its sad jim, i think most of the accidents were trafic related with the roads flooding. like you said though the roads dry up very quickly and when you wake up in the morning you wouldn't think there had been a storm the day before.
i think it was last year when we were in hania there was a storm and the sea picked up, we sat on our hotel balcony watching the waves comming over the harbour wall and rolling into the outside bars and cafes, ive never seen the greeks move so fast to try and brush the water back out, it was quite funny to watch though lol
cheers
mark