The Rainbomb
The
day before we came back to Le Ripe there was an extremely violent storm which
dumped massive quantities of water in only about 30 minutes. In Firenze they
called it a ‘rainbomb’....Our local restaurant was flooded out momentarily and other
houses were flooded from the hill behind. Le Ripe buildings and surrounds were
fine, but our road and drive suffered...
This
is the first stream upon entering our drive: see how the road has eroded
dramatically on the right: the pipe was blocked by very
heavy stones washed down by the torrential rain; all
the water was flowing over the drive, like a river.
The second photo is of the road below our neighbours' cypresses: there is now a deep furrow and a good part of the road
material has been washed down the hill or to the side...The metal
channels we had put in would have been insufficient in such a downpour although most
of them were clear.
Such rainstorms are rare but they
happen...and maybe they will be more frequent thanks to climate change etc...
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