anotherbanana Posted November 8, 2023 Share Posted November 8, 2023 Well, I have been laying in wood and trying to convert to cubits but the local builder’s merchant think I am nuts. Then of course there is the selection of folk and animals. Fortunately I have only a small family but Oiseau’s is pretty extensive. But, how the heck do I choose the animals? Obviously the useful ones, but what about mole rats or even aardvarks (even if they are totally beautiful)? And rats, scorpions, bed bugs? Yes, it is bl**dy raining here; yesterday I wondered if I was actually going to get home again after finding out that my big local Leclerc was flooded or had lost its roof and that two of the routs back were shut as flooded and the last was being directed by very brave civil defence folk so as to stop cars flooding themselves. So, if you wanna build an Ark, pop up here ……. if you can! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NormanH Posted November 9, 2023 Share Posted November 9, 2023 Wasn't raining here yesterday... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anotherbanana Posted November 9, 2023 Author Share Posted November 9, 2023 Getting out my water wings, it is getting close! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
betise Posted November 9, 2023 Share Posted November 9, 2023 Jeez Wooly, is that your driveway? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
menthe Posted November 9, 2023 Share Posted November 9, 2023 What's the forecast, Wools? Has the rain stopped? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anotherbanana Posted November 9, 2023 Author Share Posted November 9, 2023 Pi**ing down , stream is a wide an raging torrent house close to flooding, basement flooded, washing machine and freezer in grave danger. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
menthe Posted November 9, 2023 Share Posted November 9, 2023 I switched on the tv in view of your post and sure enough, several minutes spent talking about the crues in the Pas de Calais. Poor you....thinking of you and hoping for all the best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harnser Posted November 10, 2023 Share Posted November 10, 2023 (edited) Why is your flood water a fetching shade of salmon pink? Edited November 10, 2023 by Harnser spelling mistake as usual Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anotherbanana Posted November 10, 2023 Author Share Posted November 10, 2023 That is a light sandy brown!😵💫 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lehaut Posted November 10, 2023 Share Posted November 10, 2023 Is that the wood for the Ark floating away? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lori Posted November 10, 2023 Share Posted November 10, 2023 Good Lord !! That is awful. Is there an update? Been raining each day here, but nothing like up there. Any indication when it will let up Wooly? Hope you are okay this morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anotherbanana Posted November 10, 2023 Author Share Posted November 10, 2023 Rain has not stopped but perhaps a little less severe and level of flooding has dropped a little but still precious close to the house. Last night the electricity went off but I was able to isolate the problem and get it on again; the freezer and the washing machine had both got wet. Whether they will eventually dry out remains to be seen. If not, anyone want a load of raspberries and apple purée, frozen veg, meat of all kinds? We have just received yet another warning from the préfecture via our telephones telling us that there is more to come today, rugger it. Still we both have plenty of books and puzzles to keep us busy plus Airfix HMS Ark Royal. But the sky is very grey and unfriendly, the stream is a raging torrent as any rain falling flows away because the land is saturated; the main river, the Canche cannot take any more and high tides are stopping its flow into the sea. So the flood spreads; driving round yesterday on higher ground it was amazing to see how much land is flooded. This will take a long time to clear. Civil defence was active during the night on big tractors I think making sure that nothing was blocking the course of the river or bridges so that there was not a build up of pressure. When I was a kid we were travelling on a coastal road south of Durban during a violent and extended storm, crossing bridges as we went; not only did our old Austin Sheerline have a bow wave but the radio reported that the bridges were getting washed away behind us. Caused by vegetation and sugar cane waste tipped into the rivers and pushing against the supporting pillar and breaking them. One of the bridges was a combined road and rail bridge and very old; it just disappeared though a ship off the Natal coast reported seeing anstrange structure miles out to sea. Heigh ho, Xmas coming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
