Two weeks after storm “Burglind”, we are in the middle of storm “Evi”. Although not as fierce, winds reached 180 km/h on top of the Titlis yesterday and it will continue to be stormy until Friday. We might even get snow in the centre of town later today or tomorrow. Winter is still here!
Road rage took on a surreal turn yesterday when a 75 year old driver got impatient with the police who were helping pedestrians to cross the road. He decided to drive on the pavement past the police car endangering other pedestrians. He was finally forced to stop his car and it took several policemen to subdue him. In the process one of the policemen was bitten by the pensioner.
There have been recent sightings of raccoon in our region. This animal is not native to Europe, but was imported in the 1920s to Germany for their fur factory trade. A dozen were released in the wild to give hunters something different to kill, but during the world wars their numbers exploded and there are now millions of them living in Germany. They are already quite numerous in the French speaking part of Switzerland so it was only a matter of time until they made it here.
[perfectpullquote align=”full” cite=”” link=”” color=”” class=”” size=””]Saying of the day: Es schiffet : It’s bucketing (raining)[/perfectpullquote]
