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üStorminthenorthwest
Çareal-timearticle
byGardEggesbøAbrahamsen
andJardarEggesbøAbrahamsen
äOnJanuary1st1992,round4o'clockinthemorning,ahurricanetookthe
NorwegiansinthearearoundStadt(WestCape)onthebed.Somelostthe
roofoftheirhouses,somelosttheirgarage,andsomelosttheirhomes.
Andwhatwasevenworse...thehurricanewasreportedintheweather
forecast.Itshouldhavebeennosurprise.
Ontheevening,January1st1993,theweatherforecastreports...
hurricaneroundthesamearea.Prepare.Warningsignonthemap.People
panic.Theradiohasaspecialbroadcastfortheevent.Itakemy
computertothekitchenafterhavingcompletedO.U.C.H.home-vid'III,
andstartstypingawayinareal-timearticleaslongaswehave
electricity,despiteofthefactthatitseemstherewillnotbeany
hurricanetotalkabout.Theweatherseemsnice,okay,justalittle
windy,butnotasmuchasin1992.Isupposeit'sjustthememoriesof
lastyearthatmakepeoplepanictonight.
Well,ifthereisn'tanystormtonight,therewillprobablybea
telephonestormofdisappointedpeoplewhotrustedtheforecasttobe
right,andthereforehadgottenpanic...Iwillbereportinginthisfile
asthereportsdropsoutoftheloudspeakersofmyradio.MynameisGard
EggesbøAbrahamsen,onewhowillsurvivethenight,andIwillbe
supportedbymybrotherJardar.Idon'tknowifàheäwillsurvive,though.
Ç
ê2:09Ç
Nowindtotalkabout.Theradioison.Amanphoninginfromsomewhere
isreadingapoemhehaswrittenoutloud.Somewhatearlier,aguyhad
beenphoningin,tellingthatthegarageofhisneighbourjustsmashed
intohishouseandthathehastakenactionanddisappearedintothe
basementwherehewouldbesafe.
Theoddthingaboutthisreportisthatthehouseinquestionis
approx.3-4kmfromhere,andthereisênoÇchancethewindcanbethat
strongoverthere.Obviously,themostprobablesolutionisthatsome
kidshavephonedintohavesomefun.
Mostly,IwillnowbeeditingtextforthisissueofScriba
ê2:16Ç
SindreRemøyreportsfromSigbas,ashipintheocean,222.25kmfrom
Griplighthouse.Theyreportthatthewavesoverthereare14-16m,60-
90knots(30.8-46.3m/s,or:111-167km/h),whichisapproxthesamethey
hadatDecember25th,whichwasn'tthatbadhereonthemainland.No
dangerforship,creworthepeopleonthemainland.
Thereporterinstudiotellsthemanontheshiptorecordsomevideo
whiletheyareoutthere.
ê2:22Ç
ArescuechopperhasjustarrivedtoaRussianship.Earierthisevening,
adistresssignalrocketwasseeninthatarea,buttheRussiancrew
deniesthattheylaunchedit.Theydo,however,confirmthattheyhadhad
problemsearlieronthisnight.
AnotherRussianshiphasbeenspottedoutsideÅlesund,nearVigra.The
shiphasbeennotified,andthecrewhasconfirmedthattheyknowabout
theweatherreports,andthattheyhavetakenprecausionsandleftthe
enginesrunning.
ThecoastalsteamerdidnottakethetriptoTorvikonthewaysouth
Çtoday,duetothereportedweather.Eventhoughtheweatherisn'tbad
yet,Isupposetheyaretryingtoavoidtheworstweatherwhentheypass
Stadt,andthereforejusthurryaway.
ê2:34Ç
WeatherreportsfromMeteorologicalInstituteinBergenstayunchanged,
andtheforecastreads...:Sørligsterkstorm(strongstormfromthe
south).Itwillnotbeasstrongaslastyear.
ê2:37Ç
SveinHansenreportsfromthecoastalsteamer.Theyareclosinginon
Stadt(WestCape)with58passangers.Everythinglooksfineatthe
moment,andtheywillmostprobablymakeitthroughbeforetheweather
getstohardtodoit.WillbeatStadtinhalfanhour.Theradiowill
probablybecallingthemupthen.
