The church in Saint-Aignan-sur-Cher
We are dreading the next four or five days because the weather is supposed to be extremely hot and dry. Predictions are for afternoon temperatures in the 90s F (mid-30s C), and they say it will stay uncomfortably warm overnight. A canicule (heat wave) warning has been issued. Remember, houses here are not, in general, air-conditioned.
Here's a link to the MétéoFrance map showing the canicule warning area.
Heureusement pour vous il n'y a pas de vigilance particulière dans le Loir-et-Cher. So, no canicule for you, just hot weather! LOL
ReplyDeletePas encore, CHM, pas encore ! MétéoFrance nous annonce une température de 37ºC pour dimanche après midi. On va cuire.
ReplyDeleteyup it's batten down the hatches time and fans at full power...
ReplyDeleteOh yuck :( Hang in there!
ReplyDeleteJust read a blog from the
ReplyDeleteTarn-et-Garonne where a heat
emergency has been declared.
Health advisory issued advising
people to drink l4 glasses of
water OR wine per day.
Sheila, do they really say to drink wine? I'd be surprised. The alcohol in wine is dehydrating, I believe. Anyway, it is France...
ReplyDeleteTemperature here right now on our terrace is "only" 29.9ºC. In the shade.
You may want to sleep in your cellar! Hope it goes away quickly.
ReplyDelete14 glasses of water or wine? 14 glasses of wine? Wow!
ReplyDeleteAs Evelyn said, you might want to camp out in your cellar. But you've been through heat waves before, so I bet you'll be all right.
We let the breeze flow through the house this morning, but now the shutters and windows are shut on the sunny side.
Sheila, Tarn-et-Garonne is where one of my daughters will be moving soon.
Bonjour Cousin
ReplyDeleteI know that you like hot weather but can you bear the canicule @ 30-35C ?
Just asking because, even with my 'background" I am finding it more and more difficult when the temp goes above 25C ( it's worse when the humidity is high).
Another peculiar thing, I tend to get sun rash whenever I am nearby an ocean front .
Ellen, I grew up in the U.S. South, and we didn't have AC back then. So I know what high heat is like, though that doesn't make it a lot easier.
ReplyDeleteBeaver, CHM would say: "Ce n'est pas encore la grande chaleur !" At least here in Saint-Aignan we don't have high humidity. It's 32ºC on the terrace now. That's 90F.
Ellen, you and your daughter
ReplyDeletemight enjoy reading this
usually daily blog (therickety
oldfarmhouse.blogspot.com).
Todaywas just about the heat,
but the past few days have been
particularly amusing. He's a Scot,
she's Swedish, and they are very
involved in Village Life.
Funny how you guys seem to have the opposite weather of the U.S. In Chicago and much of the country, we've been sweltering all summer while it's been cool in France, and now it's oddly fall-like in August and you get the heat!
ReplyDeleteCHM and others, check out the MétéoFrance heatwave warning again. We are right on the edge of the orange area, in the yellow. Current temperature (7:50 p.m.): 30C (86F). For us, that's really hot. Predicted tomorrow for here and in Paris: 36C (97F).
ReplyDeleteOh dear, everyone knows that air-conditioning is the devil's work!.
ReplyDeleteKen
ReplyDeleteBBQ or sandwiches - no cooking inside. Sitting under one of the trees with a cooler of water .
I guess sleeping a la belle étoile will be more manageable than being upstairs.
Starman, I'm glad to see you've finally come around to my point of view!
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