[Idyllchat] Rain in Switzerland

[robert w. miller]

We were in Sachseln July 18-August 1 and there were a couple of cloud burst 
that caused slides which interrupted rail traffic for a few hours.  One 
slide was between Satrnen and Sachseln while the other was between Giswill 
and Brunig Pass.

Bob Miller
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ray Nagle" <rnagle at abq.com>
To: "Vance Roy" <gigli.saw at dplanet.ch>
Cc: "Idyllchat" <idyllchat at lists.untours.com>
Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2007 12:04 PM
Subject: Re: [Idyllchat] Rain in Switzerland


> Bob/Roy,
>
> I just returned from Lungern and was there 1 - 15 August during the
> flooding. I saw no evidence of a mud slide. A rock slide had occurred
> sometime during the previous year, but it happened before the rains during
> 7,8, and 9 August. Our landlady did not mention it to us either if it 
> occurred.
>
> Ray Nagle
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Vance Roy" <gigli.saw at dplanet.ch>
> To: "Bob Johnson" <robtjohn at tx.rr.com>
> Cc: "IdyllChat" <IdyllChat at lists.untours.com>
> Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2007 6:13 AM
> Subject: Re: [Idyllchat] Rain in Switzerland
>
>
>>
>> On 9. Aug 2007, at 13:13, Bob Johnson wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Vance, how do things look in the Heartland?
>>>
>>> Bob Johnson
>>
>> Lake Sarnen rose about 18 inches in a 24 hour period. The creeks are
>> almost full. There is some flooding of lower areas along the lake,  and
>> there are some roads that have been under water but are now open.  There
>> was a mudslide in Lungern, where exactly, I don't know. It has  not 
>> rained
>> since early AM (6 hours ago). The fire depts. are busy  pumping but no
>> major damage.
>>
>> The western parts of CH seem the worst, and the radar shows lots of  rain
>> coverage still there. Compared to the floods two years ago, not  too bad.
>> More rain in lesser amounts is forecast until the weekend.
>>
>> Vance Roy
>> gigli.saw at dplanet.ch
>> http://homepage.mac.com/fredch
>> http://www.eyefetch.com/fredch/blog.aspx
>>
>> During the course of a conversation on living wills, I told my wife I
>> never wanted to exist in a vegetative state, dependent on some  machine
>> and taking fluids from a bottle. She got up, unplugged the TV  and threw
>> out all my beer.
>> AJC Vent
>>
>>
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