Relentless rain.I have never seen it rain so hard all day with no let up. The rivers, which a few days ago had looked almost dry, have now turned into raging torrents and it has been reported that 11 people in the region have been killed in flash floods.
A few of us decided that an afternoon shopping in Gap might give us some shelter from the rain. While strolling down a side street I looked in a shop window at what appeared to be at first glance a sports equipment shop. The first window contained fishing tackle, the second window had Knives on display, and then in the third window they had Handguns, knuckle-dusters, throwing stars, CS gas and an AK 47 hanging on the wall. It was at this point that I was tempted to go in and ask if they had any rocket launchers in the back that I could strap to the wings of our Duo to deal with a couple of irritating DG 400 drivers.
Colin.
The BBC reports that parts of the PACA region had 286mm of rain in 24 hours. That compares with about 300mm in England since 1 January.
ReplyDeleteRainfall in the Var region to the south has now been estimated as 40 centimetres (1 ft 4 in) which fell in less than 24 hours
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