Tuesday, 15 September 2015 07:24

Exceptionally Cold Winter To Cause Deluge Of Visitors To Gran Canaria

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El Niño expected to cause busy beaches and frequent rguments about towels in Gran Canaria El Niño expected to cause busy beaches and frequent rguments about towels in Gran Canaria www.photosgrancanaria.com

Britian and Northern Europe could be heading for an exceptionally cold winter thanks to the powerful El Niño event brewing in the Pacific Ocean. 

El Niño events, caused by a huge mass of warm water in the Equatorial Pacific, disrupt weather patterns all over the world. This year's El Niño is expected to be one of the strongest on record and to cause global weather disruption.

While it tends to raise average global temperatures, a strong El Niño event causes cold, dry wnters in Britain and Northern Europe and increases the chances of heavy snowfall. 

While climatologists warn that it is still too soon to know exactly how the current El Niño event will pan out, the previous event in 2009/10 triggered an exceptionally cold winter in Scandinavia, Northern Europe and Britain. The 1950 El Niño caused one of Britain's snowiest winters ever with 15 inches of snow falling on the Isle of Wight.

This disruption to European weather is caused by a weakened jetstream during El Niño events that increases atmospheric instability and allows cold Polar air to creep south. However, the exact effects depend on other climatic conditions over the North Atlantic Ocean and are difficult to forecast.

2015 El Nino event looking strong

Around the world, El Niño causes drought in Australia and widespread flooding in tropical areas. Experts warn that if the current El Niño is as strong as expected, it will damage crops and push up food prices around the world.  

The effects of El Niño events on the Canary Islands are not clear, but if Europe does get a cold winter, we can expect a deluge of sun-hungry Scandinavians and Brits desperate to escape the cold. 

Dust off the spare sun loungers, it looks like we'll need them.

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  • The Parafarmacia In Gran Canaria Is Not A Chemist!
    The Parafarmacia In Gran Canaria Is Not A Chemist!

    If there is one thing we hate it is visitors being tricked in Gran Canaria. In the past we've warned about overcharging at Gran Canaria chemists, and rip off electronics shops in resorts. 

    In this Tip Of The Day we return to the island's chemists or rather, to the island's fake chemists.

    A chemist in Gran Canaria is called a Farmacia and always has a green cross sign. Farmacias are the only place tobuy medicine in Spain, even basics like paracetamol.

    However, there is another kind of shop in Gran Canaria that looks and sounds like a chemist but doesn't sell medicine. This is the Parafarmacia and it also uses a green cross sign.

    A parafarmacia is a herbal medicine shop that is not allowed to sell any normal medicine such as paracetamol, ibuprofen or antibiotics. 

    Instead, parafarmacias sell herbal alternatives to medicine but don't have to prove that they work and they can charge whatever they want.

    We recently heard from a visitor to Gran Canaria who went into a parafarmacia and was charged 40 euros for a herbal alternative to Ibuprofen. It was only when they read the label that they realised what had happened. 

    To locate a genuine farmacia, see this website and search within your municipio (Puerto Rico is in Mogán, Playa del Inglés is in San Bartolomé de Tirajana). At weekends and on fiesta days many farmacias close but there is always one open, known as the farmacia de guardia, in each municipio.

    Search for the nearest one to you with this tool

    Lex Says: To keep costs down, see this article for the way to ask for generic medicine rather than expensive branded alternatives. 

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