Storm

Morning storm clouds

The storm has finally arrived. And it's evening so the storm is late. It had hit the northern cities very hard this morning, flooding severely the city of Herzliya. One person died. In the rest of the northern cities, floods all over ... making travel difficult if not impossible.

Starting a fire

Here in the City, drizzle started in the afternoon but the winds were very gusty. The govt warned of a sandstorm today and all should stay indoors and limit outdoor activity. Unfortunately I had to meet our lawyers and financial dept to expedite the arrival of books at the customs. The cold and the sand storm was too much ... I had 2 asthma attacks on the way there .... and reaching my office, I couldn't breathe. Felt very sick and thought of going to Emergency Ward. But I managed to finish my work and got home to rest. It was dreadful to be gasping for air and nothing seems to be entering.

Much as I tried to stay in bed, there was work to do at home. First there was class. Then the library had to be tended to because yesterday's electric outage has thrown our computer system upside down. Talking about yesterday, I had to come home in the cold and drizzle .... and saw this strange sight. 2 guys trying to start a fire to warm themselves. The wind was blowing very hard ... making it difficult to light the wood. But of course anyone with brains would simply walk 2 meters into the shop and there the heater is on ... it's warm and dry. But no ... they had to come out in the drizzle and wind to start a fire. It's a bedouin thing. You can't take the bedouin out of an arab. I just had to laugh and take a photo.  

Cold, wet and silent

I'll sleep early .... the rain is beating against my window, the wind is howling outside ... and the temp is 3 degrees. There's nothing I can do but sleep.