Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/10/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> 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? >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information