We had quite a thunderstorm here in Potos-\u03a0\u03bf\u03c4\u03cc\u03c2 last night. I had said during the day on the beach “looks like they’ve had some stormy weather on the mainland” – the sea conditions made it obvious. Late in the evening that stormy weather reached Thassos.<\/p>\n
We first saw the lightning when we were standing in the harbour; it was off in the distance, over Limenaria-\u039b\u03b9\u03bc\u03b5\u03bd\u03b1\u03c1\u03b9\u03ac. By the time Dad and I got home it had started to rain, and while we were sitting out on the balcony the rain got heavier.<\/p>\n
We got a very spectacular lightning show from the balcony, with forked lightning in all directions. We timed our return to the apartment well – Mum and Corrie were still out shopping, and got really rather wet.<\/p>\n
We watched as the river (all dried up during the summer months and used as a car park) became a river once more. All the drivers got nervous and moved their cars – some earlier than others! It turned out to be a very sensible thing to do, as before too long the water flowing rather fast and a parked car could (probably) have been easily washed away.<\/p>\n
At the peak of the storm – around midnight – there was so much lightning it was like having a police car with its lights on right outside the bedroom window. We had on average a flash of lightning every 3 seconds. When the forked lightning was visible from our apartment it really was very impressive, and lit up the whole sky. The thunder got very loud at times too.<\/p>\n
It’s not the first thunderstorm I’ve had in Greece during this trip, but it’s the first one at night, with lightning, and Dad and I enjoyed sitting out to watch it on the balcony\u00a0 – that made it much more fun – until Mum pointed out we were sitting on the top floor of the apartment block with metal railings and metal chairs.<\/p>\n
It’s still overcast this morning, but according to the weather forecast<\/a> the cloud is set to clear up within the next couple of hours, then it’ll be a sunny day.<\/p>\n By the way: Today is my 33rd day in Greece. I have 10 days left before I fly back to the UK.<\/p>\n This is only the start of the holiday for Mum, Dad and Corrie – but it’s the end of my holiday! \ud83d\ude41<\/p>\n I’m off to the bakery in a bit, to get our breakfast\/lunch supplies – fresh bread for breakfast, bread rolls for lunch.<\/p>\n Bye for now,<\/p>\n FH.<\/p>\n Update 13:51:<\/strong> It seems one driver didn’t manage to move his car. His car was found by the beach a few hours ago.<\/p>\n Several caf\u00e9s have lost all their sunbeds, they were washed out to sea.<\/p>\n The police closed the main coastal road at one point during the night too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" We had quite a thunderstorm here in Potos-\u03a0\u03bf\u03c4\u03cc\u03c2 last night. I had said during the day on the beach “looks like they’ve had some stormy weather on the mainland” – the sea conditions made it obvious. Late in the evening… Continue Reading
\nThe storm has done quite a lot of damage!<\/p>\n