I Don’t Believe It!

(said in my best Victor Meldrew impersonation.)

We’re on orange alert again, because there’s yet another storm headed our way.

This one is small and intense and due to hit tonight with wind gusts up to 160 km/h on the peaks and possible heavy rain. The only good bit is that it’s zipping along so fast that it should be over by lunchtime Saturday.

The observatory has been evacuated, the Octopus’s funeral tonight has been postponed again, along with the hiking club’s coast-to-coast walk on Saturday.

I haven’t heard anything definite about the Sardine’s Funeral on Saturday in Los Sauces. The storm may well have gone by then.

Posted by sheila

Sheila came to La Palma with a six month contract and has stayed 24 years so far. She used to work as a software engineer at the observatory, but now she's a writer and Starlight guide.