Comments on: Hurricanes and Mudslides in Calabria http://bleedingespresso.com/2009/02/hurricanes-and-mudslides-in-calabria.html Sat, 11 Feb 2012 07:49:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: William Kiaune http://bleedingespresso.com/2009/02/hurricanes-and-mudslides-in-calabria.html/comment-page-1#comment-282210 William Kiaune Wed, 17 Feb 2010 17:19:53 +0000 http://bleedingespresso.com/?p=3201#comment-282210 You take care and watch yourself.. enjoy your blog too much. We are now in Austin,Texas a far cry from Northport, Maine. We are visiting our 3 sons who all live here. We return to Maine and the snow and cold next Tuesday. Again you take care. <strong><em>Aw, thanks so much William! Things are fine here right now; the weather took a turn for the better a couple days ago and we've had quite a bit of sun since then...hopefully that has dried out all that mud! But now you've had that terrible incident in Austin with the plane flying into the IRS building! I hope you and your loved ones are all safe. Thanks so much for reading :)</em></strong> You take care and watch yourself.. enjoy your blog too much.
We are now in Austin,Texas a far cry from Northport, Maine. We are visiting our 3 sons who all live here. We return to Maine and the snow and cold next Tuesday. Again you take care.

Aw, thanks so much William! Things are fine here right now; the weather took a turn for the better a couple days ago and we’ve had quite a bit of sun since then…hopefully that has dried out all that mud! But now you’ve had that terrible incident in Austin with the plane flying into the IRS building! I hope you and your loved ones are all safe. Thanks so much for reading :)

]]> By: LaraDunston http://bleedingespresso.com/2009/02/hurricanes-and-mudslides-in-calabria.html/comment-page-1#comment-273215 LaraDunston Sun, 19 Apr 2009 10:44:00 +0000 http://bleedingespresso.com/?p=3201#comment-273215 As Leanne said above, the weather has also been dreadful here in Australia - we've been here researching and writing books since late last year and we've had it all: we had floods in Alice Springs in October, hurricane-like winds in southern Western Australia in December, heatwaves in South Australia in January, bushfires in Victoria in February, floods in Queensland and New South Wales in March and April... it's insane... and my friends back in Dubai tell me it's been raining non-stop (it rarely rains, let alone rains in April!). While the weather gets everyone talking, I wish it would get people more active on the fight against global warning. <em><strong>So true, Lara; sometimes people need a push to put 2 and 2 together....</strong></em> As Leanne said above, the weather has also been dreadful here in Australia – we’ve been here researching and writing books since late last year and we’ve had it all: we had floods in Alice Springs in October, hurricane-like winds in southern Western Australia in December, heatwaves in South Australia in January, bushfires in Victoria in February, floods in Queensland and New South Wales in March and April… it’s insane… and my friends back in Dubai tell me it’s been raining non-stop (it rarely rains, let alone rains in April!). While the weather gets everyone talking, I wish it would get people more active on the fight against global warning.

So true, Lara; sometimes people need a push to put 2 and 2 together….

