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Post by Deleted on Jun 4, 2016 11:48:53 GMT
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Post by htmb on Jun 4, 2016 12:19:49 GMT
The boat tied up below the pedestrian bridge connecting the two iles doesn't appear to be in a permanent position. I imagine they just needed to tie up somewhere and that's the spot they picked.
I'm curious about the canals. Have you heard about water levels?
Could they be removing the ugly eyesores from the Pont de l'Archevêché?
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Post by Deleted on Jun 4, 2016 12:30:01 GMT
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Post by bjd on Jun 4, 2016 13:23:01 GMT
Your pictures really bring home the extent of the damage when I see areas I know well.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 4, 2016 14:33:33 GMT
Could they be removing the ugly eyesores from the Pont de l'Archevêché? They have removed the locks and are currently installing glass panels like at the Pont des Arts. But you are sure to be appalled on your next trip to Paris when you see the locks hanging just about anywhere, as in "Okay, those two bridges are off limits but anywhere else is fine."
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Post by bjd on Jun 4, 2016 14:37:54 GMT
They could start by fining the sellers who stand near any "lockable" place. I can't imagine anyone going to shops actually looking for a padlock.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 4, 2016 14:41:06 GMT
Oh, yes I want my taxes to pay for passing laws to permit that. Then they can take the police away from that silly terrorist stuff to enforce it.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 4, 2016 14:48:47 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jun 4, 2016 14:54:52 GMT
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Post by bixaorellana on Jun 4, 2016 15:50:34 GMT
This is a can-hardly-believe-my-eyes report! Even though I can't say I know Paris, from what I've seen in real life and from all the reports you've given us, the contrast pre- and post-flood is overwhelming. As a matter of fact, scrolling through just now, I was grimly thinking how much some of it looks like high water in Louisiana. Then, your very next photo was captioned "When the Seine looks like the Mississippi".
Glad to read that the crest was "only" 6.10m, and not the projected 6.50. I also read a (Yahoo crap news) headline that thousands were evacuated in Paris. Is that true?
A note to others reading this thread -- when I opened it today, it went right to page two even though there were posts I hadn't yet seen on page one. Those posts are really worth seeing, so be sure not to miss anything.
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Post by htmb on Jun 4, 2016 17:07:31 GMT
Oh, yes I want my taxes to pay for passing laws to permit that. Then they can take the police away from that silly terrorist stuff to enforce it. Aren't your taxes paying for lock removal and bridge repair now?
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Post by htmb on Jun 4, 2016 17:15:33 GMT
Amazing... Incredible...
Probably devastating to many, especially business owners along the river. Of course, these events are never good, but the timing of this flood seems to be especially bad with Euro Cup events starting next week.
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Post by lugg on Jun 4, 2016 20:35:41 GMT
these photos and your report really give me a much better understanding than the news reports I have read. Really devastating for many. The dead rat reminded me that even when the flood waters recede the clean up will be crucial.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 5, 2016 5:10:43 GMT
Life will be back to normal in no time.
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Post by bjd on Jun 5, 2016 5:28:57 GMT
Thanks for your on-the-spot reporting, Kerouac.
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Post by chexbres on Jun 5, 2016 17:28:14 GMT
I was amazed at how far the water had fallen in just one day. But cleanup is going to be hellacious - who knows what they'll find when the water has finally gone back to its bed...
There was an encampment of African immigrants which was evacuated due to a TB problem, but I haven't seen anything else about Paris residents being evacuated. There might be some water in a few low-lying caves or parking facilities, but it's nothing like what we experience in Springtime flooding in the Deep South. In fact, I hear that part of the US is doing far worse than Paris is.
I finally stopped fretting over how many cans of sardines I had left and enjoyed some for lunch today.
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Post by bjd on Jun 5, 2016 17:55:59 GMT
I believe the evacuations mentioned in news reports were rather of towns south and east of Paris which were flooded, not in Paris itself.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 6, 2016 9:41:44 GMT
Only this morning did I learn of the flooding in Paris - so of course I immediately knew Kerouac would have the very latest update and photos. How right I was! Fantastic to see everything in detail and be able to go back and scrutinize different areas. My first thoughts were of the young man I met last year living alongside the river under Pont Louis Phillipe: imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/1024x768q90/907/MFsP9H.jpgSpecially for tod2, here is a photo of the Pont Louis Philippe residence, keeping in mind the floodwaters have already receded about 1 metre. imageshack.com/a/img924/1264/qp7lII.jpg
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Post by tod2 on Jun 8, 2016 7:10:54 GMT
Thank you Kerouac for the update and unfortunately a very sad scene. Maybe he and his father were able to retrieve the few belongings and the dogs and get out before too much damage. When the waters recede I wonder if they will try to move back in.... I can see by the water marked tree that the water was indeed far higher. Thank you again for taking the trouble to show me, I appreciate that very much.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 11, 2016 10:57:11 GMT
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Post by htmb on Jun 11, 2016 11:47:36 GMT
There'll be nothing left for me to photograph!
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Post by bixaorellana on Jun 11, 2016 14:12:11 GMT
Thank goodness the water has gone down. What are you hearing about damage, Kerouac?
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Post by Deleted on Jun 11, 2016 14:30:33 GMT
There is plenty of damage south and west of Paris, but it is mostly just like the flood damage you see everywhere else on the news -- people having to empty all of their destroyed furniture and personal possessions from the ground floor and basement of their homes.
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Post by bjd on Jun 11, 2016 15:39:08 GMT
I hope the garbage men in Nemours are not on strike.
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Post by htmb on Jun 11, 2016 15:54:09 GMT
Wow!
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Post by bixaorellana on Jun 11, 2016 16:16:40 GMT
That is turning into a post-Katrina berm of ruined possessions.
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Post by lugg on Jun 11, 2016 19:28:02 GMT
It never ceases to amaze me how quickly the water drops post flooding. Hopefully the refurbishments that will be required in many homes will not be too painful.
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Post by tod2 on Jun 12, 2016 7:41:00 GMT
A very sad sight - A huge pile of personal possessions which have to be discarded without sentiment. The expensive items mix-mashed into junk and thrown on the heap. I am so sorry for the people affected.
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Post by chexbres on Jun 14, 2016 12:48:41 GMT
I've been able to walk my dog along the lower quais for several days, now. The whole area there looks like it's been sand-blasted - which of course, it has, due to the speed of the current when the water was at its peak.
I saw what looked like the remains of a windshield and both side mirrors one day early on - someone must have forgotten where the car was parked before it got bashed into a tree or something.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 16, 2016 6:19:59 GMT
With more rain, the water has been creeping up again albeit not dangerously. River cruises have resumed for the smaller boats, but they don't do the full route yet.
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