ATHUEL CANYON

TWO YEARS AGO WE WERE VISITING THE ATHUEL CANYON IN MENDOZA. IT WAS A SUNNY DAY. WE STARTED TO DRIVE BY THE RIVER BANK. ATHUEL CANYON HAS WONDERFUL VIEWS LIKE THE COLOURS OF THE ROCKS OR THE SPECIAL COLOURS OF THE WATER.

ATHUEL RIVER IS VERY THIN BUT THERE ARE SOME DUMS.WHILE WE WERE TRAVELLING THE SKY STARTED GETTING DARK, IMMEDIATELY IT BEGAN TO RAIN. IN A FEW MINUTES THE RAIN TURNED INTO A POUR. SUDDENLY THE RAIN STOPPED AND WATERFALLS APPEARED FROM ALL OVER THE PLACE.

AS A RESULT WE COULDN´T CONTINUE OUR JOURNEY BECAUSE THE ROAD WAS FLOODED.

WE HAD TO STAY THERE FOR MANY HOURS. THOSE HOURS SEEMED ETERNAL.

FINALLY WHEN THE WATER LEVEL WENT DOWN WE COULD CONTINUE OUR TRIP.

IT WAS AN AMAZING EXPERIENCE AND WE WERE VERY FRAIGHTENED.

More Compositions about the weather

The Storm:

This happened in january 2010,I was at home in the countryside. The day was beautiful with a gentle breeze and a warm sun  but around midnight a heavy storm with strong winds and hail began. The storm caused the electricty to fail.

The next morning I woke up and the storm was over, but the strong winds and hail had caused much damage.

When I went out walking I found fallen trees and the river had fooded the land. Despite the damage caused by the storm, the next day was beautiful and there weren´t weather alerts for the rest of the week.

Georgina

The Storm

I don't remenber when this happened, but I remember why it happened.

One day I went to my office at 8 o´clock, the weather forescast had given notice of a heavy storm but I didn´t know that the rain would be a problem.

I didn´t realise when it started to rain, but it poured for hours.

My office only had a window trought which it was impossible see the street.

That day I and my office mates didn´t know about the storm consequences when we went out to our houses. The roads were flooded, the side walks wer destroyed,  there was no energy and at the parking of the Mega Supermarket, nearly 100 cars were floating because the parking had flooded.

Noemi