]]> By: Melissa http://bleedingespresso.com/2009/02/hurricanes-and-mudslides-in-calabria.html/comment-page-1#comment-270718 Melissa Tue, 17 Feb 2009 02:09:01 +0000 http://bleedingespresso.com/?p=3201#comment-270718 Michelle, I just Googled Calabria, Italy and found your blog. Wow, your weather really does sound extreme! We live near Chicago (NW Indiana) and have had a very cold and snowy winter so far. This is after a tornado in August and a 100-yr flood in September. Unreal.... What brought me to you (besides Google) was my research for a trip my family is taking in late March. We have Chicago-Rome-Chicago flights arriving 3/19 and departing 3/28, and we're trying to figure out the best use of our 9 nights. Originally, we were going to spend 3 nights in Sorrento, 1 night near Paestum, and the rest of the time in or near Rome, but some feedback I've been getting for my post on the Rick Steves travel forum makes me think that we should plan the bulk of our time much further south at that time of the year. What do you think? We are a family of four (mom=50, dad=50, son=21, son=18) who would like to "experience" Italy rather than breeze through it. My hubby and I did some shore excursions during a Western European cruise a few years back, but otherwise that's all the experience we have with Italy. (We LOVED what we saw, however short the time we had, however). Our sons have never been to Europe at all, so they're pretty much up for anything. (Okay, maybe not spending day after day in museums, but just about anything else). Anyway, I hope it's okay that I'm adding this message to your blog. I was just so stoked to find an American living in Calabria that I just had to post! Many thanks in advance, Melissa <strong><em>Hi Melissa and welcome! I think you'd do best to pick out the things you want to see and damn the weather, more or less...it's unpredictable anyway so it'd be a shame to be seeing things you didn't necessarily want to see in the rain and cold...might as well see things you like if the weather doesn't cooperate! Your trip as planned actually sounds quite lovely to me. I do recommend hitting Pompeii if you can. That is *definitely* done if it's a bit cooler as the place is like a desert. If you have more questions, etc., please feel free to ask in a comment or via the contact form (link in the navigation bar) :)</em></strong> Michelle,

I just Googled Calabria, Italy and found your blog. Wow, your weather really does sound extreme! We live near Chicago (NW Indiana) and have had a very cold and snowy winter so far. This is after a tornado in August and a 100-yr flood in September. Unreal….

What brought me to you (besides Google) was my research for a trip my family is taking in late March. We have Chicago-Rome-Chicago flights arriving 3/19 and departing 3/28, and we’re trying to figure out the best use of our 9 nights. Originally, we were going to spend 3 nights in Sorrento, 1 night near Paestum, and the rest of the time in or near Rome, but some feedback I’ve been getting for my post on the Rick Steves travel forum makes me think that we should plan the bulk of our time much further south at that time of the year. What do you think?

We are a family of four (mom=50, dad=50, son=21, son=18) who would like to “experience” Italy rather than breeze through it. My hubby and I did some shore excursions during a Western European cruise a few years back, but otherwise that’s all the experience we have with Italy. (We LOVED what we saw, however short the time we had, however). Our sons have never been to Europe at all, so they’re pretty much up for anything. (Okay, maybe not spending day after day in museums, but just about anything else).

Anyway, I hope it’s okay that I’m adding this message to your blog. I was just so stoked to find an American living in Calabria that I just had to post!

Many thanks in advance,
Melissa

Hi Melissa and welcome!

I think you’d do best to pick out the things you want to see and damn the weather, more or less…it’s unpredictable anyway so it’d be a shame to be seeing things you didn’t necessarily want to see in the rain and cold…might as well see things you like if the weather doesn’t cooperate! Your trip as planned actually sounds quite lovely to me. I do recommend hitting Pompeii if you can. That is *definitely* done if it’s a bit cooler as the place is like a desert.

If you have more questions, etc., please feel free to ask in a comment or via the contact form (link in the navigation bar) :)

]]> By: girasoli http://bleedingespresso.com/2009/02/hurricanes-and-mudslides-in-calabria.html/comment-page-1#comment-270461 girasoli Wed, 11 Feb 2009 07:09:14 +0000 http://bleedingespresso.com/?p=3201#comment-270461 I understand just what Karina is saying. Same type of crazy weather for us...although we really don't get much sympathy and understandably so :) I came back to comment that I just read a blog where they got snow, enough to cover the ground, roofs, etc, and not melt immediately in So. Cal 45 mins from Palm Springs! Now that is really crazy! I hope you have a mild summer also. <abbr><em>girasoli’s last blog post..<a href="http://www.slowtrav.com/blog/girasoli/2009/02/the_letter_g.html" rel="nofollow">the letter G</a></em></abbr> <strong><em>We're expecting snow this week...crazy!</em></strong> I understand just what Karina is saying. Same type of crazy weather for us…although we really don’t get much sympathy and understandably so :)

I came back to comment that I just read a blog where they got snow, enough to cover the ground, roofs, etc, and not melt immediately in So. Cal 45 mins from Palm Springs! Now that is really crazy!

