Friday, May 1, 2020

Datça

Datça

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  (Redirected from Datça, Mugla)
Jump to navigation Jump to search
Datça
District
General view of a quay in Datça
General view of a quay in Datça
Location of Datça within Turkey.
Location of Datça within Turkey.
Datça is located in Turkey
Datça
Datça
Location of Datça within Turkey.
Coordinates: 36°43′42″N 27°41′13″E / 36.7283°N 27.6869°E / 36.7283; 27.6869Coordinates: 36°43′42″N 27°41′13″E / 36.7283°N 27.6869°E / 36.7283; 27.6869
Country Turkey
RegionAegean
ProvinceMuğla
Government
 • MayorŞener Tokcan (CHP)
Area
 • District476.06 km2 (183.81 sq mi)
Population
 (2012)[2]
 • Urban
11,261
 • District
17,357
 • District density36/km2 (94/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
48x xx
Area code(s)0252
Licence plate48
Websitehttp://www.datca.gov.tr/

Datça is a district of Muğla Province in south-west Turkey, and the center town of the district. The center is situated midway through the peninsula which carries the same name as the district and the town (Datça Peninsula).

Name[edit]

The name Datça comes from Stadia, an ancient town near Cnidus. Stadia developed into Tadya, Dadya, Dadça, and then Datça.[3]

Both the town and the peninsula of Datça were called Reşadiye[4] for a brief period in the beginning of the 20th century, honoring the penultimate Ottoman Sultan Mehmed V Reşad, and some maps may still refer to the peninsula under this name; today Reşadiye is the name of one of the quarters of the town.

Geography[edit]

The long and narrow Datça Peninsula, whose outline follows the undulations of small bays and coves facing south or north all along its length which reaches near 100 km (62 mi), corresponds almost exactly to the Datça district, with the addition beyond its isthmus of a small panhandle in the direction of the south-east. The isthmus itself is only several hundred meters wide.

The extreme end of the western tip of the district and the peninsula, the locality called Tekir, is the location of the ancient city of Knidos. There is an ongoing debate on whether or not this location was the original site of the ancient city, a number of sources claiming that until the mid-4th century BCE, Knidos was halfway along the peninsula, near the present-day district center.[5]

The peninsula's eastern end is marked by the fjord-like indentation of Bencik Cove, 1.5 km in length, at the end of which the narrow isthmus where it joins the mainland is found. This point is a natural curiosity which offers a wide view of the Gulf of Gökova in the north and the Gulf of Hisarönü in the south and is called Balıkaşıran (literally, the place where fish may leap across) and is also often used for the portage of small boats. According to Herodotus, during the Persian invasions in 540 BC, the Knidians had sought to dig a canal at this spot as a defensive measure and in order to transform their territory into an island. But an oracle was consulted who reportedly said "If the gods had so willed, they would have made your land an island. Do not pierce the isthmus." Whereupon they surrendered to the Persians.

Settlement[edit]

The quarters of the city of Datça are Reşadiye, Eski Datça 'Old Datça' and İskele 'quay', separated by about a mile from each other. Reşadiye was the original administrative core when the town was renamed Datça and turned into a district center in 1928, before it was moved to İskele quarter. The center town is crossed by the short course of the Datça Stream (Datça Çayı in Turkish).

Datça peninsula is traced by many small bays and coves

The Datça district has nine villages scattered along the peninsula. These are; Cumalı, Emecik, Hızırşah, Karaköy, Kızlan, Mesudiye, Sındı, Yakaköy, Yazıköy. Historically, apart from small coastal patches, Datça Peninsula has two fertile areas along its length. The whole of the eastern half is bare, mountainous and scarcely inhabited. The western part is also mountainous, rising in places over 1,000 meters, but has towards its western end on the south side a considerable extent of well-watered land reaching to the coast at Palamutbükü locality and supporting a group of villages known collectively as Betçe (the five villages). These are; Mesudiye, Sındı, Yakaköy, Yazıköy, Cumalı. The village of Mesudiye, very near the sea shore has a jetty owned by the community of villagers. The village's bay is called Hayıtbükü. Palamutbükü locality, more to the west, also has a little pier which allows boats to moore. Palamutbükü today is a holiday village with a long beach.[6]

