I could see it coming - a whopper of a storm. The previous night's storm was mainly electrical; much thunder and lightning, not much rain. As the clouds deepened and darkened, I put the tripod out onto the balcony at the front of the house to catch the storm as it happened.
Below: the storm (
nawałnica - 'squall' or 'cloudburst') at its maximum intensity. The Yaris's alarm has been set off by the thunder as it passed overhead. Lightning flash - BOOM! Thunder followed before I could count to one. The wind was ferocious. I have never seen such volumes of water coming down from the heavens, nor accompanied by such winds. Note the water level - up to the top of the Yaris's rear tyre, entirely flooding the front garden.
Below: the storm has passed. It lasted less than two hours. The drive and front garden are under five inches (13 cm) of water. The ground in any case was pretty much waterlogged as a result of May's abnormally high rainfalls following the winter's abnormally high snowfalls.
Soon after the above photo was taken, the lights went out and would remain out for the next 36 hours. The Corpus Christi storm of 2010 will go down in folk memory of Jeziorki's inhabitants, as we shall see from the next post.
Below: the storm (nawałnica - 'squall' or 'cloudburst') at its maximum intensity. The Yaris's alarm has been set off by the thunder as it passed overhead. Lightning flash - BOOM! Thunder followed before I could count to one. The wind was ferocious. I have never seen such volumes of water coming down from the heavens, nor accompanied by such winds. Note the water level - up to the top of the Yaris's rear tyre, entirely flooding the front garden.
Below: the storm has passed. It lasted less than two hours. The drive and front garden are under five inches (13 cm) of water. The ground in any case was pretty much waterlogged as a result of May's abnormally high rainfalls following the winter's abnormally high snowfalls.
Soon after the above photo was taken, the lights went out and would remain out for the next 36 hours. The Corpus Christi storm of 2010 will go down in folk memory of Jeziorki's inhabitants, as we shall see from the next post.
Electricity outage - now there's the explanation of considerable lag between the storm and its coverage. I hope your ner car wasn't damaged. In In Piaseczno hundreds of cars have been under water up to the roofs in underground garages. When the planning permission was given nobody expected the abnormal rainfalls.
ReplyDeleteI hope your new car has not been damaged by the water.
Looking forward to the next posting... I'd like to the Puławska river from its western bank :)