[Leica] Le Midi PAW 07

[John McMaster]

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


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That's pretty serious flooding, John. I hope you're above the 7 metres mark!!

Douglas

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From: "John McMaster" <john at mcmaster.fr>
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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
>