I hope you have a mild summer also.

girasoli’s last blog post..the letter G

We’re expecting snow this week…crazy!

]]> By: Leanne in Italy http://bleedingespresso.com/2009/02/hurricanes-and-mudslides-in-calabria.html/comment-page-1#comment-270456 Leanne in Italy Wed, 11 Feb 2009 04:35:49 +0000 http://bleedingespresso.com/?p=3201#comment-270456 Tell me about crazy weather. When I was in Calabria it rained non stop in November and December so much so that the whole town entrance was blocked off by stones, dirt and anything else that washed down the mountainside as a pipe burst in the river above the village. Now I am in Melbourne and we have the extreme opposite...no rain for months and bush fires still alight state wide. <abbr><em>Leanne in Italy’s last blog post..<a href="http://australiatoitaly.blogspot.com/2009/02/bush-fires-in-victoria.html" rel="nofollow">Bush fires in Victoria</a></em></abbr> <strong><em>Ugh you're getting it from all over :(</em></strong> Tell me about crazy weather. When I was in Calabria it rained non stop in November and December so much so that the whole town entrance was blocked off by stones, dirt and anything else that washed down the mountainside as a pipe burst in the river above the village.

Now I am in Melbourne and we have the extreme opposite…no rain for months and bush fires still alight state wide.

Leanne in Italy’s last blog post..Bush fires in Victoria

Ugh you’re getting it from all over :(

]]> By: Susan & GG http://bleedingespresso.com/2009/02/hurricanes-and-mudslides-in-calabria.html/comment-page-1#comment-270455 Susan & GG Wed, 11 Feb 2009 04:04:39 +0000 http://bleedingespresso.com/?p=3201#comment-270455 I feel almost guilty. In DC, it's not the weather so much...the weird cold & weird warm a la Nashville & parts south. It's the political weather. Ahem. I'm up late & fuming. So while I am sorry to hear about the bad Calabrian weather, I'm glad you & your family are OK. Friends not that far away from you are in the States so no doubt I wasn't aware because they aren't home. I am very upset about Australia. That weird weather that Al Gore is having a fit about, no doubt, (& so am I) iis just what was predicted. Not just warming but "weirdness." Ugh. OK, back to looking at recipes & calm down. Must buy Nutella tomorrow. I'll be as big as a house if I'm not careful. ciao all. <strong><em>Well Nutella doesn't actually help with climate change, but it sure makes me feel better ;)</em></strong> I feel almost guilty. In DC, it’s not the weather so much…the weird cold & weird warm a la Nashville & parts south. It’s the political weather. Ahem. I’m up late & fuming. So while I am sorry to hear about the bad Calabrian weather, I’m glad you & your family are OK. Friends not that far away from you are in the States so no doubt I wasn’t aware because they aren’t home. I am very upset about Australia. That weird weather that Al Gore is having a fit about, no doubt, (& so am I) iis just what was predicted. Not just warming but “weirdness.” Ugh. OK, back to looking at recipes & calm down. Must buy Nutella tomorrow. I’ll be as big as a house if I’m not careful. ciao all.

Well Nutella doesn’t actually help with climate change, but it sure makes me feel better ;)

]]> By: Michele http://bleedingespresso.com/2009/02/hurricanes-and-mudslides-in-calabria.html/comment-page-1#comment-270452 Michele Wed, 11 Feb 2009 02:48:00 +0000 http://bleedingespresso.com/?p=3201#comment-270452 Wow, how terrible! :-( Thanks for sharing this information, and the photo. The weather is crazy all around the world, isn't it? <abbr><em>Michele’s last blog post..25 Fun Facts You Didn’t Know About Me</em></abbr> <strong><em>Indeed, Michele :(</em></strong> Wow, how terrible! :-( Thanks for sharing this information, and the photo. The weather is crazy all around the world, isn’t it?

