Frederick Posted December 8, 2006 Share Posted December 8, 2006 How come 40,000 homes in the Vendee are without electricity ? is there a lot of storm damage or what ?....or was it a power outage caused elsewhere ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clair Posted December 8, 2006 Share Posted December 8, 2006 [quote user="Frederick"]How come 40,000 homes in the Vendee are without electricity ? is there a lot of storm damage or what ?....or was it a power outage caused elsewhere ? [/quote]Can't be bothered to translate the whole article [:)], so here is the link:http://www.lefigaro.fr/france/20061208.WWW000000236_tempete_foyers_sans_electricite_en_vendee.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjamin Posted December 8, 2006 Share Posted December 8, 2006 If you go to www.inthevendee.com you'll find an Expatica report in English although there's no actual mention of the 40,000 figure.We live about 20kms in from the coast and although it's been very windy we had much stronger gusts about three weeks ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooperlola Posted December 8, 2006 Share Posted December 8, 2006 Not just the Vendee. Our power has been on and off all day. Extremely annoyed as I missed the racing - and it was Cheltenham. Boo hoo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frederick Posted December 9, 2006 Author Share Posted December 9, 2006 Thank you for the link Clair......L.Aguillon sur Mer mentioned on the report is only 4K from my place and they have been pumped out so its been a bit rough in that neck of the woods.....Its so flat I can imagine the power and phone poles that lean over anyway must have gone down with the winds ....I have asked a pal to pop round and check out the house but as I am on a bit of a hill cant see flooding like the poor folk of L,Aguiullon being a problem ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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