splishsplash Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 Anyone in 66110 Pyrenees area have the power back on yet? Heard from family there on Sat evening, all power gone & winds of 160kph, heard nothing since then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
val douest Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 We're on the borders of 65/32 and there has been a fair amount of damage around here. We had no power for 40 hours and we hear there are still some people without electricity or phones. The wind decimated the exposed part of our woodland: in a half-hectare area about 75% of the trees have been uprooted and a dozen of them (including three big ones) came down across the road. Fortunately our first clearance efforts were soon supplemented by seven neighbours with chainsaws, and a local farmer with his tractor and chains to pull down the ones fallen at an angle, so the road was open to traffic by nightfall. In our garden we have lost the plum, greengage and apple trees and a large acacia has fallen across the grass: fortunately John had braved the early part of the storm to move the cars close to the house as the top of the tree reached right across the gravel where one of them was parked. Neighbours have lost barn roofs, sheds etc but thankfully I haven't heard of anyone being injured. I guess the warning system and the time of day when it started helped keep everyone indoors. Let's hope it's definitely a one-off......Val Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
splishsplash Posted January 29, 2009 Share Posted January 29, 2009 Thanks ValWe finally heard from family today, electric returned last evening but all are well. That's the only thing that matters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iceni Posted January 29, 2009 Share Posted January 29, 2009 [quote user="Christine Animal"] ................. and on the news it just showed vans coming over from Britain to help EDF.[/quote]I had not realised that electricity could be transported in this way but these French are fiendishly clever.Sorry to hear that some of you suffered so much - we had a power cut for about 15 seconds so all electric clocks had to be reset but that's all.John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baypond Posted January 29, 2009 Share Posted January 29, 2009 "in a half-hectare area about 75% ofthe trees have been uprooted and a dozen of them (including three bigones) came down across the road"With the help of members on this forum I have discovered that your insurance will cover the loss of trees, to include cutting, clearance, hole filling and replanting. I regret the loss of trees at our house, but look forward to rejuvenating with new ones. I hope you have the opportunity to do the same via your insurance co. Remember that you have to notify your insurance within 10 days regarding the 'catastrophe naturelle' Good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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