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[waggy]

thers also those who over-react to what happens ..

I think the word you're struggling towards is 'prepare', not 'over-react', Stedge. That's why there are huge storm drains everywhere. It's you who over-react to my quite well-founded posts.
But I can see that you're just in the mood for world domination again, so this is my last word on the subject.

[Ivemovedon]

just trying to bring a bit of sanity to the thread thats all waggy. As bluefox says its a volcanic island off the coast of Africa. Whole argument to me is, are the costs of preparedness worthy of the potential damage ?.Yet again its a matter of opinion.

[bluefox]

talk of "prepare" wag, go find a shop where you can buy a brolly, and i don't mean one for the sun.......your last word you say..."hip"-"hip"......h....y, let you fill the rest of that in. 

[isleswing]

When it rains on Fuerteventura - IT RAINS. Everyone's seen it. Even the showers can be pretty hard. Now imagine a storm.
Any rain falling on those hard, steep sloping mountains will run straight off, and keep going till it reaches the lowest point. I think we all know that. Very dry ground doesn't absorb it easily either.
I've not experienced heavy rain on Fuerte, but I have, spectacularly, on Tenerife. It does happen.
I seem to recall, a few years back, a disastrous flood hitting a town and campsite on mainland Spain (I know, so don't tell me the Island's different. It's not that different) with quite a few deaths. I'm sure someone will know about it.
National governments then come under pressure to promise that it 'will never happen again'.
The wheel of government then start to grind - slowly (it's Spanish, after all) - a decision is made, money is allocated.
Each region has to apply for that money, then design the works.
Several years have now passed and work finally starts, after everyone's forgotten why it was so important in the first place.
There's always a sum done, to ensure that the value of the assets being protected is x times the cost of the work.
And don't forget the disastrous effect on the Island's economy if, say, the airport was put out of action by flood damage, even for a month.

I've already seen the El Cotillo flood video. This alone proves what can happen.
I just googled "flooded campsite Spain". Try it.

[Ivemovedon]

If there was a sum done on the dunes bypass then someone got it badly wrong.

You'd have to see the contractors bill for the drainage sysems before you could say it was financially viable or not. And you are'nt likely to get so much of a peak of that, certainly not the unofficial version anyway.

[bluefox]

"when it rain's in fuerte......it rain's" "but i've never seen it" ! right ! but seen it in other place's, Aaaaaaaaaaaaaah ! 

[calculator]

Watch this video of the last major storm, taken Guisguey, 2009. This is the result of 45 minutes of rain!!

If the link doesn't work, type "Tormenta in Guisguey 2009" into google.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTgIxvhTtfk

This is the reason the massive storm drains are needed. This rain blocked the main road from Puerto to Corralejo near Puerto LAjas, a 200 meter stretch was overrun by at least a foot of water crossing the road, despite under road drains.

[isleswing]

"when it rain's in fuerte......it rain's" "but i've never seen it" ! right ! but seen it in other place's, Aaaaaaaaaaaaaah ! 

There's little difference between weather patterns of all the islands in the archipelago. so it's a fair comparison.

Have you actually looked at the film of El Cotillo further up this thread? I could never have believed it was possible for that to happen.

"well as a retired construction contract's manager," you'll know that things are built to deal with 'once in x years' conditions. This job could well be designed for something that hasn't happened yet, but is predicted as likely to occur, say, once in 50 years.
Think of the Spanish media's version of the Daily Mail if the job wasn't done!

[luvfuerte]

"when it rain's in fuerte......it rain's" "but i've never seen it" ! right ! but seen it in other place's, Aaaaaaaaaaaaaah ! 

There's little difference between weather patterns of all the islands in the archipelago. so it's a fair comparison.

Have you actually looked at the film of El Cotillo further up this thread? I could never have believed it was possible for that to happen.

"well as a retired construction contract's manager," you'll know that things are built to deal with 'once in x years' conditions. This job could well be designed for something that hasn't happened yet, but is predicted as likely to occur, say, once in 50 years.
Think of the Spanish media's version of the Daily Mail if the job wasn't done!

Oh God Don't get Woe excited

[Ivemovedon]

i think Woe must be celebrating the four journalistic wins by the Mail at the British press awards ceremony recently. Not bad for a rag some profess they wouldn't wipe their backsides with. 

[bluefox]

question : to all you "storm gully sympathiser's".....where does all the water go ? 

[luvfuerte]

i think Woe must be celebrating the four journalistic wins by the Mail at the British press awards ceremony recently. Not bad for a rag some profess they wouldn't wipe their backsides with. 

Wow  must be an even sadder individual than I had envisaged