Hope you are staying safe and keeping all areas suffering from these horrible floods in my prayers
Weekend activities! (old thread reanimated)
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We are quite safe in the area of München.
But its so horrible to see the photos from these totally destroyed little towns there.
And there are still many people being missed.
There are many discussions starting now if this disaster is caused by climatic changes.
Dont think so, its caused by human sins, regulating rivers, draining swamps and building houses on these “new areas”.
Nature comes back.
Here in München we have huge free areas beside the local river Isar,
so called “inundation areas”. So there are no problems.
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It’s complicated. It is not just one thing.
Global warming allows the air to hold more moisture so more rain. Population growth and road building, means when rain lands it lands less on soil which can soak it up, less on trees which can soak it up in the leaves, and more on concrete of houses/yards/roads. The houses upstream thus force a magnification of the problem further downstream. So it is global warming, population growth and lack of investment in water management (e.g. empty reservoirs to hold excess).
Better supercomputers would give better more reliable hints there’s a time to pack and head uphill, but you’re still going to get property damage so long as the notion the answer is concrete and cars.
The choice each person has is do they want comfortable illusion or uncomfortable truth.
Known as flood plain or sacrificial land. If it were to get built on then that water is forced to go faster downstream.
Population growth is one thing the Greens never will accept for the increasing CO2-emissions.
But of course it is.
We, the few Europeans, especially the Germans will safe the world by our
“CO2-rules”.
Its more than ridiculous.
Neither of us may be here to see if this prediction is correct, but I think those flooded area will have people living there soon instead of giving up the land to water. The people who’s lives have been ruined will be asking for better flood protection for themselves, but if their houses still exist, and the water is guided away, then that water not in their houses will simply end up in someone else’s house instead.
In English we call it kicking the can down the street.
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Those photos are much more pleasing than the others I have mentioned above.
Great weather and not a crowed beach.
You all should enjoy!
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Yes indeed, sad news.
The weather is great and a light northerly breeze.
Looks like it should be a good week too.
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Good Paul.
Visit the beach!
The best air there.
The best you can do. 
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We left the beach around 1.30 as started to get busy.
Headed into town for food and drinks.
And treated to a wave and fly-by from the fine guys and girls of H.M. Coastguards.
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Not many news here.
What should happen in a quiet pensioner’s life?
But I got a nice “beer stein”
(The expression beer stein is misleading 
)
But all those mugs are called “steins”.
Mine I bought yesterday is made from glass.
Its from ca 1850, very typical and I like it,
because of its functionality, modesty and plainness.
Another Flare mini!
Now I have really TWS!
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No photos for obvious reasons but weekend is looking after a newborn baby as mother having a bad time.
Baby just been sick on me. Lovely.
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But the Stein ist leer… it is very beautiful and I like the richness of the blue glass.
Quite a find 
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May I tell you the truth.
I always drink the beer from the bottle, though I have a huge collection
of steins.
There are some :
Years ago I had a great collection of these “Art Noveau” steins.
Now I keep some for decoration, the rest has been sold.
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After all blossoms of the Hortensia were killed by late snow its totally recovering.
Really great different colors.
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Very beautiful pictures, both the steins and the flowers. Equally impressive.
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Very nice flowers my family has some steins as well when I was younger I thought they were the coolest thing every
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There are many stein collectors in the USA.
I started collecting those art noveau steins in 1980.
The collection was growing and one day I decided to sell the most rare ones for good money.
Now the prices had go down, because young people dont collect antiquities any more.
They collect earbuds! 
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