Hooray rain at last in Xerta !!!!!!

Waterproofs on round here this morning.....

Waterproofs on round here this morning.....
Sounds like it, my neighbour tells me I have both overflows running on cisterna and garden cubo's....I will ask those in authority to turn it off now...... ;)

They tell me the bill is on its way soon. ;D

guys,

how long did the rain last in the end? Was it just a quick heavy downpour or a few days of good amounts of water sufficient to stop us losing more trees in the near future :-/?

Well boys and girls do you want me to come back ;D I told you all a couple of weeks ago when I was coming over it would rain, as I was camping and sure enough Tortosa got soaked on my first day !!!!!

Well...that was a good 11 inches last night. Thank God I live near the top of the mountain  :)

Approx 2 ' at the back of the house and 2" in the house.Pumps and buckets on the go.Large chuck of road lifted between Bitem and Santa Rosa.Pool and cysterna overflowing.Had my own salmon stretch for a morning.

cactus jack wrote on Nov 20^th, 2011 at 10:56am:

Well...that was a good 11 inches last night. :)

No comment CJ !!
Except nudge nudge ;) ;)

Well with 2 more days of the same to come I suppose the next thing will be flash floods.
Warning for those that live in the Val Cervera - that barranc has been dry for ages.

flash floods here in tivenys last night/this morning the road between tivenys and bitem as been washed away one side and the other is on its way about 8 mtrs in length the mosers /police are there and the rd is now a no go area .

Sounds painful .




cactus jack wrote on Nov 20^th, 2011 at 10:56am:

Well...that was a good 11 inches last night. Thank God I live near the top of the mountain  :)

wrote on Nov 20^th, 2011 at 6:12pm:

Well with 2 more days of the same to come I suppose the next thing will be flash floods. Warning for those that live in the Val Cervera - that barranc has been dry for ages.

Barranc now thundering through although not affecting us as we are safely located many metres above it. Will probably have a walk up the road into the valley where the barranc runs parallel to the road to see the affects       :-/

wrote on Nov 20^th, 2011 at 6:21pm:

flash floods here in tivenys last night/this morning the road between tivenys and bitem as been washed away one side and the other is on its way about 8 mtrs in length the mosers /police are there and the rd is now a no go area .

It is passable but you have to go,like I did,for 10 k,up and round the mountain,or,if you're clever just follow the canal for 1\2 k,which I am not.

wrote on Nov 21^st, 2011 at 11:03am:

wrote on Nov 20th, 2011 at 6:12pm: Well with 2 more days of the same to come I suppose the next thing will be flash floods. Warning for those that live in the Val Cervera - that barranc has been dry for ages. Barranc now thundering through although not affecting us as we are safely located many metres above it. Will probably have a walk up the road into the valley where the barranc runs parallel to the road to see the affects       :-/

Our road is OK,all the way into the valley.Tortosa i know had problems,how was the Alfara valley?

Here in the Alfara valley the river is thundering down into the ravine-
The small baranc which goes under our driveway has water passing through which makes it look very attractive but as this comes out of the irrigation supply I suppose that it means there is a blockage somewhere which I shall have to go and relieve.

http://www.thinkspain.com/news-spain/20397/vinars-tortosa-and-laldea-under-half-a-metre-of-water

wrote on Nov 21^st, 2011 at 11:03am:

wrote on Nov 20th, 2011 at 6:12pm: Well with 2 more days of the same to come I suppose the next thing will be flash floods. Warning for those that live in the Val Cervera - that barranc has been dry for ages. Barranc now thundering through although not affecting us as we are safely located many metres above it. Will probably have a walk up the road into the valley where the barranc runs parallel to the road to see the affects       :-/

Some Cervera Valley Barranc Pics (Taken some years ago,but running again like this now)

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More Pics

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wrote on Nov 22^nd, 2011 at 10:36am:

Here in the Alfara valley the river is thundering down into the ravine- The small baranc which goes under our driveway has water passing through which makes it look very attractive but as this comes out of the irrigation supply I suppose that it means there is a blockage somewhere which I shall have to go and relieve.

What are you proposing to use to "unblock" your obstruction Tony?????   ;)

I usually use a garden fork to poke my obstructions out.

We came over in December to find our road completely washed away, we had to walk a mile to get to the finca, this was the Sant Llatzer, Tortosa area.

Tortosa, Bitem, and L' Aldea areas were badly affected with the downpours in December. Along with Vinaros area.
This does happen sometimes.
You can look across and see the rain moving from one place to another in the valley sometimes.
Crazy because we are needing some rain right now!

anyone know what its like around ginestar

Usually B' cold, and can be very misty/foggy this time of year!
Was 2/3 degrees colder there,  on Monday than in Tortosa area. 
But hotter in Summer! as it's inland.