Well we're not having a wonderful start to 2008 weather wise, with gale force winds and driving rain. Early today wind gusts were topping 149km/h. Although we don't really feel the affects of this weather front in our 12 storey block of flats, maybe the odd rattle from a window but nothing more.
January so far has been a complete contrast to December, which was one of the driest on record, in fact Vigo had received only ten percent of it's normal rainfall up until December! Obviously making up for lost time now...
Conditions out at sea are a lot worse. Off the coast of A Coruna, 160km north of Vigo, five fisherman have lost their lives due to rapidly deteriorating conditions. Questions are now being asked, why didn't the boats return to port earlier. One of the boats that went down was well equipped with all the latest equipment for weather tracking. But sadly, I'm sure these questions have been asked a thousand times before.
January so far has been a complete contrast to December, which was one of the driest on record, in fact Vigo had received only ten percent of it's normal rainfall up until December! Obviously making up for lost time now...
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