Stormy Benidorm !! (1 Viewer)

[gus-lopez]

http://www.eltiempo.es/calpe.html

Better here.

http://www.eltiempo.es/lorca.html

Rained heavily here overnight but stopped before daylight. I can see blue on the horizon coming from the west so it should arrive in Benidorm sometime after it gets here! Tomorrow looks OK there.

Yes, back to normal tomorrow.

 

[teddybard]

Absolutely Gorgeous in England
Still they say the sun shines on the riteous.View media item 12935
Isn't La Torretta built on an Arroyo?
Hope everyone is OK

 

[Jaws]

Absolutely Gorgeous in England
Still they say the sun shines on the riteous.View media item 12935
Isn't La Torretta built on an Arroyo?
Hope everyone is OK

Then think your self lucky you are with someone who falls in to the category !!

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[martin2603]

Clearly 'The rain in Spain does not fall mainly on the plain'
However we have very dense fog here today!

 

[scotjimland]

Climate change.. a reality ?

22c in Wales yesterday ... Gales and floods in Spain

NASA http://climate.nasa.gov/evidence/

 

[Dave and Ginny]

How are things on the other sites?

It doesn't look too 'wet' in Ed's first post, just wondering if it's mainly La Torretta that has the worst of it?

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[Sheddy]

Think it is mainly LA Toretta, apart from some wind damage to awnings and covers things aren't so bad in Villasol. Lovely sunset this evening with red sky, so bodes well for tomorrow, hopefully normal service will be resumed.
Cheers

 

[Dave and Ginny]

Think it is mainly LA Toretta, apart from some wind damage to awnings and covers things aren't so bad in Villasol. Lovely sunset this evening with red sky, so bodes well for tomorrow, hopefully normal service will be resumed.
Cheers

Hope your right Ed and that everyone gets a more peaceful and dry night tonight!

 

[gus-lopez]

Always buy at the top of the hill !
Always park on the highest parts .

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[Judge Mental]

How are things on the other sites?

It doesn't look too 'wet' in Ed's first post, just wondering if it's mainly La Torretta that has the worst of it?

Arena blanca is high....

 

[peter marshall]

Have you seen the video of Albufera in Portugal both the camp and the town under deep water, in the camp the reception office is about 2 foot deep, the way down to the town is like a river. Pete

 

[jumar]

Now cleared totally in Totana, cloudless sky, hopefully will continue to clear in the worse effected areas further north of here.
Missed the new Hunt series as the storm gathered last night, thats the extent of it, we got off light.
Have to resort to iPlayer to view later.

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[Don Quixote]

Have you seen the video of Albufera in Portugal both the camp and the town under deep water, in the camp the reception office is about 2 foot deep, the way down to the town is like a river. Pete

You mean this one?

 

[peter marshall]

You mean this one?

o not quite but that's baad, the one's I saw where really really bad. Pete

 

[peter marshall]

What's got me worried is we have booked La Torreta in Feb hope it's not like that early next year. Pete

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[Jim]

Things have quietened down in Portugal should get a better nights sleep, no wind, no rain at the moment. After Wednesday, forecast is looking very good, blue skies and 23/24c

 

[Neckender]

I'm parked behind Benidorm circus on high ground at La Torreta, and looking through windows this morning a couple in caravan were badly flooded out.
They were struggling big time with the deluge of water, so a few of us waded down and helped them get their belongings on higher ground and a caravaner brought his newish Range Rover down and pulled them out on to higher ground. Just amazed me how many people just watched.

John.

 

[mid4did]

we had a warnings things were going to be rough so I got the awning in etc battened down the hatches,heavy storm thunder lightning etc at Marjal,no bad flooding here and things are looking better,moving up tomorrow and giving benidorm a miss.Blue sk

y on the horizon.

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[PenelopePitstop]

Wow! We thought it was bad here in Zahora! Nothing like Benidorm or Portugal though! Very wet and quite windy but awnings are still standing and we aren't flooded out!

 

[Don Quixote]

we had a warnings things were going to be rough so I got the awning in etc battened down the hatches,heavy storm thunder lightning etc at Marjal,no bad flooding here and things are looking better,moving up tomorrow and giving benidorm a miss.Blue skView attachment 81443 y on the horizon.

Spooky as I took same photo from our roof just before sun went down.

 

[Don Quixote]

Wow! We thought it was bad here in Zahora! Nothing like Benidorm or Portugal though! Very wet and quite windy but awnings are still standing and we aren't flooded out!

This was in early hours........

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[wanderer]

Hard to believe hat this is a Camping site in Spain.
View attachment 81358 View attachment 81359 View attachment 81360 View attachment 81361
We were in this corner before we moved on Saturday!
That awning is raised 3 feet of the ground!

If this awning was raised 3 feet it must have happened before

 

[Eve]

Thunder & lightening @ Bonterra Park, plus a river running down the main road, but luckily all pitches have good drainage. Roll on "Summer"

Tony I am on Bonterra!!,only seen one funster flag flying,
If you see a mad lady pushing a doggy buggy,calling her dog all the time,because he takes no notice of me,run the other way! That's me.

 

[Spottycatz]

Torreta floods every year to some degree. It's well known for it. There was some wind damage on Raco, but only because the gusts reached over 75 mph. No real flooding problems though as the site is excellently drained.

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[s20hymer]

hya lots of good photos but none are nutscaping ???..too cold..??

 

[mariner]

If this awning was raised 3 feet it must have happened before

Yes, apparently it happened a few weeks ago and a Dutchman who was here in his Motorhome had this caravan with awning sent from Holland and placed on the site.
The caravan is raised on steel work about 4 feet off the ground and the Awning is on wooden staging.
We were told that the same happened recently and saw pictures of the flooding, so at the earliest opportunity we moved higher up, when a pitch big enough came available.
The Dutch owner left to take his Concorde Charisma home on Friday and is flying back to use the caravan.
We didn't get up till late Monday morning, so weren't aware that it had flooded again and to be honest the rain and wind were so noisy you couldn't hear anything else.

 

[Jandek]

Stay safe everyone. Hope it all settles down soon and not too much damage done

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[Brian_K]

Oh hell, just booked La Torreta Jan/Feb for my first venture into Spain. Looks like I'll have to add wellies and kayak to my packing list

Brian

 

[JJ]

No flash floods, storms or gales here at Quinta Majay in Portugal.

I was mowing on Sunday.

Both my wells are STILL dry after the drought...

JJ

 

[hilldweller]

No flash floods, storms or gales here at Quinta Majay in Portugal.

I was mowing on Sunday.

Both my wells are STILL dry after the drought...

JJ

Are you still alive then. I thought I'd missed the funeral.

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