Quillan Posted November 27, 2014 Share Posted November 27, 2014 For most in the SW anyway.http://www.midilibre.fr/2014/11/27/intemperies-fin-de-l-alerte-orange-sur-le-sud-est,1088535.php#xtor=EPR-2-[Newsletter]-20141127-[Zone_info] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonzjob Posted November 27, 2014 Share Posted November 27, 2014 I beg to differ Q, but then again the weather changes as quick as a womans mnd init [Www][Www]http://vigilance.meteofrance.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quillan Posted November 27, 2014 Author Share Posted November 27, 2014 I don't know what all the fuss is about anyway, I would like some rain, I am still watering the garden. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gardengirl Posted November 27, 2014 Share Posted November 27, 2014 I'm sure my neighbours in the Gard will happily send some your way, they're really fed up with it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gardian Posted November 27, 2014 Share Posted November 27, 2014 Too true GG.It's been hissing with rain all day & supposed to continue for the next couple of days.Problem is that the ground is completely waterlogged, so the roads are flooding almost daily.Fed up with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idun Posted November 27, 2014 Share Posted November 27, 2014 Careful what you wish for Q, did you see the Var tonight?I cannot help but wonder if all those now trying to sell their homes which maybe only this year have flooded regularly will have any success. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quillan Posted November 28, 2014 Author Share Posted November 28, 2014 I just got up and its raining so thanks for sending it my way. Fortunately we are well protected by the mountains here and we are 350m above sea level. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quillan Posted November 28, 2014 Author Share Posted November 28, 2014 [quote user="Jonzjob"]I beg to differ Q, but then again the weather changes as quick as a womans mnd init [Www][Www]http://vigilance.meteofrance.com/[/quote]Your right, to a degree [;-)]http://www.midilibre.fr/2014/11/28/intemperies-languedoc-roussillon-et-aveyron-en-vigilance-orange,1089120.php#xtor=EPR-2-[Newsletter]-20141128-[Zone_info] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonzjob Posted November 28, 2014 Share Posted November 28, 2014 The main subject on BFM TV this morning is the flooding around us. 16 depts are on orange, including us in the Aude!!Makes a change from the boring awd sunshine I suppose [8-)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gardengirl Posted November 28, 2014 Share Posted November 28, 2014 School transport in the Gard is cancelled, and I assume probably also in other areas. So many of the youngsters who traipse backwards and forwards with their suitcases each Monday and Friday will be stuck again. Unless, of course, principals took account of weather forecasts and closed down yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frederick Posted November 28, 2014 Share Posted November 28, 2014 The other side of the world is getting it very bad as well .. http://www.news.com.au/technology/environment/brisbane-hit-by-golf-ball-sized-hail-storms/story-e6frflp0-1227137381983 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NormanH Posted November 28, 2014 Share Posted November 28, 2014 http://www.midilibre.fr/2014/11/28/biterrois-nissan-lez-enserune-touche-par-la-mini-tornade,1089240.phpGood call that....ending the orange alerte...[:)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NormanH Posted November 28, 2014 Share Posted November 28, 2014 http://www.midilibre.fr/2014/11/28/serignan-plage-les-degats-de-la-mini-tornade-en-images,1089465.phpthe road from here down to the beach... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grumpyaudeman Posted November 28, 2014 Share Posted November 28, 2014 Quillan said "I don't know what all the fuss is about anyway, I would like some rain, I am still watering the garden."Not sure why you need to water the garden, I, unlike you live in Quillan and it has rained in the last week what are you growing that needs extra water Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quillan Posted November 29, 2014 Author Share Posted November 29, 2014 Come on it only rained once for about ten minutes and it was more drizzle than rain.Mrs 'Q's plants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spyder Posted November 30, 2014 Share Posted November 30, 2014 Recent Red alertVIGILANCE ROUGE POUR : Pyrénées-Orientales. Pluie-Inondation. Phénomène en cours.Fin de phénomène prévue le dimanche 30 novembre 2014 à 22h00 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quillan Posted November 30, 2014 Author Share Posted November 30, 2014 Well I got what I wanted, rain. Problem is there is quite a bit of it. Mrs 'Q's plants for which I am responcible while she is in the UK have gone to dried out to bobing around in their pots, might have to do something about that [:(] . The river Aude at our end (about 22M wide here) is up a good 1.5M and very brown but seeing as for months now it has been a gentle trickle it is nothing to worry about.Seems the centre of the depression is over Palma at the moment and hardly moving at all. I contacted the capitainerie at Gruissan where I keep my boat to see if it was in danger and whilst the sea levels rose to just under 5M at the harbour mouth wall they are down to under 2M now. Fortunately I am up the far end so no damage or problems. It would be nice if they had a live video feed.I find EDF Tempo is a reasonable gauge for historic temperatures. Temperature triggers 'white' and 'Red' days. Looking at between 18th and 31st November last year we already had 10 white and three red days. Looking at historic data (Here) the day temp was 7 and the night -4 last year. When you compare that to this year it was 19 deg during the day and 14 last night yesterday (Here). Infact when you compare November 2013 to November 2014 the weather has been pretty good so far where I live. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quillan Posted November 30, 2014 Author Share Posted November 30, 2014 Well just got an email from EDF, its a white day tomorrow so I better get some wood over for the fire. The Aude is up another half metre by the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idun Posted November 30, 2014 Share Posted November 30, 2014 I have a friend called Aude, so your saying that sounds rather amusing to me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spyder Posted November 30, 2014 Share Posted November 30, 2014 I'm drinking a bottle of cheap plonk called Aude. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonzjob Posted November 30, 2014 Share Posted November 30, 2014 [quote user="idun"]I have a friend called Aude, so your saying that sounds rather amusing to me![/quote]Is this yer Aude friend?You know? The one from a long while back??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonzjob Posted November 30, 2014 Share Posted November 30, 2014 [quote user="Spyder"]I'm drinking a bottle of cheap plonk called Aude.[/quote]Plonk? Aude??Did you bring it with you to the Aude?? Nowt but good stuff here [8-|] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grumpyaudeman Posted November 30, 2014 Share Posted November 30, 2014 I am about 50 metres from the Aude and its dropping but what a noise and the crap floating down Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quillan Posted December 1, 2014 Author Share Posted December 1, 2014 The Aude runs through my garden and I know it well (it's been doing it for the whole of the 12 years I have lived here [;-)] ). It will normally go up and down quite a bit as they release water from the three dams upstream of us. When it first started to rain it didn't change much as the reservoirs were pretty much empty which accounts for the delayed action. Your find it up again this morning as people go back to work and the demand for electricity rises. I wouldn't worry too much I have seen it much higher since I have been here. The last time it seriously flooded was in 1963 (or thereabouts) and it's far short of the mark.Your lucky in at least you have sirens in Quillan to alert you to flooding, people upstream like Axat and beyond don't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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