I Should Have Died On Tuesday 29th, 2024
We’d better get ready to face natural disasters
On October 29th, 2024, a devastating flood struck Valencia, in Spain.
A storm of this scale, known as a DANA, ravaged the area. DANA stands for Isolated Depression at High Levels, a meteorological phenomenon that produce severe weather, especially heavy rainfall and flash flooding.
This time it wasn’t just a storm; it was a catastrophe that turned one million lives upside down in minutes.
I live in Valencia, Spain. A year ago, I have co-created a really nice group of fans of downtempo and organic house music in Valencia, called Tranquilo Collective. And on the 31st, for Halloween, we had planned a big party, next to the Turia river, with a nice theme : the Mexican tradition of Dia de Los Muertos.
Irony.
On Tuesday 29th in the afternoon, I was supposed to go by car to a town called Alfafar, 15 mn away from my flat, in the South of Valencia. Alfafar is well know by Valencians for his huge commercial center — my task, as part of the decoration team, was to find flowers and candles to decorate the party spot.
Fortunately, I was informed that morning another member of the team works in a flower shop, and another one had just gathered dozens of candles from a previous party.
