Saturday, 24 January 2026

Photos in the Storm

 Why has this storm not been given a name?? 

There was bad flooding all over  the country.  Two people were killed, one by raging flood waters and the other by huge waves while securing a yacht


Our stupid cat 
It's pouring with rain and she's sitting out there on the wall. She's been fed and had a little extra but just won't go and shelter
Daughter Danae suggested she wanted to come inside.  Not this one. I've been feeding her twice a day for 10 years but she still spits at me when I bring her food and will swipe with open claws if I get too close

 

Son in law Kyriako's, blue and white,  water taxi in the distance . It had just been hit by a rogue yacht.  The yacht came free from it's moorings across on the mainland, got swept across the strait and collided with the Socrates which was tied to the wharf on Poros .  Fortunately the damage was minor but involved a lot of paperwork afterwards



Cleaning up
The harbour is full of rubbish


Son in law Yiannis went down to pump out the water in Ks boat
He had to do it with a hand pump 
There was so much flotsam and jetsam he couldn't risk it being sucked back into the engine if he used the boats electric pump



A stormy harbour



Fousa.
 Grapevines under even more water


And now there's more rain scheduled tomorrow 
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20 comments:

  1. JayCee24 January 2026 at 09:24

    Southern Europe is really getting battered at the moment.
    It seems nowhere in the world is escaping from snow, wind or rain right now.

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    1. local alien24 January 2026 at 09:45

      Yes, incredible flooding in Malta and Sicily and now elsewhere. NZ got battered too and it's supposed to be summer there. Huge storm approaching the US.
      Crazy weather everywhere

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  2. Anonymous24 January 2026 at 11:09

    Hard to imagine so much rain in Poros. To have so much debris in the harbour it must have been very violent

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    1. local alien25 January 2026 at 02:04

      Rough enough for car ferry to briefly stop it's journey across the narrow Strait. That doesn't happen very often

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  3. New World 24 January 2026 at 13:14

    It looks so rough in the sea. Hard to imagine. My cats often sit out in the rain, they seem to like it, along with wet grass gazing around as if nothing is happening. And then they come in and sit down on my lap. Soaked.

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    1. local alien25 January 2026 at 02:05

      I thought cats hated getting wet. Not all of them

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  4. angela24 January 2026 at 20:45

    We have been watching all the wild weather in the northern hemisphere.
    Glad there was no lasting damage done.
    The clean up might take a while longer
    Will the vines survive all that rain? Definitely sounds like a stay inside day for sure

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    1. local alien25 January 2026 at 02:08

      The vines don't mind the wet though they can get a nasty mould. I suppose the sun usually dries them out quickly.
      The extra watering now makes for a good crop later. As long as we don't have endless heatwave es..... Later

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  5. Cro Magnon24 January 2026 at 21:57

    All this global warming seems to involve a LOT of water. What is all that stuff in the sea? It looks like Sugar Cane!

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    1. local alien25 January 2026 at 02:10

      The canes in the sea are from the groves of bamboo which grows along the banks opposite I think. There's an awful lot of it

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  6. Amypie7126 January 2026 at 09:25

    I love how the harbour gets cleaned up, all towns around the world should do the same. Bamboo is like a scourge is it not? So hard to get rid of once it's planted.

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    1. local alien27 January 2026 at 23:01

      There is bamboo growing all along the coast. They trim it every year but it does grow very fast. Lovely and green though in the summer

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  7. kiwikid26 January 2026 at 20:07

    I hope the weather has settle for you now. Sad about Mount Maunganui wasn't it. Good to see the harbour being cleaned up.

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    1. local alien27 January 2026 at 23:02

      They're pretty good at keeping the harbour and beaches clean. Every year tons of rubbish is removed from the depths too

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  8. Lynda27 January 2026 at 10:26

    That's not the picture perfect Poros I want to see... what a mess and what a storm. It looks like they are quick to clean up though. It seems the weather has been crazy everywhere!

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    1. local alien27 January 2026 at 23:03

      Ahhh, it'll be a perfect picture of island Greece when you arrive 😅

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  9. It's a Crazy World27 January 2026 at 17:38

    I have seen the torrents of water rushing down the streets of Athens....and lots of other photos and videos from other places that look so dreadful. I hope they are wrong, and the rain will drift off to somewhere else. Stay safe!

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    1. local alien27 January 2026 at 23:04

      It rained again yesterday and there was more damage but not so bad. They were more prepared

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  10. jabblog28 January 2026 at 07:43

    I haven't seen or heard any mention of your storms and floods on the news. UK is very insular.

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  11. A Brit in Tennessee28 January 2026 at 12:38

    I haven't seen anything on the news about your storms, I'm hoping that all has settled, and clean up is underway.
    Jo

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