The Floods

Rest of Sat & Sunday 28^th January

The rain which started on Saturday afternoon, got progressively heavier early evening, and the house started to flood, with water pouring off the roof terrace onto the porch roof and into the patio, running down the walls and in through the bottom of the ill-fitting door into the kitchen. The drain was unable to cope, and the patio became a pool.

We mopped all evening and could’nt go out for dinner, making do with cheese and olives, taking comfort in a couple of glasses of rioja…., and eventually gave up and went to bed. There was more torrential rain overnight, and I got up at 3 am to mop up, but it was hopeless, as the flood started to extend into the house itself, and gave up again and went back to bed.

The lights fused at about 5.30 am, and had to wait until dawn @ 9 am for some daylight before venturing downstairs, as we were worried that the water had somehow got into the electrics, and one could get a shock from the water, which had reached the front door.

The rain had stopped but it was blowing a gale. After mopping up for a couple of hours, we drove to Malaga hypermarkets but they were closed. We then drove into the centre and went to the new train station, which doubles as a mall with shops and bars, which was just opening up at noon.

I picked up the bargain of the winter rebajas (sales), a 99 € woollen jacket reduced to 9.95 € in Zara Man. I should have bought the remaining 3 smaller jackets to sell on E Bay !

We then had difficulty getting out of Malaga and ended up on the coastal road, where the wind was blowing a gale off the sea ….it must have been at least storm force, with huge waves….we had difficulty in getting out of the car and standing up, blinding sand, and metal being torn off buildings…it was quite dangerous. We walked along the front, and saw a large ship had been blown on to the rocks.

We drove back home and cauchoed sealed the small bedroom. There was more rain and flooding that evening, but not as bad as last night, but it still flooded the house overnight.