The second and larger area of good land is in the middle of the peninsula southwest of the median isthmus dividing the two halves and centered on the town of Datça. The region's promising potential was noted already in the 1880s by the hydrographer Thomas Abel B. Spratt in the following terms:

The plain and valley of Datça is very fertile, having fine groves of olive and valonia, and of almonds and other fruit trees, with abundance of water, if properly utilized.[7]

A point of note on the general settlement pattern of these villages is that the locations chosen were never in the immediate coastline, but always at a mile's distance or more from the sea and at a relatively safe altitude on the slopes of a hill. The reason was from times immemorial was the fear of pirates, advantaged as they were by the intricate geology of shores of southwestern Turkey and of the many islands and islets that are its natural extensions, in an environment not unlike that of the Caribbean Sea. Piracy remained a serious security problem well until the beginning of the 20th century and especially during the weakening of the Ottoman Empire and the issue often necessitated foreign intervention.

Forest Fires[edit]

At around 10 PM, 29 August 2012, a forest fire raged through the town of Emecik, Datca, reducing 75 hectares of forested land to ash. The fire broke out near Karaincir Resort in Emecik, quickly growing out of control with the aid of wind gusts. It took 300 firefighters, 28 water pumpers, 13 water tankers, 8 ranger vehicles, 10 ground teams and 6 bulldozers to bring the fire under control. According to Özkan Şahin, the Marmaris Forest Ranger Chief, this has been the 10th forest fire in the past two weeks. The fact that it had spread from some point near the roadside and reached the seaside within five minutes indicates the possibility of arson. He continued to say that quantities of gasoline might have been spilled at intervals between these two points in order to allow the fire to advance at such a high speed. Almost every year there are small sized forest fires happening around Datca, most of them are taken under control in short times. Except for the fire in 2012, there are no big lost forest areas.

Tourism[edit]

Windmills of Datça

Datça Peninsula is a prized location for tourists visiting Turkey, especially by sea, because of the beauty of its many coves and larger bays, which are favored ports of call for those undertaking the celebrated Blue Cruise along Turkey's spectacular southwest coast. Boats (usually gulets) depart either from Bodrum or Marmaris, or from Datça itself for these tours.

The road from Marmaris to Datça may still be a little bumpy in some parts, and winds along a fauna that gradually but strikingly differs from that of the mainland.

A small cove in Datça

Apart from the traditional settlements, there are also a dozen recently constructed vacation villages in the peninsula. The balance between preserving the natural way of life and fauna and investing in large-scale infrastructures for the tourism industry is a vividly ongoing debate for Datça, as for the entire region of southwestern Turkey. The inhabitants of the Datça peninsula have shown themselves clearly opposed to gigantism and are in favor of developing the tourism potential of the region through family pensions and inns and small hotels well integrated into their environment, while governments in the past displayed approaches to the debate in mere foreign exchange entry terms.

Notable natives[edit]

In Turkish literature, Datça is associated with the poet and the accomplished translator (notably of Shakespeare) Can Yücel who spent the last decades of his life in Datça and is also buried here.

Twin Towns[edit]

United StatesLouisiana Houma, Louisiana, United States

See also[edit]

Footnotes[edit]

