Calis Beach and Fethiye Turkey Discussion Forum
Other Local Resorts & Areas => Uzumlu Discussion Forum => Topic started by: carlan on November 13, 2007, 09:04:54 AM
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Hi, just wondered what the weather was like in Uzumlu while the storms were raging in Fethiye at the weekend, do you get the same, the backlash or are they like two different worlds? Just thinking ahead to when we have our place out there next year, should hate to come over and find it flooded out or blown away all together!! Thanks.
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:) Hi Carlan, you'll probably find an answer, in the Weather section 8)
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Originally posted by cef
:) Hi Carlan, you'll probably find an answer, in the Weather section 8)
Thanks cef, I did look, but couldn't find anything relating to my question. I put it here because it is directed specifically at Uzumlu. I was refering to the storms of last weekend, not the weather in general, just wondered what affect it had in the village thats all.
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I don't know about last weekend's storms, but when we were over in October, we had terrific storms that went on all night - with incredible thunder and lightening. Because of the shape of the valley it seemed to rumble around for hours and hours without moving on - and jeepers did that thunder crash ! (two teenage kids ended up in our bed too !!). The rain - very heavy, was soon absorbed by the fields and olive groves and only left a few puddles to splash though. (Calis Market was fun - up to our ankles in mud !).
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:D Love it, out with the wllies then, ;)
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Originally posted by laffa
:D Love it, out with the wllies then, ;)
:o :o What.....:D ;)
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Hi folks, thanks for your replies. My, I don't like the sound of that thunder pookie, I'm terrified of it, and it sounds a trillion times worse than we've ever had here where I live in the UK! I did wonder if Uzumlu got its own weather, a bit Like us here, the nearest town from our village is about the same distance away as Fethiye, we can be snowed in here in the winter, but if you can manage to get up the very steep hill out of here, you enter a different world without a snow flake in sight!! Thought Uzumlu might be a bit the same.
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Dear Carlan, Pookie conveniently forgets to say that the electric went off in Uzumlu for 6 hours - yes 6 hours - from 4pm till 10 pm on Saturday and on/off intermitently on Sunday. It is standard here that when you get a storm, especially an electric storm, we routinely lose the electric. Unlike uk where you can contact the electricity board to find out the problem, there is no one here to ask so you sit around in darkness and go to bed about 8pm! When you move out remember to pack torches and candles. Welcome to Turkey!
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Chris
You really are a plum - pookie didn't "conveniently forget to say" that the electric went off on Saturday - she covered that with "I don't know about last weekend's storms".
She is in the UK, how would she know, let alone choose to omit?
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Don't know why you worry about it. Ours went off in Kaya around 3.30pm Saturday and came back on again on low power around 6.30 pm Sunday. It's been on and off since then. In fact it's just gone again and I'm using battery power again to keep the PC going.
Burasi Turkiye !
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Hello Mr Tippet, thanks for your reply. Having stayed in Bezirgan and Kaya over a good few years now, I am a little used to the fickle electricity supply in mountain villages, which isn't always caused by storms!! Though I do appreciate the difference between a two week holiday and actually living there.
I was more concerned about the possibility of flooding, but pookie did mention the rain was soon absorbed by the fields, which is good to know. We are surrounded by a large range of high fells here, and when it rains really heavy, it all runs off the fells flooding our roads in places and some properties get flooded out. So again, I was wondering what the situation can be like in Uzumlu, and thought, who better to ask than those who live there, so thanks.
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I didn't conveniently overlook at all !! Electricity is something that comes and goes and is so much a part of life in Uzumlu that we really don't notice or even mind anymore. Just great fun fumbling around in the dark......you never know what you might find :o 8) Scunner is right, I wasn't there last weekend, but we probably did lose the lecky in October too.....but hey ! who gives a fig ? ;)
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Originally posted by laffa
:D Love it, out with the wllies then, ;)
Laffa - :o plenty of those on show - all colours, shapes and sizes : :) ;)
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Originally posted by pookie
I didn't conveniently overlook at all !! Electricity is something that comes and goes and is so much a part of life in Uzumlu that we really don't notice or even mind anymore. Just great fun fumbling around in the dark......you never know what you might find :o 8) Scunner is right, I wasn't there last weekend, but we probably did lose the lecky in October too.....but hey ! who gives a fig ? ;)
Shouldn't that have been "who gives a grape" pookie? (lol :))
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(just like a bus - nothing for ages and then three posts from me all come along together...!). I know this was a thread about storms last weekend in Uzumlu, but I'd like to add that we visited Kalkan the day after storms in October. The entire brick road had been lifted and destroyed by the flood water. I didn't have my camara with me, but it was shocking. Half the road had ended up in the harbour, so I guess little old Uzumlu was very lucky.
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According to the online version of Turkish Daily News, there have been up to 150 greenhouses collapsed in the Fethiye area and 300 small boats lost in the Aegean region.
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Carlan,
The storms last week were spectacular here in Uzumlu and lasted 2 days on & off. No landslides that we have heard about but then the ground was already pretty wet (great for gardening) so apart from thunder, lightning and a power cut it was not too bad. Our pool overflowed so it was down to the pump room for Eric to lower the water level.
Even though the electric was off from 4-10pm we fared better than others as Ovacik had no electric for days and apparantly during the worst of the storms Dalaman, Fethiye and all the surrounding area was blacked out. Lots of candles required and make sure you have a gas hob so you can still cook.
Weather in the extreme I think its called.
Fi
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Your reply covered my question pretty well, thanks Firo.
Forewarned is forearmed as they say, batten down the hatches I think!! Thanks again.
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Forgot to mention, a generator is a good investment too
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Originally posted by chris tippett
Dear Carlan, Pookie conveniently forgets to say that the electric went off in Uzumlu for 6 hours - yes 6 hours - from 4pm till 10 pm on Saturday and on/off intermitently on Sunday. It is standard here that when you get a storm, especially an electric storm, we routinely lose the electric. Unlike uk where you can contact the electricity board to find out the problem, there is no one here to ask so you sit around in darkness and go to bed about 8pm! When you move out remember to pack torches and candles. Welcome to Turkey!
Hi Mr or Mrs Chris,
Not surprised by your post, you have nothing good to say regarding Turkey, you must have closed your eyes and stuck a pin in the world map to decide where to buy a house.
Where in Uzumlu do you live, so I know not to buy a place in that area. lol
Susan
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Hi Susan dont bite the man is well known as a wind up merchant ,most of us love Uzumlu ,with or without its faults, Regards Calvin