First of all, yes, I know snowstorm Monika is old news, but I thought it will make you feel (at least a little bit) better, sitting in your warm hotel room
Picture this: 30 cm of snow in one night, wind speed 25 m/s.
Result: about 600 people needed to be rescued, most of them were waiting in their cars from 8 pm to 6 pm next day (it’s almost 24 hours!) with no significant food or water supply. Luckily, there was also a truck-like (I really don’t know the right word!) “car” heading to Finland, that was stuck in that 40 km long queue, full of cold snacks and drinks for some kind of party. Sorry fins, hungry estonians ate it all! LOL
To be completely honest, it wasn’t actually THAT bad. Rescue teams were there, sharing food and even gasoline, to keep the cars running and warm. It just took awfully lot of time to clean the road(s) from all that snow. And those who didn’t want to wait in the cars, were evacuated.
In the first picture, there should be a road where the cars are. A first class road, #1 road in Estonia! And the second picture.. well.. you can see what a mess it was.
Feeling better?
I will join Jelga in her wish and I am too hoping your trip goes well tomorrow and that you'll have a great Christmas with your family!
Domov
