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The key to surviving floods is to stay calm.
There
were a
lot of rumors earlier this year that this was going to be a hot summer
in
Slovenia. Looking back, it’s safe to say that those rumors were doubly
wrong:
first, it never got hot; second, there wasn’t even anything resembling
a summer. It was like a long, drawn-out
autumn, except not nice and crisp, but muggy and rainy with brief
moments of full-blast sunshine. It was kind of like a Slovenian
version of 1816.
I
remember everyone (myself included) hoping that June would be better
than May. When that didn’t happen, we hoped that the real summer would
start in July. And when that fell through, we put our faith in August.
And of course, August turned out to be the biggest disappointment of
them all. It even added injury to insult, by flooding large parts of central
and eastern Slovenia. The damages around Celje and environs were estimated at around 23 million euros.
Not that the foreign press really noticed. Anything east of the Oder River or south of the Karavanke mountains is terra incognita when it comes to European news. Reuters kept their focus
on Germany, Austria and Switzerland — happily ignoring the fact that
Romania was the worst hit. The AP
did a far better job, at least mentioning everyone (except Slovakia) but still focused most of their attention on Austria.
Either
way, here’s hoping you enjoy what remaining days (if any) there are of
this summer. The Glory of Carniola will return to normal in bleak December sweet September (specifically: Sept. 5) with all new fresh goodness. See you soon!
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Welcome back! Looking forward to new content…
You’re a teaser not a pleaser. I was just starting to rejoice in the return of Carniola, when it hit me that I’ll actually have to wait a whole other week to enjoy it in its full glory.
At least we’ve got a bite (so I don’t have to check the URL 10 times a day :).Welcome back!
A teaser is the best kind of pleaser. Welcome back!
good to have you back M.
Well the whole of the Balkans has had bad flooding. Especially Romania and Bulgaria. Glad to see you back.
What’s another week? I’ll be in the basement, bailing pail in one hand, hladnu pivu u drogj ruci.A most welcome return!
Good to see you again, Michael. Looking forward to the 5th. Just a side
note : the news over here did cover Slovenija, Croatia and Romania in
their flooding reports. Their first report was actually about
Slovenija, which had me leaping for the tv to find out more.
ugh… the agony of waiting another week
Ah, yes, awaiting your return.Further evidence that one should rely on the BBC over AP and Reuters (not on its own obviously) - they were even specific about which area of Slovenia was worst affected.
Michael, every morning will be a tad more delightful when you are back.
that picture is hilarious. do you know where it was taken?
Summer2005 in Slovenia:- 1st week of May- last week of July- the week beginning in August and ending in Sept.
Great to have you back!!As far as terra incognita is considered, our government isn’t exactly doing much to change it - our defence minister said that we won’t ask EU for help, cause we will try to handle the damage ourselves. Surely the EU will notice our modest and generous gesture and be grateful for it, won’t it?We really do enjoy being really small and insignificant.
That caption has proved somewhat relevant over the last few days.
where is this pic from?