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#203641 - 11/09/19 07:39 AM Re: We got into the worst thunderstorm of our lives! [Re: Petro1234]
walkingnatur member Registered: 08/12/18 Posts: 219 Loc: Spain	Originally Posted By Petro1234 Thats normal for the alps too, even in summer. 2 inches if rain in an hour or so, high wind. Hot sea very close mountains equal some bad weather. When it gets really bad it makes the news https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mediterranean_tropical-like_cyclone https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mistral_(wind) https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/10...red-flooded-st/ 2019 october is noted. Yes, that can get quite extreme. We were just lucky to never encounter ourselves in such conditions before.
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We got into the worst thunderstorm of our lives!	walkingnatur	11/02/19 08:30 AM
Re: We got into the worst thunderstorm of our lives!	OregonMouse	11/02/19 03:03 PM
Re: We got into the worst thunderstorm of our lives!	walkingnatur	11/09/19 07:38 AM
Re: We got into the worst thunderstorm of our lives!	Petro1234	11/02/19 11:02 PM
Re: We got into the worst thunderstorm of our lives!	walkingnatur	11/09/19 07:39 AM
Re: We got into the worst thunderstorm of our lives!	DTape	11/10/19 06:32 AM
Re: We got into the worst thunderstorm of our lives!	walkingnatur	11/16/19 06:56 AM

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