menthe Posted November 10, 2023 Share Posted November 10, 2023 Well done, Wooly. You have kept up your resistance and courage! I watched the news closely and Darmanin said the rain had been a lot more and prolonged than forecast. The weather bods said your forecast is for an improvement but that they await Monday to decide on reopening of schools, etc. Phew! I had a dream last night of you floating around in one of your grandchildren's rubber rings and paddling in doggie fashion. BTW, are the doggies OK and keeping calm? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anotherbanana Posted November 10, 2023 Author Share Posted November 10, 2023 Help is at hand, just in time judging by the quick rise in water level. Rain slated to start easing after 1600 hrs today. Inshallah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lori Posted November 10, 2023 Share Posted November 10, 2023 Glad to hear you've gotten through the night. I do hope things improve and soon. Courage ! And yes, how are the furry members of the family coping ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anotherbanana Posted November 10, 2023 Author Share Posted November 10, 2023 Only one furry these days I am sad to say; he put one paw into the flooded garden, managed a pee and came straight back to bed after demanding a treat which he got. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cajal Posted November 10, 2023 Share Posted November 10, 2023 "Bonne chance" wooly. 🆘 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loiseau Posted November 10, 2023 Share Posted November 10, 2023 Marooned here with Wooly, having arrived yesterday for a few days; bad timing or what!? Compare the two pix shown, and note the repositioning - by the waters - of the heavy tubs planted with hydrangeas! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lori Posted November 10, 2023 Share Posted November 10, 2023 Yes, the water level looks much higher. Really scary. Hoping the rain will subside it will stop rising. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
menthe Posted November 10, 2023 Share Posted November 10, 2023 2 hours ago, Loiseau said: Marooned here with Wooly, having arrived yesterday for a few days; bad timing or what!? Compare the two pix shown, and note the repositioning - by the waters - of the heavy tubs planted with hydrangeas! It's a good job you are there, Loiseau. Being waterlogged like that must be literally and figuratively an isolating experience. Never seems as bad when you have someone to be with you and share it all. Good Luck, you two! Anyone else with similar flooding problems? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lehaut Posted November 11, 2023 Share Posted November 11, 2023 Not in Nantes, but on the Loire this herd of cows were cut off in their field with no food by floods at Coueron. Local kayak club "tempted" them out through the flooded water onto safer ground with hay in a kayak yesterday. 50 cows saved in all, they belong to a 20 year old female farmer who feared she was going to loose the lot. Thought it was quite a nice story. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lori Posted November 11, 2023 Share Posted November 11, 2023 Terrible ! So glad they were saved. And what a smart idea to save them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Judith Posted November 11, 2023 Share Posted November 11, 2023 In all this mess, what a lovely story to read about - and such a clever idea .. leading them with food, as it were .. Brilliant! And Woolly and Loiseau .. do hope you are OK, but being together helps to keep one sane, for sure .... it must let up soon, surely? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anotherbanana Posted November 12, 2023 Author Share Posted November 12, 2023 Stream has fallen quite a bit thus far and is almost back in its bed, but the road is still impassable. We went to the annual 11 Novembre memorial yesterday, through a small raging torrent. But realised to extent that the rest of the village has been flooded with about 15 homes sinistrés and the main street bad. Amazing response from the village folk and the mairie; one big group were cleaning out houses, another offering all sorts of other help. I have several inches of mud to remove from the front but am waiting for the next lot of rain on Tuesday to pass first. Oiseau did an amazing job cleaning the bouandrie after the water level fell for which I thank her most deeply If anyone is interested you can look on the village facebook page; just type in Aix en Issart where there are photos of the flooding. My house is not shown but the beginning of my road is. The freezer remains silent but the washing machine is working OK, luckily as it is flamband neuf. Oiseau is going home tomorrow and will have to go over the hills and détour via St. Omer to Calais as our nearest access to the motorway will still likely be inaccessible. Route chosen because there are no valleys and blocked bridges. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lori Posted November 12, 2023 Share Posted November 12, 2023 Those Facebook photos/videos look dreadful. There will be so much work to try to repair what is repairable. Flood damage is very hard to repair. Best of luck to Oiseau on her journey tomorrow. I hope she will not encounter any problems. Hopefully the freezer will come back to like after a long dry out. Hope this is the end of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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