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Learning about wine, vines and vignerons whilst living in the Languedoc

Autumn colours, winter’s calling

December 1, 2014 by amarch34 2 Comments

Author: amarch34

I'm a recently retired (early!) teacher from County Durham in North east England. I am going to be spending most of the next year in the Languedoc leaarning about wines, vineyards and the people who care for both.

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Ian Beckett
December 1, 2014 at 10:33 pm

Alan, how bad were the storms?
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- amarch34
  December 2, 2014 at 3:16 pm
  
  Ian, they were shocking. 210mm+ of rain in Bédarieux, 170 in Agde. Recorded winds of 160kph in Béziers. Hail like hazelnuts for half an hour or so. I have never seen such rain it just came down in torrents the whole of Friday. The lightning and thunder started around 2am and continued until the following evening. It was stunning. As you will see in the link Laurens, Pouzolles and Servian all under water. The beaches are completely covered in detritis. Mini tornado in Sergnan. Think that about covers it! The locals say they can’t remember anything like it.
  
  http://www.midilibre.fr/2014/11/28/intemperies-envoyez-nous-vos-photos,1089220.php
  
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