We have two washing machines going full pelt on their spin cycles, (one in the house, one in the cottage) trying to get the towels dry enough to mop up yet more of our small "inundation" in the hall and I was coming back with another load as the siren sounded.
That means the Garonne has broken its banks.
I've just looked at the vigicrues flood warning graph and in 24 hours the Garonne has gone from just over four to just over eight metres. And the graph is still on an upward incline. Two dotted lines cross the graph, showing the floods of June 1st 2013 (8.08 metres) and of January 25th 2009 (9.04 metres). At nine metres in 2009 the town was virtually cut off.
There will be people on the flood plain tonight moving their furniture to the first floor. It puts our own small pond in the hall into perspective.
Best of luck to you....it sounds dreadful.
ReplyDeleteHello Fly, we're almost getting blasé. The mopping up has become a routine. Just hoping for a few dry days. :)
DeleteDe camp upstairs a must but with fingers crossed that it was not required. We have always lived 'on top of a hill' and avoided this particular worry but at times our near post code neighbours in Yorkshire were not so fortunate. I do hope that you manage your wet problem as electricity and water are not too good together. Lesley
ReplyDeleteHello Lesley, on a slope we thought we were ok, but unfortunately the clay fields up the hill behind us are just pouring water at the moment the ground is so sodden. Could be worse! :)
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