Tenerife Weather

[Myrtle Hogan-Lance]

One thing had a lucky escape from the weather. About half an hour ago I heard a bird calling from the garden. Not being a usual call I went for a look and found a very wet, cold and tired Budgerigar. Its presently in a shoe box lined with a clean duster to keep it warm. Tomorrow the search for the owner begins!

On behalf of Papa Frank, having been duly deputised, Bless you my child.  Well done Guanche.

Sheet lightning here for the past hour or so.  I just noticed the weirdest thing - my hob has collected water, including a good puddle in my frying pan.  All I can think is that rain water entered through the cooker hood via the vent pipe.  Is that even possible?? 

Yes Nova I think so.  You need to get out a torch or something and you'll find out where it is coming from.


Chez nous:  93.36mm and counting........

[Janet]

well our drain just outside the kitchen door just wasn't able to keep up with the downpour so we've spent the last half hour baling out the kitchen ... 

[El Profesor]

And the drain off my roof got blocked with leaves and the roof area filled up with 40cm of water and the house has collapsed under the weight . . . . no, not really, because I realized when it was only 20 cm deep and went up in my swimming costume and unblocked it.
So I'm feeling really good about saving the house 

[Janet]

 The Government has confirmed that the red alert will be downgraded from midnight, as expected, to orange. The weather system is still with us, but the worst seems to be over. In Tenerife North airport, a flight from La Palma, flight number NT169, skidded on the runway closing the airport for a while. All is now getting back to normal, and the 51 passengers and 4 crew on board were unharmed. Just to confirm, again, the Canarian Government has confirmed that schools are open tomorrow. It is possible that some schools will decide to remain closed because of specific local conditions or damage suffered today, but that will be an individual decision and any schools making this decision will notify the affected parents directly. JA

edit: and a convent in La Laguna was struck by lightning ...  (link)

[Janet]

The Government has changed its mind about opening schools tomorrow after Aemet extended the red alert for Tenerife for continued adverse weather conditions until 9am tomorrow (Thursday) morning, and the Tenerife Cabildo advised that it couldn't guarantee the state of the roads in this island. Despite the late hour, the announcement has been made that schools will after all remain closed on Thursday, 12 December. Schools will reopen tomorrow as the Government originally advised, but they will stay closed in Tenerife.

JA

[Perikles]

and a convent in La Laguna was struck by lightning ...

Why was Zeus angry with the nuns? Doesn't make sense.

[Janet]

As of 9am, the red alert was indeed reduced to orange, and it will be reduced still further to yellow at midday. As things stand, that yellow alert will itself be lifted at midnight, leaving Friday with no alert at all. Fingers crossed. JA

[Myrtle Hogan-Lance]

Yesterday we got 94.2mm and today we are up to 32.1 and it is just after 09.30.  Getting sick of this.

[Nova]

Still bucketing down here and we have no electricity. Just sitting around in the office fiddling with our mobiles....

[Myrtle Hogan-Lance]

Hope it's fully charged Nova.