[Leica] Southern France

[Philippe]

Le 7 oct. 2015 à 09:15, John McMaster <john at mcmaster.fr> a écrit :

> 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-Pyrénées 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.

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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