THE FLOOD (28 Nov. 2008) November 28, 2008: When Nature rebels and says enough!
After a full day of continuous rain in the late evening of November 27 beat down by rain throughout the Ogliastra 'indescribable intensity, pouring about 2 am on Nov. 28 all the water falls in the two main rivers upstream and Rio Rio Pramaera Sunflower; But Adriano (Fisherman and licensee Rio Pramaera) worried that bertavelli places along the river could be threatened by floods from the mountain too big, after the usual round of inspection Pollu (which he did every time it rained in that way and where there was a container with all its equipment) came home seemingly quiet and is almost certain that the next morning would find everything as he had just left . Pollu was nothing to think otherwise. And now you understand why .... For a couple of days away by the flood that hit the entire country, they make a damage realizing that it is almost impossible to quantify something that no longer exists.
unreal scenario: instead of the containers during the summer as a second home, where in the hottest periods are seen to be celebrated baptisms, birthdays, lunches and dinners with friends and family, a place that anyone could envy him for the calm, the sea breeze, the shade of the trees and the many natural sounds that only a place like that could give and where to do the masters were so many aquatic animals that lived there.
Now everything is gone, leaving the space of one and the immense expanse of water 3 feet deep. Everything has changed is not known whether for better or worse, this surely will later, but all the work (completed just a year ago) where you were part of the tube, the gates, the various channels that continues within Pramaera del Rio, which cost hundreds of thousands of euro, half the boats destroyed and some never even found, networks, bertavelli, all swept away in a moment, as it never existed ...
You can not even blame it on Rio Pramaera that for once did almost a spectator to natural events, without being directly protagonist.
No one could have imagined that in spite of the rain (common occurrence this time of year) was just near the river (the Sunflower River) at about 1 Km 1 \\ 2 could swell the Rio Pramaera to the point of not being satisfied with most of bypassing his bed for overflow its bank on the weakest of the country, but also the most productive, where the various camps are by homeowners for decades, destroyed ... All the many homes along the coast which have found themselves surrounded by 'water within a few hours the quiet Rio Sunflower has swollen to the point that as a loose cannon and then went to clash with Rio Pramaera investing everything in its path, including the container on its way to being the fact literally to pieces with all that was included in the entire activity. RIO
THE SUNFLOWER: AN UNCOMFORTABLE and intrusive NEAR
As this newspaper devoted almost entirely to the Rio Pramaera and everything 'around him seems superfluous to speak of it yet to explain what 'and that' success 'cause the root cause of the flood and just after' to be found, as we have previously already 'mentioned, in another river at about 1 km 1 / 2 from it and that means' the Rio Sunflower (or Rio Mirenu).
But to figure out what really happened the night of November 28 and 27 must go back in time at least fifty years and try to understand what has not worked as it should.
About fifty years ago when they made the banks of the Rio Sunflower became the bed of the river about 100 meters off thinking that the 100-meter read more than the two banks about 3 feet high could be enough to contain the floods that occurred in the rainy seasons. And so it was for about 50 years (until now). But the man did not call into account a very important particular: the seasons have changed over the years and continue to change. If then those structures, designed to contain a certain quantity of water could be enough, but now raining less and less with increasing intensity, we can realize that the current structures are no longer eligible. In this regard we would like that who should make decisions to change and improve these works assume this responsibility as soon as possible and take firm commitments of all citizens who have their business' and the houses near the Sunflower River, and are not forced to abandon all or even worse having to start over each time it has some full.
Unanswered
And now after one or two days after the disaster still nobody can understand what really happened and we wonder if this could be avoided, making a thousand suppositions: "And if it never got much water upstream? "," If the water upstream of the dam would not have to download at a time when the valley already poured the water from the rain a whole day? "," Why is the Rio Sunflower has continued its wild ride at sea? "," It 'very possible that the stormy sea as he did as a barrier to making it swollen river to overflow back into the weakest points of his own bed? "," And if the river bed was Girasole was wider in order to better contain the floods? "," And if the banks of the river itself would have been taller and stronger? "," And if the beds of rivers were cleaner and less debris? " "Really has done everything possible to avoid the inevitable?", "And if people die?", "What if this had been a view of nature"?. Who knows if you will never get answers to many questions that we ask these days.
looting
But what is more frightening, in addition to the horror that you see on the beaches, homes and camps for the affected (whole business to a crawl) and realize the people who take advantage of the situation giving way to any form of looting. People at the expense of those affected do not pull back to take away anything that is found here and there a piece of oar or a little 'carried away by the currents of wood and then abandoned as a wreck at the foot of shoreline, not thinking that all that which is destroyed or not it is, and has certainly had an owner.
