Perhaps some readers will find this mini-photo diary of recent extreme weather events worth pondering. The images are from the days after the first flood, during the second flood, and the results of the second flood. The images also enlarge somewhat.
The second flood was not as devastating as the first as the steam beds had already cleaned themselves during the “big” flood. Water was able to flow freely without too many back ups yet still carried mostly small stones (as opposed to boulders and trees), gravel and the plastic bags that the water missed the first time.
The aid money promised by the government has not arrived yet.
For the weather summary of October 2015 SEE the end of this post. The chart is courtesy of Yiannis Chatzitrakosas and http://penteli.meteo.gr/stations/skopelos/. Yiannis is the founder of www.skopelosweb.gr .
The Army digs after the first flood. Eventually they will clear out down to 3 meters from the road level and the trench will be as wide as the bridge
Same army, same project, same day – the culvert
Same army, same day, same project
About noontime of the second flood
Well into the second flood 4:30pm
The second flood
After the second flood. Mostly smaller stones, mud and gravel fill one week of the army’s work
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