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| The quay side from where we row. The (closed) car park on the left. |
Those of you who have ever visited my adopted hometown of Haugesund, may remember to have seen the quay-side. Pepperfly especially should, since she went on a rowing trip with me and several others, my very first year here.
Regarding that rowing, those row boats are awfully difficult to get in and out of. In was a case of hoping I would get to the right spot and out of was a case of several of my strong male colleagues hauling me out!
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| Some of the sandbags were still there. |
Today that would not have been necessary. Today I could have just walked right in from the quay to the boat. Perhaps a ten centimeter drop? Perhaps a bit more? But nowhere near the meter it usually is at high tide.
Today was extra high tide or spring tide. Which meant the water was extra high. One hotel (the one my brother and his family stayed at when they were over here) had sandbags in front of the place. Just in case! And the car park where he parked and where we would get in our row boats: closed! Just in case.
Apparently it didn't quite come up. The water that is. But it was quite impressive to see nonetheless.
For the moment we have real panic makers as weatherman ! Storm, flood, snow and -10° announced ! It doesn't look like yet.
ReplyDeleteHa! Ja, ik dacht al: bekende plek, maar wat staat dat water hoog! Hier nu (ook) een boel nattigheid uit de hemel. Sneeuw is (weer) voorspeld voor later op de avond. We gaan het zien...
ReplyDeleteHier voor zaterdag. Ik hoop het. Niemand anders, maar ik wel!
DeleteIk hoop voor jou met je mee! Hier is het inderdaad weer begonnen met sneeuwen. Alles aardig wit!
DeleteThere been time along the banks of Kootenai river they had to use sandbags.
ReplyDeleteCoffee is on
Ms Oswin I loved seeing you sitting up so pretty on the comfy bed yesterday. Our weather man here is a freak about any kind of extreme weather.
ReplyDeleteHugs madi your bfff
Our earth is so very interesting. The way the tides move about and all.
ReplyDeleteWe have quite a tidal difference apparently and we're not as high as other parts of the Norwegian coast, so any high water does seem higher here than it might do in other places.
DeleteWater. WATER EVERYWHERE...
ReplyDeleteFlooding must be an awful experience. A number of places in England are expected to be flooded tonight. Let us hope the weather forecasters have got it wrong although the snow has now arrived.
ReplyDeleteFloods are scary things!! We don't have a lot of water around here.
ReplyDeleteYour Pals,
Murphy & Stanley
Fortunately I live up on a hill, so I shouldn't have any troubles getting flooded.
DeleteWe call 'em KING tides in Australia. I love king tides. All the waterways and the ocean look so beautiful but can be scary if the weather is bad at the same time and flooding occurs.
ReplyDeleteYesterday there were some fierce winds to start with, but fortunately it didn't get any worse. And no flooding at all in town.
DeleteThat is interesting. You mention it is from high tide so does that happen often?
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