I took these photos and this video at the weekend during the heavy storm that came across. I was at my desk when the hail started, and I attempted to get a quick sample of the sound. However, this doesn’t do the noise justice. You might be able to see the hailstones bouncing off the windows.
If a storm is coming from the north, we can see it approaching. Stage one would be the gathering clouds above, and stage two is when the coast of Turkey starts to vanish into what looks like mist, but is actually rain. A little while later, Nimos has been swallowed by the cloud/rain, and before you know it, Harani is lost, and then (when it’s really bad) even the clock tower and the other side of the harbour.
This was around stage two-to-three:
Then, luckily, after however minutes of pelting rain, rattling thunder (when provided), winds, running around checking window leaks, changing towels where needed, and unplugging the internet and phone line… Five minutes later, and we have this:
The UFO ball of light is the reflection of the bare bulb in my study. A study which I spent some time on Sunday rearranging and clearing out. I’m one of those ‘It might come in useful one day’ kind of people, you see, and who knows when I might be in need of a mobile phone from 2004, four tatty copies of Fur Elise, and half a hundred weight of used notebooks. And that was just one cupboard.
Anyway, there you are. I don’t have anything much else to report other than my tongue and lip continue to heal, more dentist activity tomorrow, and some deliveries to collect, and the planned trip on Friday may yet be called off thanks to another force seven/eight storm that’s predicted to hit us on Thursday/Friday. We shall see…
