this one too.
And a couple more photos…
