DaveLister Posted November 1, 2023 Share Posted November 1, 2023 To all those in its path. Stay safe you guys 🙏 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NormanH Posted November 1, 2023 Share Posted November 1, 2023 Seconded. A programme about this type of danger: https://www.france.tv/france-5/direct.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gardian Posted November 1, 2023 Share Posted November 1, 2023 How is it up your way WB? My guess is bad, getting worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lehaut Posted November 2, 2023 Share Posted November 2, 2023 154 kmph just on the coast at St Nazaire, some people on the outskirts of Nantes have lost electricity. Starting to die down a bit. No bike ride for us today, great going with this wind behind you don't relish the idea of pedalling back against it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
menthe Posted November 2, 2023 Share Posted November 2, 2023 Lehaut, I thought of you when I saw the news this morning and wondered how you were in Nantes. It seems that Brittany and in particular Finistère was badly hit. Also all that northern Brittany Cote d'Amor coast. I thought of lovely Dinan and Cancale where we had so many delightful meals and enjoyable stays. Wooly please report back pdq else we'd think you had submerged under those giant waves and are waiting for Norman to bring his barrel to rescue you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NormanH Posted November 2, 2023 Share Posted November 2, 2023 https://www.liberation.fr/environnement/climat/en-direct-tempete-ciaran-records-de-vent-interdiction-de-circulation-electricite-coupee-suivez-toute-lactualite-de-ce-jeudi-2-novembre-20231102_LNVBNIFV5JD7TOGNBXN4YTRHVE/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anotherbanana Posted November 2, 2023 Share Posted November 2, 2023 Gardian and others, it is blowing nicely here over 100 kph in gusts, bushes and trees bending well over; no obvious signs of damage, touch wood. Electricity was off for a while but back on at the moment. Little rain. I took one look this morning and went back to bed, but now back to Airfix. Everyone else OK so far? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anotherbanana Posted November 2, 2023 Share Posted November 2, 2023 Barometer at about 1400hrs. Never seen it so low. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Judith Posted November 2, 2023 Share Posted November 2, 2023 (edited) Spent the last few days driving down France from north to south and home .. not the nicest of weathers I've driven in, and today was particularly wet and horrendous. Happily I now know the last 200 km rather well ... which is just as well given how much spray there was hiding the view .. I felt the winds of Ciaran yesterday but happily passed them by quite quickly. Edited November 2, 2023 by Judith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lehaut Posted November 3, 2023 Share Posted November 3, 2023 Went for a walk in the wind and found this poor boat, was undergoing restoration along the banks of the Loire from, us well crushed by a "Saule Pleureure". There will be some weeping too when the association find it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anotherbanana Posted November 3, 2023 Share Posted November 3, 2023 Looks as if the tree was not too big so the hull of the boat might be untouched; the superstructure can easily be replaced. Looks like a traditional flat bottomed Loire river boat, a very square design and tough enough to bang into and onto sandbanks and the like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
menthe Posted November 3, 2023 Share Posted November 3, 2023 Our news here in the sud ouest is that we can expect a big storm this evening. It is called Domingos. I have a friend called Domingo and I have written to ask "tu't'es multiplié?" Saw the news today and wondered if is is THE Flood as in Noah's? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lori Posted November 4, 2023 Share Posted November 4, 2023 Yes, it is rain, rain, rain, rain, rain, rain, rain and then some more RAIN... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lehaut Posted November 5, 2023 Share Posted November 5, 2023 Lots of rain here too, though much nicer today, almost a "placido domingo" storm😁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
menthe Posted November 5, 2023 Share Posted November 5, 2023 Lehaut, I saw pictures of la Rochelle and reports of the storm in the Loire Atlantique. Like you, we seem to have remained little affected. Electricity clicked off and on yesterday evening but no cuts lasting more than a few seconds. Also calm and placido domingo here, even some weak sunshine. Wools, how's things your way? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anotherbanana Posted November 5, 2023 Share Posted November 5, 2023 Glad folks seem to be unscathed; a nasty severe late autumn moment. At least it is not cold. Round here, lots of rain and wind, localised flooding, some damage to buildings, fair few trees down. Now we have a moment of sunlight. I feel sorry for the kids who can’t really enjoy half term and for the grand parents that have to entertain them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cajal Posted November 5, 2023 Share Posted November 5, 2023 Although this phenomenon took place during 2022 it's possible it could still be influencing the present weather conditions. Tonga Eruption Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lehaut Posted November 6, 2023 Share Posted November 6, 2023 Serves me right for being too complacent, found our normal Sunday bike ride blocked by this fallen tree. Need to take a saw with us after future storms! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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