Well there's a storm a brewing, Right now the wind is thundering through our town at about 48km an hours..... from the east, it is carrying half of the Namib desert with it.... I last saw wind and sand like this back in 1979....
Then power to the town has gone down, Luckily here at SPar we are running on a Generator....... the rest of the Business's are all shutdown....
Now, here it comes..... all you current city fathers.. here is a lesson from the original town planners...
See all those pretty tree's to the east and South of our town, the one's that over the last decade were left to die and never replaced... well they had a purpose..... and by the end of today , you will learn what they were there for......
You should have kept those windbreaks there, they are as vital as our power supply....
Pics to follow!
Webcam at the airport, the one that is still working...
This wind should peak at around 15h00 this afternoon, gusting a right gale....
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Very good pics Mike but pray tell me in the last photo is the SPAR trolley there as an advert or did the wind push it there.........?????
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Nope Mike, you caught me out, that was put there as an advert, we also put the spar flags and the spar building there also...
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Here are some awesome pics from local roving photographer, Jacques Kemp.
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Thanks for sharing this with us Mike and the photo's. How can I ever forget the East wind in OM. Like the day Whitey and I had the accident with 33Kv.
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Sources inform me that apparently two power poles have gone over in the desert and work to resurrect them can only commence once the winds and sand have stopped blowing...
Might be one of those dark nights again...
On the other hand if the wind settles for the evening, it might be a lekker night for a few beers and braai...
TOOO TRUE ABOUT THE WINDBREAKS ,, CRADLED MOST OF THE TOWN IN A SORT OF U SHAPE ... SOMEWHERE IN THIS SITE IT WAS MENTIONED THAT A CERTAIN PERSON RESPONSIBLE THEREFORE .. THE CONCERN WAS CRIMINALS HIDING IN THERE ,, SIMPLE WAY TO SOLVE THE CRIMINAL PROBLEM ,, REMOVE ALL THOSE WITHOUT PERMIT OR EMPLOYMENT ... NOT TEAR DOWN / ALLOW TO DIE THE WINDBREAK .... IDIOTS
and did we have a interesting day today.
First while at Uub the power went off I wandered to the substation switched over to the back up feeder 5 min later power gone after line patrols it was found that both feeders supplying Uub are down poles broken off at ground level that was uubvley with out power for the day.
While this was happening the two feeders to Town went off and another one to 4 plant and another one to 50 G and, OK that's enough; now we got 4 plant and the mining sites back up and then started with the Town feeders and got them back on line again.
Unfortunately Uub is still without power we will work on that first thing tomorrow morning, then it will be 50G and the other 4 plt feeder
and that's it in a nut shell
will get some pic's later
My mmmmm red car Mike V ex red car
Glad I was in Oranjemund last year and not this year . . . looks like a dusty hell.
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Great pics. Thanks for Mike. Funny enough, one doesn't forget where what in town is. When looking at the pics, I know exactly where in town they where taken. For a brief moment it felt like I was back in Oranjemund image031
ALFIE, I thought you would look after my old car better than that. I'll have to speak to your better half and get her to kick you in the shin..............!!!!!!!!!!
This story and this site are mentioned in todays Republikein Newspaper....
LINK: http://www.republikein.com.na/politiek-en-nasionale/algemeen/warmer-weer-vir-binnelanders-maar-kusbewoners-eet-sand.111738.php
I went for my daily town pool swim this morning, found out that the covers had been pulled over the water..... Sources in the Aquatic pleasure industry informed that the covers were pulled over during yesterdays big wind of 2010 and that they will only be removed once this east wind changes direction.
Through a gap in the covers I could see the floor of the pool, and Oh Boy! is there some major sand sucking to be done....
The dark blue covers had sand and twigs scattered over it....