tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post810352649794052242..comments2024-03-28T18:57:20.920+01:00Comments on Living the life in Saint-Aignan: The Big BlowKen Broadhursthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-6307697328076868262016-02-13T22:31:22.452+01:002016-02-13T22:31:22.452+01:00lovely walk for your doglovely walk for your dogGosiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14604712540141917583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-4380861555296481112016-02-13T18:39:08.435+01:002016-02-13T18:39:08.435+01:00It's like that in the States too, but big limb...It's like that in the States too, but big limbs and whole trees are more likely to fall when winds are strong or when there's a big snowfall. Around here, one of the biggest problems is all the dead trees left standing all around the vineyard. I remember that when we had the big storm of 2010, even after it was over and the winds stopped, we heard trees falling one by one in the woods around us for days.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-9268484806073303672016-02-13T18:36:41.942+01:002016-02-13T18:36:41.942+01:00I remember back in the 70s and 80s in Paris, peopl...I remember back in the 70s and 80s in Paris, people would tell me they wondered where the snow and ice had gone. Weather used to be more extreme there in the 40s and 50s, apparently. And Catherine would say she couldn't get over how violent the weather in the States was, and how Americans had to worry about weather all the time. Now, for the past 15 years. the weather here has been very extreme. A change, or a cycle? I don't know.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-43642716422031818242016-02-13T16:56:43.765+01:002016-02-13T16:56:43.765+01:00Wow, glad you folks make smart decisions in this f...Wow, glad you folks make smart decisions in this frightening wind, Ken and Susan.<br />Seine Judeet (Judith)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07407353544376132484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-87497832976018884122016-02-13T11:27:01.835+01:002016-02-13T11:27:01.835+01:00Just maybe of interest to you, while of course our...Just maybe of interest to you, while of course our trees and branches come down in storms, we have our Eucalyptus, gum trees as you would know. Some species in the dryer areas are known by the name, widow makers. On the stillest of days, without any warning, a large branch will just snap and bad luck if you are underneath. The variety of ways in which we can kill foreign tourists is endless, including those desperate for some shade from the searing sun.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-55002757525239516402016-02-13T10:32:54.630+01:002016-02-13T10:32:54.630+01:00We are getting gusty winds and sideways rain now. ...We are getting gusty winds and sideways rain now. Will it ever end? This is March weather -- les giboulées — to the extreme.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-43684247561232912152016-02-13T08:15:49.804+01:002016-02-13T08:15:49.804+01:00I'm supposed to go to a meeting in Ste Maure t...I'm supposed to go to a meeting in Ste Maure today. I've already emailed them to say they won't see me if the forecast turns out to be correct (which I imagine it will). Orange weather alert and 105km/h winds predicted. Hasn't started yet though.Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06472449597146519943noreply@blogger.com