Honestly,thisremindsmeofapredictionquiteafewyearsago.It
wasreportedanenormousstorm,andeveryonepreparedforit.Whenthe
daycame,wegotthemostbeautifulsunshineinstead.
ê2:42Ç
ThepeopleinBergenandthepeopleinOsloaredisagreeingontheexact
locationofthestormandthestrengthofit.
ê2:45Ç
ThisisJardarwriting,Gard'sbrother.Thetemperaturerightnowis8.4
deg.C,thewindthoughisnotstrongatallwherewelive.Thismightbe
duetoitsdirectionbeingfromthesouth,andrighttothesouthofus
isamountain.However,thereisanislandcalledRundeinourdistrict,
famousforallitsbirdsanditsgoldtreasure.Thebridgebetweenthat
islandandtheneighbouringislandRemøynåhasbeenclosedbecauseofthe
strongwind.Theinhabitants(ofRunde,thatis)beingfriendlyandnice,
letushopethatthestormwillweakenandthebridgesoonbereopened
fornormaltraffication.
ê2:55Ç
(StillJardar)Onaneighbouringislandofours(Hareidlandet)thewind
isnowstrengthening,quothAlfredHovdenfromHareidsdaleninan
interview(read:chat)ontheradio.EventhoughGardmeansthatthe
extrabroadcastfromÅlesundisexagerated,Iwouldliketopinpointthat
oneyearagothelocalextrabroadcastsweretoofew.Peoplenowhave
goodreasonsforbeingscared,andIamoftheopinionthatitisbetter
withtoomuchradiothantoolittle.
ê3:00Ç
üNewÇweatherforcast:30m/s(58.4knots,or:108km/h)i.e.almost
hurricane(hurricaneis63knots,or:226.8km/h).Lastyearwe
experiencedanaveragewindof89knots,46m/s,166km/h.Thegustswere
at120knots,62m/s,223km/s.Duringthatstormhousesweretornto
pieces,bigshipsfoundtheirunwantedharbourondryland,andourwoods
wereflattened.InthetownofKristiansundthemayor,thepoliceandthe
civildefenceproclaimedstateofemergency,andtheemergencyplanfor
warwasexecuted.Thetownwaswithoutelectricityforfivedays,andthe
surroundingareaforevenlongertime.
Ç ê3:52Ç
IandGardhavebeenoutwalking,andthewindwasnotespeciallystrong
comparedtotheusualstrenghtinwindytimes.Howeveritgotstronger
duringthe20minutesthatourwalklasted.Wearenowawaitingthe
forcastfromMeteorologiskintituttinBergenatabout4o'clock.Bythe
way,didyouknowthatElisabethAndreassonisnotmarried?Theyjust
toldusontheradio...
Ooops!Wedidn'tseethemoon!ButfurtheränorthÇtheycanseeit...Is
thistheendoftime?Isthisdoomsday?Isthis...îRagnarokÇ?-Well,we
haven'thadanyäfimbulvetrÇyet,soIguesstheanswerisänoÇ.(Er
thetta...äRagnarokÇ?Nu,verhofumennthaekkihaftfimbulvetr,svaek
gissa,atsvaritseäneiÇ.)
ê4:06Ç
Weatherforcast:Thewindmightgetstronger.Thehurricanewillreachus
withinafewhours.
IthinkthatIwilleatandthengotobed.Goodnight.
êYupp!You'reright!Ç
Nothingmuchhappened,andeveryonegotdisappointed.OR...thereisa
slightpossibilitythatthereWASajudgementday,andthatwenowarein
heaven,anddon'tknowaboutit.Orperhapsweareinhell.Anyway,this
wouldbeoutofthequestionandtotallyagainsmyreligion.Iguess
nothinghappenedatall,andthatthewholethingwasanillusion.So
there.
And...well...sincetherewasn'tmuchhappening,nowonderthe
articlegotshort...!!!