WEATHER UPDATE & FLOOD WARNING

We have had quite bad rain on and off for a few days here on Condado and on Sunday Night we lost electricity after a thunder storm which took 21 hours to resume - this afternoon and evening we have had quite heavy rain which we lost electricity again but this time only  for about 2 hours but it has caused some 2 bedroom apts facing up towards jardin 13 to flood under doors enough to reach bedrooms, I have checked all my apts and only 1 has had to be mopped out and towels used behind front door to stop water coming in but it is a worry that depending on which way the rain comes down depends on which are affected.  For those that I am looking after I have been round this evening and will again in the morning to ensure that all are ok as it is still raining on and off tonight.  

Someone has brought this British weather over and I will investigate to find out who the culprit is - I am on the case........well I will be......... manyana

Nite nite peeps from a very wet Condado

Carol

Hi guys

The rain has been very extrreme and we are predicted to have more over the next week or so. This is quite common in this part of Spain in September and October and is a weather phenomenen known as the Gotta Fria. The local papers have been forecasting this for several weeks.

I think we may have found a solution which can be easily fixed to the bottom of the front doors of the apartments and should stop any rain water leaking under.

I am waiting for my husband to come back from the site to see if what we are proposing would work and if so I will let everyone know as we could start to put these in place for people ASAP.

A Spanish guy I worked with told me about the gotta fria so when we went out for the parador tour I asked if it affected this area. Sure enough the sales rep said he had never heard of it and said they never got bad rains.

Hi All,

Any idea what the weather forecast is in Condado for the next 2 weeks?  We're coming out there on Tuesday and will be very dissapointed if we have 10 days of rain!....... We came out in May for 5 days and had 4 days of rain.   I need the sunshine!................

Dave

Hi Dave

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news but the weather forecast for this area for the next few weeks is not good. The rain is supposed to be with us for a while and when it rains it really rains. I have just had a power cut at home so popped to the shops and got stuck in a flooded road and I drive a 4x4 car.  I would warn anyone who is coming over and is driving to be very careful as the Spanish cannot drive in the rain. There is always a lot of surface water and debris from the fields around.

Hi Barry

When the power goes off in Spain you don't normally have to do anything it will just come back on again. You will only have to open the fuse box if your differencial switch has popped, and this is very easy to do. The electric fuse boxes in the apartment are very easy to spot as they have a white plastic door which opens on a hinge and you will see if a switch is in the down position and if so you just push it up again.

Phil

Regarding the water leaking under the doors. This is a very common problem in Spain because most front doors that are fitted do not have any seals at the bottom. Most people I have spoken to today, including my mother, have had water leaking under their doors due to the heavy rainfall we have experienced. I know this was discussed in an earlier thread and my husband said that there were many people in the call centre this morning complaining, however the response from Polaris has been to do nothing so far, hence our idea to place the plastic strips on the bottom of the doors to try and stop the leaks. My mother has done this on her own house yesterday and it seemed to work overnight so fingers crossed this could be a fairly easy and cheap solution.

Can anyone tell me is it both upstairs and downstairs apts leaking under the front door?
Tan