tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post7961468600933728231..comments2024-03-28T18:57:20.920+01:00Comments on Living the life in Saint-Aignan: A thunderstorm called « une giboulée »Ken Broadhursthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-12709351797828403952011-02-28T06:32:43.395+01:002011-02-28T06:32:43.395+01:00Tim, I'm not surprised to hear that that storm...Tim, I'm not surprised to hear that that storm caused damage. As you say, the sky was black as night. We had wind, and the storm didn't come anywhere very close to Saint-Aignan.<br /><br />Mary, the morning rain lasted two or three hours and was a fine, soaking rain. But it came in after the morning walk. The afternoon rain was much harder and colder. Walt and Callie got back to the house just before it started, fortunately. When it rains that hard, about the only thing I concentrate on is watching the rain come down. But it doesn't make all that much noise, since the windows are double-glazed.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-69885187972137770572011-02-27T21:30:50.156+01:002011-02-27T21:30:50.156+01:00Yesterday obviously was not a day I would have rat...Yesterday obviously was not a day I would have rather been in Saint Aignan than here in Eugene Oregon!<br />Did Walt and Callie arrive without getting drenched? I hope so.<br /><br />When it rains heavily, do you have difficulty concentrating when you are upstairs since you can hear the rain through the skylites?Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04911284607089608538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-59809529747384346732011-02-27T20:35:55.175+01:002011-02-27T20:35:55.175+01:00Ken,
Like Niall & Antoinette it hit our area ...Ken, <br />Like Niall & Antoinette it hit our area as well... we'd nipped into the Super U in Descartes after looking for some tree protectors in the garden centre next door. Pauline had commented as we went in that it looked a bit black "over Will's mothers"<br />Got what we wanted and passed through the checkout... and decided to stay in the store a little bit longer.... it was black as night outside with sheets of rain passing horizantally across the carpark... and all sorts of minor damage to trees on the way back to Grand Pressigny too.<br />Then at the market this morning someone told us there had been a mini-tornado over near Cussay, damaging roofs. A touch of Xynthia!Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16439261142732764451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-46505250015713780152011-02-27T20:10:01.353+01:002011-02-27T20:10:01.353+01:00Winter in France seems to last forever.Winter in France seems to last forever.Starmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12386841450183061541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-16444023136383807442011-02-27T19:03:03.571+01:002011-02-27T19:03:03.571+01:00Love your new windows/skylights.Love your new windows/skylights.ginnynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-87395397125229855532011-02-27T17:06:01.843+01:002011-02-27T17:06:01.843+01:00So, would you say, "Nous avons eu une giboulé...So, would you say, <i>"Nous avons eu une giboulée."</i> ?<br /><br />I love the colors in your page header... that's new today, isn't it?<br /><br />JudySeine Judeet (Judith)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07407353544376132484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-69638405596060042622011-02-27T16:04:13.261+01:002011-02-27T16:04:13.261+01:00I love all the pictures taken through the skylight...I love all the pictures taken through the skylight.Amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06031276247743743680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-41072586697046859792011-02-27T15:21:25.334+01:002011-02-27T15:21:25.334+01:00Love your current banner. You are having interesti...Love your current banner. You are having interesting weather right now.Evelynnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-22534779442874954912011-02-27T12:00:33.372+01:002011-02-27T12:00:33.372+01:00I guess you got your first "giboulée de mars&...I guess you got your first "giboulée de mars" just a tad early.<br /><br />I think we may get a little "giboulée de neige" today, but not sure...<br /><br />Word check: frapper! That's a little violent...Betty Carlsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17155852272383173880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-88840225254342083792011-02-27T11:18:22.277+01:002011-02-27T11:18:22.277+01:00The giboulée certainly arrived with us a bit furth...The giboulée certainly arrived with us a bit further south but without the ice pellets. We have quite a few pine trees so when the wind suddenly picks up we hear it first.<br />AntoinetteNiall & Antoinettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12699304108340257145noreply@blogger.com