The Borrasca Martinho that whips the city of Madrid has caused an unprecedented increase in the flow of the Manzanares river, reaching levels that begin to be considered dangerous. As a preventive measure, the main universities of the capital have suspended their classes, while both the City Council and other authorities have issued recommendations to citizens to avoid approaching the river in the section between Mingorrubio and the French bridge.
However, among the residents of the area are observed divided reactions. Some consider that this situation is not completely unpublished, remembering that “years ago it also rained a lot and the river rose a lot,” and suggest that the current alarm could be influenced by what happened recently in Valencia, taking the authorities to extreme precautions. “Now people already say we are going to heal in health,” although they consider that “it is a bit excessive.”
Other residents show a more carefree attitude, noting that the river “is very protected by fences” and that the geography of Madrid, which “begins to ascend to Paseo Rosales”, would almost impossible significant flood. There are even those who celebrate seeing Manzanares with a considerable flow, like a neighbor who comments with humor who has come to see it because “I have always said that he was a river apprentice who did not reach Rio and is now a river. It has the EGB already done ».
The neighbors confirm that the Manzanares flow is effectively at historical levels, although they, far from alarming, seem to celebrate that the traditional Madrid “Riachuelo” finally shows a more caudalous aspect.
