Next storm is arriving imminently - this one named Marta.
It’s not predicted to hit us directly overhead — it’s expected to pass a little further north — but winds of 120km+ per hour are forecast. It’s just coming in now. Electricity has been on and off all day. We are still among the lucky ones. Other parts of Portugal are being really badly affected. We’ve been tearful here, seeing the flood damage. A town we visited six weeks ago around my birthday has had flooding as high as the tops of the ground-floor windows. The carousel our son went on has been washed away. It’s very tough. The picture of the people in the boat was taken on a road we actually walked on very recently. The picture that looks like it shows a lot of brown land is an aerial view of our town by the sea. That brown area is usually all grass. Over the last six weeks, our local fields have flooded. The water hasn’t reached us, but all the flooded fields are now merging together. We are effectively in a moat. Many of the houses are higher up, which has helped. Thank goodness for the incredibly brave emergency workers, working tirelessly to rescue not only vulnerable people but also those taken completely by surprise. These are real pictures from the news and social media from the last storm. I think this has now reached international news. We have everything we might need — Starlink has been ordered, along with a generator. We’ve got firewood, and we’ve got each other. Thank you so much for all of your kind messages of support. I’ll be back online when this has passed. I’m still anticipating hosting the sessions on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday next week. The details are just below. If you click on the Calendar tab, you’ll see the session times in your own timezone. You can also find previous sessions under the Classroom tab. ⭐ Tuesday — The Living Astrology Classroom: All About Cancer — 9am and 8pm UK time (Premium Members) ⭐ Wednesday — The Solar Eclipse in Aquarius!! — 8pm UK time (Everyone welcome) ⭐ Thursday — LIVE LAB: Exploring Cancer in Our Charts — 9am and 8pm UK time (Premium Members)