Just a short, and very uninspired, weather update:
We’ve had so much rain over the last four days or so, that some dikes (not the lesbians, but the embankments of earth and rock built to prevent floods) are on the point of breaking through. And since the Netherlands are not called the NETHER lands for nothing, for the most part our country actually lies below sea level and only our dikes (no, not the lesbians, although I’m not saying they won’t come to the rescue if needed) are keeping us from drowning, these are exciting times.
Also, there’s currently a Code Orange in place for our part of the country, because of the North-Westerly storm.
I haven’t had much sleep last night. Our house is surrounded by trees and the wind was blowing so hard that it sounded like we were continuously about to be hit by oncoming trains. Or by falling trees.
When they give us a Code Red, we’re all about to die.
Or maybe not.
Fortunately it looks like the weather will calm down. Apparently we’ll not be getting much more rain and the storm will ease after tonight. Phew.
Hope the weather is better at your end of the world.
Hope all remains (relatively) dry for you. That is to say, I hope your dikes (no, not the lesbians, although I wish them well, also) stay strong.
ReplyDeleteHope the dikes hold tight. Your weather sounds awful. If there's a Code Red get out as quick as you can. Wishing you calmer weather soon.
ReplyDeleteThanks for clearing that up about the dikes.
ReplyDeleteSo far I've visited a blogger friend in the New Forest, England, another in Scotland and now you and all of your blogs are about the wild weather that the UK and Europe are having. Here, warm, in the 60s, sunny and calm. I think you're having the winter that is bypassing North Carolina.
ReplyDeleteMother Nature is so unpredictable and scary. Thinking of you and the horses and pets.
ReplyDeleteThank god the weather is easing and you and the dikes (yes, the lesbians) will be ok. Scary stuff living in the nether regions with dikes (embankments of earth and rock AND lesbians). ;)
ReplyDeleteYikes! Doesn't sound boring in the least - on the contrary, it all sounds far, far too exciting!
ReplyDeleteI hope the dykes (English spelling for both the ditches and the lesbians) will hold and you don't go to code red!
We had ferocious winds and some pretty ferocious (if short lived) rainstorms a couple of days ago, but it's all calm and sunny here now. Hope it's all settled down over your side of the water, too!
In the interest of keeping it friendly I won't even mention the weather we've had here, other than it has been unseasonal.
ReplyDeleteWe don't call them (the earth embankments) dikes... at least not in polite company... they're called levees here and they're in pretty bad shape (something about ground squirrels).
La Nina down here which means rain, cool ...only 2 days of decent sunshine this summer and we're bang in the middle of it. Oh I empathise with the trees. I'm surrounded by the monsters and they shed and break all the time. Frankly, I'd like one to fall on my house (while I'm not in it) and justify a complete insurance makeover. Don't fret pet...the snow will be upon you before you know it.
ReplyDeleteI hope all remains calm in your world now. We've had ferocious winds and tearing rain but are not in danger of flooding - apart from the back garden, but that's a different story.
ReplyDeleteHave you all got your fingers ready to put in the dykes? (No, not the . . . )
So, did you keep it dry?
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