Yesterday we experienced our first rainstorm in Malta. We noticed that it had cooled down considerably and there were these huge grey clouds rolling in towards Sliema. It was very impressive, and I managed to take some pictures. Little did we know what was coming!
It started to rain very gently but all the people on the street started pulling on coats and ponchos. At this point we should have guessed what was coming, but silly old us just had a giggle at the people who we thought had over dressed for drizzle.
Then BAM, the next thing we knew it was raining cats and dogs (or rabbit and lampuki). The roads were flooded within five minutes, the sea turned choppy and boats struggled to come in to harbour. The wind picked up and the crane next to our apartment started swinging round (much to Claire's distress). Than all of a sudden we heard thunder in the distance. It didn't take long for the thunder to reach us, and it was loud! Then came the lightning. None of us have seen lightning like it before. It was purple! Seriously, purple and pink lightning!
I tried to record a video of the storm when it was just starting, and although it doesn't show the severity of the storm, you can get a rough idea. Also, apologies for the number of times I say the word 'like' in this video, I have obviously spent too much time with Jenny(!!)
G ~
P.s. Trying to photograph lightning is hard...so I stole this image from Google, but it's pretty similar to what we were seeing.
Then BAM, the next thing we knew it was raining cats and dogs (or rabbit and lampuki). The roads were flooded within five minutes, the sea turned choppy and boats struggled to come in to harbour. The wind picked up and the crane next to our apartment started swinging round (much to Claire's distress). Than all of a sudden we heard thunder in the distance. It didn't take long for the thunder to reach us, and it was loud! Then came the lightning. None of us have seen lightning like it before. It was purple! Seriously, purple and pink lightning!
I tried to record a video of the storm when it was just starting, and although it doesn't show the severity of the storm, you can get a rough idea. Also, apologies for the number of times I say the word 'like' in this video, I have obviously spent too much time with Jenny(!!)
G ~
P.s. Trying to photograph lightning is hard...so I stole this image from Google, but it's pretty similar to what we were seeing.
No comments:
Post a Comment