Here, it’s been a little stormy these past few days while in other parts of Greece, mainly the Cyclades… I saw some of the news last night with videos of cars being washed down streets, rivers of mud-coloured water across Mykonos, Paros and over in Patmos, where they must have had masses of rain. There was a traffic ban on Mykonos, and even here on Symi, and in Rhodes, schools will be closed today. Students will be taught via video camera, but as pupils are not allowed to turn their cameras on, I know of at least a couple who will be playing the Xbox while occasionally turning a page and saying, ‘Yes, Miss.’
That was the dull view from the roof yesterday and today is not much better. We have red dust/Sahara sand in our courtyard by the dune-full, the porch is awash because the roof there leaks and I can’t find out why, and every shutter bar no is closed. I was woken by thunder this morning, but it looks like all that has passed over now, and the Poseidon weather channel shows everything calming down for us today, and remaining damp, cloudy, but not so windy. Some friends were travelling from Rhodes last night, but the plane was cancelled, so they should have taken off at 6.00 this morning after being put up in a hotel for the night. The Sebeco was due to start its schedule today, but that’s not going anywhere, not today at least.
And that’s the weather update from my desk, where, outside, the wind has just stopped in a sudden, but eerie fashion, and I can only hear the rain dripping from the guttering. I have to wonder what the weather holds in store for us next.