  1. ^ "Area of regions (including lakes), km²". Regional Statistics Database. Turkish Statistical Institute. 2002. Retrieved 2013-03-05.
  2. ^ "Population of province/district centers and towns/villages by districts - 2012". Address Based Population Registration System (ABPRS) Database. Turkish Statistical Institute. Retrieved 2013-02-27.
  3. ^ Tülay Artan, "Journeys and Landscapes in the Datça Peninsula: Ali Agaki of Crete and the Tuhfezade Dynasty", in Antonis Anastasopoulos, ed., Halcyon Days in Crete 6, Rethymno: Crete University Press 2009, p. 339 full text
  4. ^ Not to be confused with the town of Reşadiye in central-northern Anatolia.
  5. ^ George Ewart Bean (1989). Turkey beyond the Meander. John Murray Publishers Ltd, London. ISBN 978-0-7195-4663-1.
  6. ^ With the very high number of the bays and coves ornamenting Turkey's southwestern coastal straits, it is not uncommon for one of these to be spontaneously named after a certain person who could have had a connection to the locality of a temporary or a permanent sort. These names often evolve without the direct involvement of the person concerned. For example, the former "Bencik cove" before arriving in Datça is now widely known as "Emel Sayın cove" (Emel Sayın koyu) simply because she had found the place beautiful and had stopped there to give a short concert to those present. Similarly, "Bardakçı cove" in Bodrum is also called "Zeki Müren cove" (Zeki Müren koyu).
  7. ^ Thomas Abel Brimage Spratt (1886). Remarks on the Dorian Peninsula and Gulf, with Notes on a Temple of Latona there. Archaeologia, 49:345-365, London.

External links[edit]

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Datça&oldid=898320948"
Posted by at No comments:

2006 Westchester County tornado

2006 Westchester County tornado

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  (Redirected from Westchester Tornado)
Jump to navigation Jump to search

2006 Westchester County tornado
F2 tornado
2006 Westchester Tornado California Closests.jpg
The California Closets Warehouse that was severely damaged by the tornado
FormedJuly 12, 2006 3:30 p.m. – 4:03 p.m. EDT
Max. rating1F2 tornado
Damage$12.1 million
Power outages~20,000 residences
CasualtiesNo deaths; 6 injuries
Areas affectedRockland and Westchester, New York; and Fairfield, Connecticut
1Most severe tornado damage; see Fujita scale

The 2006 Westchester County tornado was the strongest and largest tornado in Westchester County, New York since the 1904 Chappaqua tornado. It touched down there on Wednesday, July 12, 2006 and traveled 13 miles (21 km) into southwestern Connecticut during a 33-minute span through two states. The tornado touched down at 3:30 p.m. EDT (19:30 UTC) on the shore of the Hudson River before becoming a waterspout and traveling 3 mi (5 km) across the river. Coming ashore, the tornado entered Westchester County and struck the town of Sleepy Hollow at F1 intensity. After passing through the town, it intensified into an F2 tornado and grew to almost a quarter of a mile (400 m) in diameter.[1] The tornado continued through the county, damaging numerous structures, until it crossed into Connecticut at 4:01 p.m. EDT (20:01 UTC). Not long after entering the state, it dissipated in the town of Greenwich at 4:03 p.m. EDT (20:03 UTC).[1] When the tornado entered Westchester County, it was the eighth known tornado to either touch down or enter the county since 1950.[2]

Two barns and a warehouse were destroyed, and a large stained-glass window was shattered. Numerous homes and businesses were damaged and thousands of trees were uprooted. There were no fatalities and only six minor injuries were associated with the storm. The cost of damages was estimated at $12.1 million.

Meteorological synopsis[edit]

Weather radar animation of the supercell that spawned the tornado at 3:45 pm EDT

On July 12 a supercell thunderstorm developed over eastern New Jersey in association with a surface low-pressure area in southwestern Ontario. Daytime heating in the Tri-State Region led to moderate instability, a key factor in the development of showers and thunderstorms. With conditions favorable for the development of a tornado, the Storm Prediction Center issued a tornado watch at 12:40 p.m. EDT (16:40 UTC).[3] A strong thunderstorm developed around 2:00 p.m. EDT (18:00 UTC) which produced a funnel cloud near Carlstadt at around 2:45 p.m. EDT (18:45 UTC), although no damage was associated with the funnel.[4] That same storm intensified and developed into a supercell as it crossed into New York.[5] About 15 minutes later, a tornado warning was issued for southern Rockland and Westchester counties, which would remain in effect until 4:15 p.m. EDT (21:15 UTC).[6] At around 3:30 p.m. EDT (19:30 UTC), an F1 tornado touched down near Grand View-on-Hudson along the Hudson River in Rockland County. The 100 yard (91 m) wide tornado touched down on a dock before becoming a waterspout as it took a 3 mi (4.8 km) path across the river. The tornado passed near the Tappan Zee Bridge before crossing into Westchester County.[5] Upon entering Westchester, it was the eighth tornado ever recorded in the county.[2]