Michele’s last blog post..25 Fun Facts You Didn’t Know About Me

Indeed, Michele :(

]]> By: Erin http://bleedingespresso.com/2009/02/hurricanes-and-mudslides-in-calabria.html/comment-page-1#comment-270448 Erin Wed, 11 Feb 2009 01:41:07 +0000 http://bleedingespresso.com/?p=3201#comment-270448 It seems everyone is having crazy weather :( We are getting rain in the middle of February which is shutting everything down because it's making the roads into skating rinks!! Literally. People have been skating down the road! And it was just -50 degrees here a few weeks ago. I'd just like spring. Just a plain normal spring. Hope your weather shapes up soon. <abbr><em>Erin’s last blog post..<a href="http://fullyalive-readytosmile.com/2009/02/peenut-gallery.html" rel="nofollow">“Pee”nut gallery</a></em></abbr> <strong><em>Yes, plain and normal would be *fabulous* :)</em></strong> It seems everyone is having crazy weather :( We are getting rain in the middle of February which is shutting everything down because it’s making the roads into skating rinks!! Literally. People have been skating down the road! And it was just -50 degrees here a few weeks ago. I’d just like spring. Just a plain normal spring. Hope your weather shapes up soon.

Erin’s last blog post..“Pee”nut gallery

Yes, plain and normal would be *fabulous* :)

]]> By: flurrious http://bleedingespresso.com/2009/02/hurricanes-and-mudslides-in-calabria.html/comment-page-1#comment-270443 flurrious Tue, 10 Feb 2009 23:09:29 +0000 http://bleedingespresso.com/?p=3201#comment-270443 We've had insane weather this winter. Most years we get no snow. This year we had over a foot in December, which basically shut the city down for ten days because we're not equipped for that, and now it's snowing again today. Weird. We're much luckier here than in the eastern part of the state, however. They are normally cold and snowy in the winter, but this year, they got over five feet in a matter of few days. Roofs were collapsing and rivers flooded so badly that parts of the state were declared federal disaster areas. I'll be very happy to see spring this year. <abbr><em>flurrious’s last blog post..<a href="http://flurrious.wordpress.com/2009/02/10/exclusive-unfamous-nobody-speaks/" rel="nofollow">Exclusive! Unfamous Nobody Speaks!</a></em></abbr> <strong><em>It's so much worse when a place just isn't used to it or prepared...such a mess :(</em></strong> We’ve had insane weather this winter. Most years we get no snow. This year we had over a foot in December, which basically shut the city down for ten days because we’re not equipped for that, and now it’s snowing again today. Weird. We’re much luckier here than in the eastern part of the state, however. They are normally cold and snowy in the winter, but this year, they got over five feet in a matter of few days. Roofs were collapsing and rivers flooded so badly that parts of the state were declared federal disaster areas. I’ll be very happy to see spring this year.

flurrious’s last blog post..Exclusive! Unfamous Nobody Speaks!

It’s so much worse when a place just isn’t used to it or prepared…such a mess :(

]]> By: Karina http://bleedingespresso.com/2009/02/hurricanes-and-mudslides-in-calabria.html/comment-page-1#comment-270437 Karina Tue, 10 Feb 2009 17:35:30 +0000 http://bleedingespresso.com/?p=3201#comment-270437 I think the weather is just crazy everywhere! Here in the Dominican Republic we are actually having a quite cold and windy winter, when usually we have no winter at all. At night, it's literally chilly and even in the day you have to bundle up a bit sometimes. Of course, people in the US keep telling me it cannot be cold at all, but hey, for a Caribbean country, it's been really cold! <abbr><em>Karina’s last blog post..Mornings</em></abbr> <strong><em>I hear you Karina, and I'm sympathetic ;)</em></strong> I think the weather is just crazy everywhere! Here in the Dominican Republic we are actually having a quite cold and windy winter, when usually we have no winter at all. At night, it’s literally chilly and even in the day you have to bundle up a bit sometimes. Of course, people in the US keep telling me it cannot be cold at all, but hey, for a Caribbean country, it’s been really cold!

Karina’s last blog post..Mornings

I hear you Karina, and I’m sympathetic ;)

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