Suisse side of the San Bernardino in our way home right now
Impressions from Torino 2 days ago
Senet Board on papyrus at Museo Egizio in Torino
Just a little rain this week…
at least the bridge is still standing… unlike bridges elsewhere…
Yes, our event response team at work (the people who produce the quick turnaround flood maps and analyses of current floods) have been very busy of late
Edit: I suppose the main problem here is that, because it’s not a river flood, the water won’t take itself away. It has to be pumped out, and where do you put 60 million litres of surplus muddy water…?
Do you know anyone with a large basement?
Sell it as low-toxicity organic fertiliser (collect it yourself)?
what do they do with more normal amounts of rain?
There’s probably a (blocked) drain under there somewhere. There is also definitely a pumping station under the water which is supposed to stop the road flooding…
Now we know the real culprit!
that’s going to be a sticky mess…
The wedge the French drove between us rears it’s head. This is a detour here.
This phrasing suggests, "Sorry you can’t get to your destination, but here! Clowns! "
Languages are the best.
In my world:
A ‘detour’ is most likely to be a (probably voluntary, although of course unplanned detours are a thing) change to a route (most likely to visit a relative, or take in a museum, or go to a beach or something), on your way to somewhere else.
A ‘diversion’ is either an official change of route for traffic because a road’s closed, or something created to distract attention from something else.