05/10/21

[Maik]

Two new cases of coronavirus recorded on Kef yesterday by EODY.

Kef fire risk 05/10/21: Medium               
               
Ten day weather forecast for Kefalonia:               
Day   Date    Hi°/Lo°   Wind sp   Wet   Forecast
Tue   05/10   25°/18°   15 km/h   02%   Sunny
Wed   06/10   24°/20°   15 km/h   39%   Showers possible
Thu   07/10   23°/18°   34 km/h   99%   Thunderstorms & strong winds probable
Fri   08/10   23°/18°   20 km/h   89%   Thunderstorms probable
Sat   09/10   23°/18°   14 km/h   86%   Rain probable
Sun   10/10   22°/16°   20 km/h   83%   Thunderstorms probable
Mon   11/10   22°/15°   18 km/h   73%   Thunderstorms probable
Tue   12/10   22°/16°   16 km/h   64%   Light rain probable
Wed   13/10   22°/16°   16 km/h   56%   Showers probable
Thu   14/10   22°/16°   18 km/h   60%   Light rain probable
               
This is an overall forecast, due to the mountainous terrain the weather can be very localised.                
Based on forecast from weather.com               
               
Today's bank rate: 1 GBP =       1.1335         
               
£ GBP     €uro      -2.00%      
100.00   113.35   111.09         
               
Based on Alpha Bank exchange rates, which are widely used by exchange agencies in Greece.                
Other banks likely to offer a different rate which may be marginally higher or lower.                
You may get a better rate changing your holiday money in advance at e.g the Post Office.               
NB: some f-ex agencies advertise "No Commission".                
Invariably, they deduct commission before they (don't) advertise the rate.               
Foreign exchange offices are businesses, not charities.               

[Maik]

Bump in Lassi on the main drag yesterday evening when two cars collided head on. Occupants taken to hospital for check up.

[Maik]

Mediterranean deluged with 17,600 tonnes of plastic waste every year, study finds

Climate researchers investigating the extent of plastic pollution in the Mediterranean have found that 17,600 metric tonnes are dumped into the sea off Southern Europe every year, with 3,760 metric tonnes left to float on the surface.

Of that total, 84 per cent will ultimately be washed up on beaches while the remaining 16 per cent remains in the water or sinks to the seafloor, according to academics from the Hellenic Centre for Marine Research in Greece, who published their findings in the journal Frontiers in Marine Science.

https://www.independent.co.uk/independentpremium/world/plastic-mediterranean-sea-microplastics-b1932021.html

[Maik]

Sami police yesterday arrested a local for stealing household appliances from a property in Sami area over the weekend.

[Maik]

Robots give Greece's postal service speed boost

There's a new addition to Greece's postal service: a fleet of yellow robots sorting through the mail.

Fifty-five small, four-wheeled autonomous mobile robots -- or AMR's -- powered by artificial intelligence, glide around Hellenic Post's sorting centre in Athens, speeding up an often arduous process.

They scan the postal code, weigh the package and, directed by sensors, empty it into the corresponding mail sacks set up around a platform.

https://www.reuters.com/technology/robots-give-greeces-postal-service-speed-boost-2021-10-05/

All ELTA needs do now is deliver by drone and Roger's sorted 

[Maik]

Elderly Brit tourist injured on the escalator at Kef airport and taken to Argostoli hospital with minor injuries.