SOMETHING POSITIVE
The only positive note in all this desolation and perhaps overlook the bridge and see Lotzorai no longer under a bed of concrete slabs are cemented but finally seeing the bed completely torn to pieces by the fury of the river that even if it will take time to bring it back to its original beauty, just the fact that the work of decommissioning has finally started (thanks to the intervention of nature) makes it possible, then discover that the river has repossess his old path (had to divert to allow easier without overbuilding the various curves that had originally) which for years has been forgotten by ' attention of the Region of Sardinia and then be illegal by private land adjacent
covering it almost entirely of earth, debris and more does nothing but reinforce a view of those who say that even if you were to temporarily withdraw from a river his bed for unexpected and unintended deviations sooner or later it will always return to its old location to flow, albeit at the expense of many who take advantage of the situation they want to do masters in someone else's home (in this case the river itself) deviated only to make a work that according to many people for so much damage was caused in recent years to dismantle a long time ago ..
after Union Sarda the flood (of 28 November 2008)
conflicting opinions - "Flood, is now hunting the guilty"
-Mayors: "No maintenance on the beds of rivers"
While raged over the island the weather, Ogliastra already feared the worst. But even though they were all more or less prepared to weather the impending no-one could imagine what was going to invest in it.
Campidano Oristanese ... everywhere there were damage, until it fell to us Ogliastra struggle with this bitter reality, only to end up, like a script to polemics and mutual accusations.
In an article in 'Nino Melis' Union Sarda of 3 December the two mayors of the two rivers under fire (Sunflower and Lotzorai) point the finger at the Consortium of Reclamation (the mayor Sunflower accused of failing to carry out the cleaning of river beds) and the office of landscape protection (which Mayor Lotzorai allegedly hindered the project, funded by the region of € 3 million for the removal of cement from 'bed of the Rio Pramaera).
The following is an excerpt of the article:
"For over half a century clay dams to protect rivers and Sunflower Pramaera have successfully countered the severe weather events. Until last Friday, when they surrendered. For two reasons: the exceptional rainfall and neglect of men.
all agree on one fact: the destruction of the three camps and several farms on the plain of Donigala was caused all'esondazione blocked the mouth of two rivers from the sea is stormy, apocalyptic generated effects.
remains, however, remarkable that the earth dam on the Rio Girasole has given way in which man has made arbitrary intervention.
There is talk of a track created by a mechanical excavator to free half blocked by mud. Near the bridge over 125 state, however, are obvious traces of the river overflows at another track, designed to facilitate access by mechanical means. Pe large sections of the casing stones dam built in the 50s for the reclamation of the plain of Donigala were looted by unknown vandals. No one watched, no one is responsible. 'I remember - comments Alferio Murgia, founder of Legambiente in Ogliastra - those responsible for the reclamation kept clean the beds of rivers and canals, did not hesitate to bring offenders to court. The dam had even forbidden the pasture not to weaken the resistance of the dam clay '.
With the aim of pulling out the most fertile land in the swamp, had been made into a system of internal channels to protect the two dams, linked by a third channel parallel to the beach, a few hundred meters from the sea. That channel was buried a little at a time and it can be seen now only faint traces. The Councillor Cannon has ensured that the dams and river protection works will be restored. The mayors, however, want to know what role be played by the Consortium of Reclamation Ogliastra for maintenance works. "
We wanted to summarize one of the many articles published in these days because in our opinion is one that most of all a brief summary of the most dynamic important about the Rio and the Rio Pramaera Sunflower qust'alluvione.
AFTER THE CHRONICLES 'FLOOD
After a week, the flood that has devastated much of Ogliastra do not be surprised to see as the most important Sardinian newspapers gave large space to the problem, with full page article which surely leave many readers in disbelief and horror: A Siniscola "whole flock swept away by the fury of water", "Flood The region has the damage, "" Triei, six bridges washed away by rain; A Lotzorai "Seventy caravans in water", "Flood, is now hunting the guilty." But these are definitely some of the articles published in local newspapers not to mention the many services that the TG of the largest issuers have sardines in those days. They spoke of individuals who've found the water the knees of the 3 campsites Lotzorai that having been in the trajectory of the Sunflower River at the time of his escape from the bank have been most affected, significant damage to secure to the point for many of them think that the forthcoming opening of the summer season is shaping up very difficult.
Just take a ride inside the camps to find out why: deep furrows that are clearly and accurately understand the sudden and violent invasion of the Rio Sunflower, caravans and mobile homes stacked with each other and half destroyed, severely damaged accommodation ... But they all have something in common. Although the damage they have suffered is difficult to quantify at least WE ARE. They are still there. Damaged, battered but almost recovered ....
HISTORY OF A SMALL EMPLOYER
certainly can not say the same thing that in spite of the fisherman from Adriano decades him (and his grandfather before him) has granted Pramaera Rio and all its fishery was located around it, after the flood of November 28 was canceled, as if the business had never existed: in its place a pit of water indescribable deep a couple of meters;
The gate (which was the last project finished just a year ago) that connected the sea with the Rio Pramaera completely covered with sand, and along with it most of the tube.
Just take a ride before the sea mouth of the Rio Pramaera to notice the rubble, gas bottles, fridges, and more to understand the devastation that has been the urgent restoration of the river which would need. Yet the newspapers, or TG is not a sign of him, his profession, the work done in recent years to improve and enhance the Rio and Pramaera the land along that part too 'they granted.
One who has always paid taxes even when they clearly outweigh the gains and who did nothing without the advice and approvals of all relevant bodies.
SPRING 2009 