The tornado hit the town of Sleepy Hollow, New York, around 3:37 p.m. EDT (19:37 UTC); two minutes later, a 58 mph (93 km/h) wind gust was reported along the periphery of the tornado. As the tornado neared New York State Route 9A, it intensified to F2 status, generating winds up to 157 mph (253 km/h), and struck the California Closet Warehouse. At the time, the tornado was estimated to be 300 yd (274 m) wide[7] and was the strongest tornado ever recorded in Westchester County.[8] Shortly after, it weakened back to F1 intensity. Minor damage was reported through the Kensico Reservoir in Valhalla as the tornado neared the New York–Connecticut border. The track length through Westchester County was measured at around 8 mi (13 km).[7] After crossing the state border into Fairfield County, Connecticut, it weakened further before lifting at 4:03 p.m  EDT (20:03 UTC) in Greenwich after traveling 2 mi (3.2 km) in Connecticut. Another brief touchdown may have occurred shortly after near the Merritt Parkway.[9] Overall, the tornado tracked across a total of 13 mi (21 km) through two states over a period over 33 minutes.[1]

Impact[edit]

Tornado damage near a forested area

The tornado took a path through Rockland, Westchester and Fairfield counties, downing or uprooting thousands of trees and damaging several structures, including significant structural damage to the California Closets warehouse. Six minor injuries were also reported. In all, the tornado inflicted $12.1 million in damage.[1]

Minor damage was reported in Rockland County. One dock and one boat were damaged by the tornado.[1] After crossing the Hudson River, the tornado entered Westchester County, where the worst of the damage took place. It struck the town of Sleepy Hollow, damaging roofs and tearing the siding off numerous homes and businesses.[1] A 10-foot (3 m) tall stained-glass window in the St. Teresa of Avila Church was shattered.[8] Afterwards, the town of Pocantico Hills was struck as the tornado intensified to F2 intensity. Several trees were uprooted and two barns were destroyed. The California Closet Warehouse suffered severe structural damage; two concrete walls were destroyed.[1] An interior staircase, which employees used as a shelter, collapsed causing four injuries. Concrete blocks from the building were blown about, some of which struck cars in a nearby parking lot.[8] A nearby Comfort Inn had part of its roof torn off.[10] After a tornado warning was issued, a school near the warehouse was evacuated.[11]

An area where numerous trees were knocked down, the white tubes support saplings being grown to re-populate the affected area.

As the tornado crossed New York State Route 9A, it picked up a state trooper car and flipped it several times before it fell to the ground; the officer inside suffered only minor injuries.[8] Moving towards the east-northeast, the tornado struck the towns of Mount Pleasant and Hawthorne, damaging numerous trees and causing minor structural damage.[1] Damage along the Saw Mill River Parkway prompted officials to shut down a section of the highway near Mount Pleasant.[12] Trees fell on streets and railroad tracks, halting Metro-North Railroad service and creating major traffic delays.[11] After passing by the Kensico Reservoir in Valhalla, the tornado crossed into Connecticut,[1] where it knocked down numerous power lines, cutting power to about 10,000 residences in the county.[8] In all, six people sustained minor injuries and damages amounted to $10.1 million.[7]

The weakening tornado ended its duration in Fairfield County, Connecticut, in the town of Greenwich. Thousands of trees were either uprooted or snapped along the tornado's 2 mi (3.2 km) path through the state. Minor damage was inflicted upon several structures.[1] The tornado left 1,700 residences in Greenwich without power and blocked six roads. Most of the damage was concentrated to the northwestern corner of the town.[13] Damages in the state totaled to $2 million.[9]

Aftermath[edit]

