Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2017/02/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]We are well above it in the old part of the village, several tens of metres higher :-) As I said, this is the second time that Bize-Minervois has been flooded this year http://www.lindependant.fr/2017/01/28/a-bize-minervois-quarante-habitations-ont-pris-l-eau-dans-la-nuit,2288527.php We stayed in Bize for a few months when we first arrived so know it quite well, this is what the river looks like in summer... http://johnmcmaster.com/Bize/content/L3005555_large.html john -----Original Message----- That's pretty serious flooding, John. I hope you're above the 7 metres mark!! Douglas ----- Original Message ----- From: "John McMaster" <john at mcmaster.fr> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>; "MUGers" <MUGers at yahoogroups.com> Sent: Saturday, February 18, 2017 10:27 AM Subject: [Leica] Le Midi PAW 07 > Didn't take a photo all week, realised that today so some of the kitchen > while the kettle boiled ;-) > > http://johnmcmaster.com/PAW/2017/07/ > > The first image shows how the water level in the local river changed on > Tuesday, its level rose by over 5m in 12 hours! When I say that the river > banks are +25m apart you get an idea of how much water.... Our area had > its second inondation (heavy rain/flooding) of 2017, l'Orbieu starts in > the foothills of the Pyrenees and has many tributaries. No flooding in our > village but several others were badly flooded by la Cesse and l'Aude. > https://www.facebook.com/FR3LanguedocRoussillon/photos/a.1377236368984841.1073741845.201675693207587/1377300318978446/?type=3 > > C & C (on my images) welcome > > john >