Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/10/09

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Subject: [Leica] Southern France
From: steve.barbour at gmail.com (Steve Barbour)
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2015 08:19:48 -0700
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> On Oct 9, 2015, at 4:00 AM, Philippe <photo.philippe.amard at gmail.com> 
> wrote:
> 
> 
> Le 7 oct. 2015 ? 09:15, John McMaster <john at mcmaster.fr> a ?crit :
> 
>> Toulouse was in Occitania, but that was quite a large region (most of the 
>> south half of France plus bits of Spain and Italy) ;-)
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occitania
>> It was also part of the Languedoc province (abolished in the French 
>> revolution)
>> 
>> These days Toulouse is in the Midi-Pyr?n?es region
>> 
> 
> These days are gone john ;-)
> 
> Here is the map the French Parliament passed on Dec 17th, 2014
> 
> http://s.tf1.fr/mmdia/i/95/1/l-assemblee-adopte-la-reforme-territoriale-voici-la-carte-des-11310951jnpxe.jpg?v=2
> 
> 
> As to the weather, these exceptional storms struck locally. 
> And Meteo France had issued repeated warnings.
> 
> The amount of destruction results from (bad and over) urbanization; tar 
> replaces ground, and water being water, finds the easiest way to run down 
> steep slopes in abundance?
> The number of casualties/deaths is mainly due to car owners who either 
> drove on, or tried to rescue vehicles from flooded basements.
> 
> My bet is that Leon should be safe.


you want dry, welcome to California!






Philippe, we will be east of Gordes,  in April, for a week  April 23 -30, 
after a week in Paris, le Marais, and before going on to Barcelona.


tous nos amities,


Steve Tara



> 
> Amities
> Philippe, in Champagne Ardenne Lorraine Alsace ?
> 
> 
> 
> 
>> john
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> 
>> Well are we talking about the current area or the the ancient area where 
>> they said "Oc"?
>> 
>> Peter
>> 
>> On 06/10/2015 18:59, John McMaster wrote:
>>> Toulouse (and north) is not in Languedoc ;-)
>>> 
>>> john
>>> 
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> 
>>> Leon,
>>> 
>>> The Mediterranean coast can get serious amount of rain even normally 
>>> where the storm sewers overflows. Happened to me while cycling along 
>>> coast near Nice. The current flood is a bit unusual though.
>>> 
>>> We just finished cycling in the Languedoc area north of Toulouse and 
>>> flying back to Canada. We experienced cold rain and just missed the hail 
>>> around Villefranche. First time we?ve seen hail in southern France in 
>>> about 10 trips. Not the first time we got rained on though.
>>> 
>>> In other word, bring some rain wear and a warm jacket but I wouldn?t 
>>> worry about it too much. If you have an iPhone, the French meteorology 
>>> service has an app called ?Meteo France? which will provide weather 
>>> forecast for even the smallest towns.
>>> 
>>> Regards,
>>> Spencer
>>> 
>>>> On Oct 6, 2015, at 0:08, Leon Pomeroy <drleonpomeroy at verizon.net> 
>>>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Your post has me worried! It happens I'll be in Southern France with 
>>>> my M9, Canon SLR-Zoom,  and handy Nikon Coolpix S9900 the end of this 
>>>> month. What am I getting into?
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>> 
>> 
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