[Leica] Southern France

[John McMaster]

And I thought that Languedoc-Roussillon was long enough to type out!

Thanks

john

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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-voic
i-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?
>> 
>>