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Fire in the Chartreuse mountains Photos credit by default: www.trekearth.com/gallery/Europe/France/South/Rhone_Alpes/Grenoble
The Neron firing under the strom |
| Chartreuse firing - Grenoble city |
|  | From heatware to a crazy but wonderfull spectacle Due to the France historical heatware in 2003, the storms / flashes started to create fires in the mountains, 5 kms from Grenoble |
Storm and fire August 2003 was a crazy period in France, for everybody, but specifically for fire mens. | | | Storm on the Neron (Chartreuse) - Grenoble |
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| European temperature - 2003 (Summer period) |
| | From temperature to death The 2003 European heat wave was the hottest summers in Europe. The heat wave led to health crises in several countries and combined with drought to create a crop shortfall in Southern Europe. 35,000 people were killed in the heat wave... and 15,000 died in France from heat
France does not commonly have very hot summers (seven days with temperatures of more than 40°C (104 F) were recorded in several cities. Furthermore, while there are contingency plans for a variety of catastrophes and natural events, high heat had never been considered a major hazard and so such plans for heat waves did not exist at the time.
That shortcomings of the nation's health system could allow such a death toll was a matter of controversy in France. ... with a big panic (medical, funeral services, ...)
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_European_heat_wave (english) |
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cyndymc Fri Oct 30, 2009 12:29 UTC
Hi Vince, thanks for your concern. Yes, there are still many places in Laguna that are flooded, and we are on Typhoon Signal No. 3 again! | vdadu Fri Oct 30, 2009 02:30 UTC
Thanks for your comment.........regarding france visit, I am thinking seriously. | anliz99 Tue Oct 27, 2009 10:17 UTC
Yes, we are doing much better now. Thanks! So, when are you coming back to Manila? :) | lahoree Mon Oct 26, 2009 12:07 UTC
oo, heard that latest typhoon missed Phil |
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