Shooting in the Rain
Since there’s no other weather out there this summer
It’s loud. Like very loud. I’m sitting on our terrace listening to the rain. Protected from the balcony above me, I am facing the open valley looking over the downpour taking place in our village.
It’s been raining a lot. Not just here, not just today, and just this week. This summer has probably been one of the wettest I do remember and caused yesterday some catastrophic events in western Germany where an entire village is now cut off from the outside world and several people died in the floods and in crashing houses.
It’s something you only know from the news yet it has happened right here, right in front of your doorstep. Nature is once again demonstrating its power and forces. There’s nothing we can do except for avoiding river banks and properties in the valley. Flood areas are at risk but most people say it won’t happen to them.
Meanwhile, I am here, in a safe place, dry and relaxed watching the rainfall from the sky. Living on the hillside, we might get some heavy floods rushing down the garden during the rain but the water never stays. It continues its way down the…
