I know a lot of you envy my living in Italy. Last week we had some very un-Italian weather, we had no electric for 30 hours - others in our village were cut off for 6 days. The railway line is unusable - an entire embankment has been washed away and the lines are hanging in mid-air. Many roads are still closed due to the risk of avalanches and mudslides.
The firies have put together a video of images from their duties over the week - the majority here are volunteers as are many of the ambulance crews. The party you see at the end with cake and pizza is in our village - when they were all called back to base because it was too dangerous even for them to go out.
Yes I know what you mean about people thinking living abroad is all sunshine and roses but it’s not, I too have lived abroad.
Let’s hope you don’t get anymore problems xx
I bet they didn't get much sleep. The landslides look really scary. It's actually made me feel cold. I hope you managed to stock up on food in case it starts again. 🏔️❄️
Ps. Is that the Italian version of the chuckle brothers near the bottom of the photos.
Glad it's not just me , when it's cold I try to avoid films with snow in them as I do weirdly feel colder.
I also feel my vertigo watching things like World's Most Dangerous Roads , goodness knows why my hubby bought me Gravity as a present , the girls thought it was hilarious , even the trailer made my stomach swirl.
' Death in Paradise ' is a series I watch to warm up!
There was a swoopy drone over cliff caught me by surprise the other day and I nearly fell backs trying to lean away from it. That another thi g I gave noticed my startle reflex(?) is very sensitive now. 😜🧗♀️
Yes... But also Peripheral vision. I keep jumping if something catches my eye. Scared the dog to death jumping and screaming when she sidled up to me the other day.😂😂😂
I actually think they are sweet and if they weren't full of fleas, potential disease and urinating everywhere as no bladder, they could stay behind the walls when the weather's bad. The house next door was empty for 4 years which started the problem! Wire wool has helped block most of the entry points.
Early winter then? We have a cabin in the mountains and when we get snowed in I get serious “cabin fever”. How do you deal with that? I’m headed up there next week and hope the weather cooperates because I have a really hard time if I’m stuck inside more than a day.
It is still autumn really - it is unheard of to have snow down this low this soon and haven't had any at all before xmas for the last 4 years! We had 7 Mediterranean low pressures one after the other with only a day between each pair with the snow falling onto already saturated ground after having a months worth of rain in the first week of November.
It doesn't bother me being stuck inside in bad weather, we have so little of it. I had the computer the first day without electric but it hadn't been fully charged so only about 7 hours. So I was reduced to just reading! The second day of no electric we drove 30km down the valley to the Brenner motorway and Brixen where the electric had only been off a few hours and there'd been no panic buying or thawed out goods. Our town and surrounding villages were the worst affected in the region as they couldn't safely get at the lines that were down.
All I can say is best wishes for you and yours to stay safe, and always be prepared with food, water, batteries, lanterns & lamps & candles, blankets & clothes and, if appropriate, plenty of firewood for heat and cooking.
Global climate change is here, and unusual severe weather is the norm.
Tooooo early,,,same in other places. Colorado opened its ski resorts a record early date. Here, we’ve had 3 storms with trees down & no electricity & road closed...that happens here a bit....but no landslides or snow to be a problem! Usually when a tree falls on our electricity, it’s 3 hours only...not bad, really. I couldn’t live in the cold part of Italy, sadly, fibromyalgia & osteoarthritis would hate it...but my ideal would be Spring in the Dolomites, summer here in the New Forest (& the autumn leaves, but not wet), southern Italy...Puglia, Alberobello, Lecce, or Sicily for the winter, I think! Glad it’s getting better, excellent video.
Southern Italy isn't designed for winter - or at least their houses aren't! Just as well it is short - but tends to be damp, windy and wetter than it used to be! Spain is probably better if you have the right sort of house and are far enough south,
Here isn't desperately cold - I live at 850m but it is now rarely bitterly cold. They never get snow (normally that is) in Bozen though it can be frosty in the valley.
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