Weather

[Bayleaf]

Lots of hail by the sounds of it - including one of our clients. They'd just put the cars away - might be a bit too soggy for my gardening this morning!

Meanwhile, this was from Médoc:

(Someone with a wicked sense of humour!)

[MAD87]

2nd successive night of rain-laden storms. We've now had so much rain - no hail thank dog - that I may have to protect the toms.

[Lori]

No rain here. And the Orages that was in the forecast for this Friday - - - yep disappeared. Two week forecast shows no rain at all.

[Doug]

Yaa, missed again, good job too what with all of the damage its caused further west, seen on tv.
No rain either last night but the night before we had 22mm.
Good to have the temperature a bit lower.

[Sparkle]

So much better today at 73.6F. A spittle of rain overnight.

[Spectrum]

Storm last night, power off, only 11mm of rain, but cooler now. Managed to get some much needed pruning done this morning.

[manonthemoon2]

Waiting for tonight's storm to start.

My taxi driver told me Riberac had a catastrophic storm with lots of damage. I found this link

https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr ... 67492.html

[Doug]

North of Bergerac, watched it on F3 Aquitaine news at midi, terrible for all as its all over the country, job to imagine hail the size of tennis balls.

[Liz]

Just waiting here, no trouble yet this year but we have had our share of it in the 31 summers we have been here....

[Bayleaf]

We had our major hail hit in July 2004 - our first summer here, so we weren't prepared or weather followers back then. Car, pick-up and van, house roof wrecked - all insurance jobs to put right, thankfully. But those who don't have toute risques cover for their vehicles may come unstuck - apparently sinistres are not always covered. We've had direct lightning hits, so have had many insurance claims in the early years here!

The roofers tried to take the p*ss because it was an insurance job, and we were newbie furriners, despite being recommended by English neighbours. We had a fight to get the job done properly, and paid a bit extra, and they still used incorrect tiles for this area. But that's another story.

More storms due today, and high winds, so will keep the polytunnel closed and hope nothing cooks.

We've learned to respect the storms now, and as it's easier to be better informed (and I watch the weather like a Hawk, as it affects work), we try to be as prepared as possible.

Currently watching the lightningmap to see if the booms going on at the moment are heading straight for us, or passing by .....ready to unplug livebox at any moment!

Weather eh? The one thing no human can control (yet!)