In the wake of the tornado, the mayor of Sleepy Hollow declared a state of emergency for the entire village.[14] Two hundred emergency personnel responded to the storm.[15] ConEdison crews were sent out to repair downed power lines and clear roads. By the next night, power was restored to all but 600 of the previous 10,000 residences without power in Westchester County.[8] Westchester County opened its Emergency Operations Center after the storm to respond to the event.[16] Two days after the storm, many of the roads had been cleared and power was fully restored. A recreational path in Tarrytown, New York, was not expected to be open for another two weeks due to numerous fallen trees.[17] Metro-North Railroad suspended trains on the northern part of the Harlem Line until 5:00 p.m. EDT (21:00 UTC) for the removal of debris on the tracks. Southbound passengers took buses while the tracks were shut down.[11] All trains were back on schedule by 7:00 p.m. EDT (23:00 UTC).[15]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Summary of Tornado". National Weather Service in Upton, New York. July 14, 2006. Retrieved November 29, 2008.
  2. ^ a b Storm Prediction Center (2007). "Tornado History Project: Westchester, New York Tornadoes, 1950–2007". Joshua Lietz (TornadoHistoryProject.com). Retrieved December 6, 2008.
  3. ^ Thompson (July 12, 2006). "Severe Weather Watch #593 (Tornado Watch)". Storm Prediction Center. Retrieved November 29, 2008.
  4. ^ Stuart Hinson (2006). "July 12, Weather Event #625643 (Funnel Cloud)". National Climatic Data Center. Retrieved November 29, 2008.[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ a b Stuart Hinson (2006). "July 12, Weather Event #626587 (Tornado)". National Climatic Data Center. Retrieved November 29, 2008.[permanent dead link]
  6. ^ Associated Press (July 13, 2006). "Westchester County Storm: Let The Clean-Up Begin". WCBS-TV. Retrieved November 30, 2008.[dead link]
  7. ^ a b c Stuart Hinson (2006). "July 12, Weather Event #626588 (Tornado)". National Climatic Data Center. Retrieved November 29, 2008.[permanent dead link]
  8. ^ a b c d e f Jim Fitzgerald (July 14, 2006). "Weather Service confirms F-2 tornado roared through N.Y., Conn. on Wednesday". USA Today. Retrieved November 29, 2008.
  9. ^ a b Stuart Hinson (2006). "July 12, Weather Event #606978 (Tornado)". National Climatic Data Center. Retrieved November 29, 2008.[permanent dead link]
  10. ^ Associated Press (July 13, 2006). "Tornado Rips Through Suburban New York". Internet Broadcasting Systems, Inc. Archived from the original on November 22, 2008. Retrieved November 30, 2008.
  11. ^ a b c Lisa W. Foderaro (July 13, 2006). "Tornado in Westchester Tosses Around Trees and Damages Property". The New York Times. Retrieved November 30, 2008.
  12. ^ Rose Arce (July 13, 2006). "Tornado hits north of Manhattan, Winds damage store, close highway; no serious injuries reported". Cable News Network. Archived from the original on November 4, 2008. Retrieved November 30, 2008.
  13. ^ Avi Salzman and Anahad O'Connor (July 16, 2006). "The Week; Rare Tornado Snaps Trees and Power Lines". The New York Times. Retrieved December 1, 2008.
  14. ^ Eyewitness News (July 13, 2006). "Weather Service confirms F2 tornado in area, Sleepy Hollow, Hawthorne hardest hit". ABC News. Archived from the original on September 25, 2012. Retrieved November 29, 2008.
  15. ^ a b Reka Bala and Glenn Blain (July 13, 2006). "Tornado slams Lower Hudson Valley". The Journal News. Retrieved December 1, 2008.
  16. ^ "Tornado hits north of Manhattan". CNN. July 13, 2006. Retrieved December 9, 2011.
  17. ^ Candice Ferrette (July 15, 2006). "Westchester tornado twists many lives". The Journal News. Retrieved November 30, 2008.

External links[edit]

Coordinates: 41°07′19″N 73°47′41″W / 41.122019°N 73.794852°W / 41.122019; -73.794852

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2006_Westchester_County_tornado&oldid=936481070"
Posted by at No comments:
Subscribe to: Posts (Atom)