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Storm in Sharm el Sheikh (part 1)
Sharm el Sheikh has seen the worst storm in over a decade.
And we were here.
Aren’t we lucky?
The above are only a few pics from the night (which we spent partly in mopping water off the floor which came in through the door and the ingeniously technicianed AC system *coughcough*).
We were safe during the whole thing, just without water and electricity until after 4pm yesterday an without Internet and phone service until this morning (or some time this night).
Others weren’t so lucky.
It seems part of the old airport roof has collapsed and injured some people.
Streets were washed out all over Sinai.
Newsbits:
One British tourist git killed during a cruise when the boat capsized.
Daily News Egypt reports 4 dead, no mention of at least 1 dead tourist.
Almasryalyoum claims that 17 people are dead countrywide.
News 24 talks about 7 dead.
More on the flooding in the desert areas.
Nothing new on asiaone news.
Some Photos on Sharmwomen.
A blog with more news from Central Sinai and the severe damage there!
Latest News update!!
Daily News Egypt on Jan 19th
Finally something new on yahoo, Jan 18th
Update Jan 23rd
People in Aswan And Al Arish region are still in dire need of help - read here
The storm came back hard 3 times during the night and 1 time in the early morning.
After sunrise the clouds evaporated mostly.
I’ll show some more pics from around our compound later today.
2010-01-19. 06:40:15. 247 words, 5443 views. Categories: Egypt , 15 comments » • Send a trackback »
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Recently (2010-01-18) quilly wrote Yaz Side Effects. Check it out!
Pics are far from great, but what does one expect at 10.30 pm when one has to fiddle with long handheld exposure and can't get the settings right
Sei lieb gegrüßt
Kvelli
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Good you're okay!
It was raining here yesterday afternoon for...5 minutes.
Today the wind is hard but no storm here...
Have a nice day!
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Es hat wohl mind. 1 Briten 'erwischt' und 1 Italiener leicht verletzt.
Mehr bekomt man im Moment nicht raus.
'Man' will ja nicht die Touristen vergraulen...
@BLOGitse - the worst part was actually in the areas near the ocean where the ground water level is zero.
Haven't gone there though.
Not THAT much of a Papparazzi
@Dan - Thanks
@Ingrid - Ja, das haette fuer ein Fussbad (Schlammbad?) gereicht.
Wenigstens ist der Balkon / das Dach jetzt entstaubt
Just got back home from Sharm (left on 17.0 morning). Can admit that there was quite big waves in naama bay some days before the storm - everyone were suprised.
Take care!
we will go back there though in the summer despite that scarey night.
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@Marie - glad you made it home
@Linzie - darn! Glad you stayed safe and made it home in one piece!
@Amanda - nope, I'm innocent
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