Tenerife Weather

[El Profesor]

The Consejería de Educación, Universidades y Sostenibilidad has announced that schools will be closed tomorrow, 4 March, in Tenerife, and in Gran Canaria, La Palma, La Gomera and El Hierro.

That is just so pathetic.
I've just been out walking the dogs ..... I can walk the dogs in a T-shirt but the kids can't go to school.
Yes I know it's windy.

Every bloody time ..... those petty officials get themselves worked up into a frenzy and close the schools.
Just in case.
I've lost count of the sunny days I've had the kids at home.
The children of Canaries - happy
The teachers - ecstatic
The politicians - nannies.
Everybody is happy with pathetic decisions like that except maybe someone who might be concerned about the general attitude to education here, someone can see the direct link it has with the ignorant depoliticised population and the unprepared workforce.
And my boy is in the run up to his GCSE's.


Every bloody time. This is what compensation culture does.
C o m p e n s a t i o n     c u l t u r e .

[Janet]

 Well this morning looks a bit battered, but Tenerife is still here! Some 7,000 have been affected by power cuts, particularly in the south-west, notably in the municipalities of Granadilla, Guía de Isora, San Miguel and Arico. Endesa says that it is working on getting everyone reconnected as soon as possible.

Fred Olsen says that its Los Cristianos ferries are inoperative, with only its Playa Blanca (Lanzarote - Corralejo (Fuerteventura) route operative in all the Canaries. The  Tenerife - Gran Canaria line is cancelled until at least 1pm depending on the sea and the Aagaete harbour. The Los Cristianos - La Gomera line is cancelled, pending developments in the situation at Los Cristianos. All La Palma routes are cancelled for the moment, but the 7pm ferry to La Palma is expected to depart if circumstances in both ports permits.
Neither TFN and TFS closed yesterday, and are again open today, though operating with some disruption. Official advice is to check all flights with individual carriers in case any are  affected.

The TF21 Teide access road from La Orotava is closed again because of ice on the carriageway, while in the south, the police say that drivers must take extreme care because of rockfalls and tree debris. In Playa de las Américas, one car has been flattened by a palm tree that was blown over onto its roof.

Aemet has kept its red alert for winds at altitude in place for today, and the government is maintaining its emergency plan status; there will be a government press conference at 11am to update further, but things really look as though this storm is now calming down and moving gradually away from us. The sea is likely to be extremely rough for some days, though, so great care is needed around the coasts. JA

edit: Just confirmed ... at its worst, gusts of an incredible 200 km/h were measured last night.

[Myrtle Hogan-Lance]

Christ!  It's only 11 degrees outside!

[El Profesor]

  Hands up who's got wet bits inside their house 

..... I can walk the dogs in a T-shirt but the kids can't go to school.

I have had this explained to me.
As I have stomped around vociferously moaning about petty bureaucrats closing everything and a lack of basic democracy some people have been kind enough to explain to me what seems very obvious to them.
- one school teacher said that the steps get slippery when it rains and the other day a child slipped over.
- one young mother said that obviously they had to close the schools because it is windy and the walls could blow over and crush innocent little children.

It's ok, I understand now.

[Janet]

The squalls of high winds and very heavy rain are set to continue this evening, but the forecast is for significant improvement tomorrow, albeit still with gusty wind and some rain. The Government is to give a press conference shortly when it is likely to announce whether schools will remain closed tomorrow. JA

[Myrtle Hogan-Lance]

Hands up who's got wet bits inside their house 

Yup.  Towels under doors and windows.  Glad the rain is set to end as I am running out of dry towels!

Hard to believe I used to walk to school in snow and ice by myself.  Good grief, something might have happened to me!

[Janet]

The Government has ended the emergency plan, and schools are open again tomorrow.

[El Profesor]

Pretty much what I posted here last Thursday.

........... heavy shit is now forming off the east coast of America and will hit us on Sunday afternoon. Monday is going to be really horrid, all day .... expect lots of alerts and advice - extremely windy day.
Then by Tuesday midday it will have cleared up nicely.

I would like everybody to know (especially NAH) that this coming weekend there will be gloriously sunny weather.

[NAH]

When we arrived in June it was colder in Tenerife than the heat wave we left behind in the UK. Even the crew of the plane laughed at us having to stay while they were flying straight back to the UK.

That's exactly what I wanted to hear EP, thanks.

[Janet]

 The Cabildo says that teams are working intensively to clear up as the storm passes now over to the eastern islands, and that they hope to get all roads passable again today. Teide access roads are closed with snow at high levels – this picture has just been released by the Cabildo.

There are reports that there has been a fairly major problem with water  supply in the Playa San Juan and Alcalá areas due to a breakage in supply pipes. I'll update if there's any more on this, but it can be assumed that they are working on it. In the same area, there has once again been damage to PSJ beach despite the restoration works that were done after previous damage with the intention to avoid precisely that which has occurred again. There will be cleanup and repair works yet again on this beach, sadly.

In Los Cristianos, the Ports Authority has reopened the harbour which returns to normality except for Naviera Armas, which can't operate because of the rough sea.JA