And it rained

And rained some more.  Shortly after we finished our Christmas day walk and it began raining.  It stopped raining 36 hrs later!  In between it rained steady and hard.  So hard that I had to turn up the music fairly loud to be able to hear it over the sound of the rain striking the boat.  And when it seemed like it had stopped, it really only just lightened up to a "normal" sort of rain that calls for an umbrella. The picture doesn't do it justice; it was really coming down in sheets.

The water treatment systems have been overwhelmed by "turbidity", basically silt and dirt in the water. The government has advised people to not drink water from the tap and to boil it before cooking. We had a charcoal filter on the hose for the water we're getting from shore and just added a ceramic filter which is supposed to remove 99.99% of harmful bacteria.

We just spoke with someone who drove through Portobello this morning and reported a waterfall and mud slide right through the center of town. When it stopped raining it started blowing. We've 15-25kts since last night. The normally lake like harbor at Linton has breaking waves; breaking right into the restaurant we're told. Heavy rain is forecast for later today and tomorrow.

Too much wind and rain to do our on deck projects so we're doing indoor projects and making steady progress.