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News, August 2008More NewsA few more news items and where to find more news about Spain:Water reserves:[Image 59???]Three quarters of the way through another 'hidrological year', we thank God for water! Many parts of Spain missed out on the autumn rains, which are normally the key to filling the reservoirs for the following summer, but reserves were way down in late April. Then May became a record breaking month for rain in many regions, particularly severely hit Catalonia. All this rain chaos has come just in time for the Zaragoza Water Expo! At 4th March, the level -which should have been far higher- was 44.9% total and 41% drinking water. By 17th June the levels stood at 60.2% and 53.1%, sufficient in most areas to face a long, hot summer. [Image 75???]The neediest parts of the country have had some good rainfall, leaving just Jaen suffering with 9.4% of its maximum reserve. Catalonia had just 14.1% in April, but now has 65.1% to face the summer. Meanwhile, the south eastern Costa Blanca remains on alert. The Jucar river reservoirs have 15.4% of capacity, the Segura (Mar Menor) has 22.4% and the upper Tajo area, Spain's largest reservoir system, which could feed many parts of the south and east, also has just 15.4%, allowing some small transfers to other basins, such as the Jucar and Segura. Spain is one of Europe's top 'green' generators, partly due to the large number of reservoirs. But this green potential remains at the mercy of the weather. In Mallorca, falls of over 200mm in the mountains on 15th April (2007) brought the reservoirs (only 2!) to overflowing for the first time in a decade. A year on, despite much autumn rain, reserves were back to 80% and gradually falling. After late rains in May and quick growth of grasses, forest fires are feared this summer. TechnologyMost of our technology statistics have now been moved to a new page. Here are some of the key headlines:Spanish TV across the world: The Spanish national station TVE has an international service with two channels. TVE Internacional and Canal 24 Horas. TVEI includes the evangelical programme Buenas Noticias TV (which runs on Sundays). Programme: at this link. The menu offers programme (2 days in advance) and technological details. In theory 101% of the population have mobiles (cell phones) 6.4 million Spaniards have Internet access. By 2011, 80% could have it. El Mundo.es has over 11 million unique monthly visitors Annual visits for 2006 to P4S 38,750 (about 212,000 hits) and continues gradually to grow. The current yearly total is running at rather over 57,000 visits, or 220,000 hits. Old News archivePast news is not all forgotten by P4S! Such items as can be found on the news pages at the end of every month are being filed in our archives. News from August 05 to December 06 Your response and concerns are also of interest to us. Don't hesitate to let us know them The Vademecum, Spain's oldest and most revered directory of churches has gone online. To find a church or other evangelical outfit near you click here! |