BLU
Active topics
  1. Whereas everyone seems to have to do with floods, here it's full of sunshine. Temperature: 17°C.

  2. More or less the same 'round here. On 13th Januray of last year(s) we used to be covered by, at least, 15 cms of snow. This year, snow hasn't appeared (at all - except one shy snowfall at the end of November) and rain, although quite abundant, isn't enough to make this appear like a decent winter. This looks/feels much more like May or September.
  3. Originally posted by LikeASong:[..]
    More or less the same 'round here. On 13th Januray of last year(s) we used to be covered by, at least, 15 cms of snow. This year, snow hasn't appeared (at all - except one shy snowfall at the end of November) and rain, although quite abundant, isn't enough to make this appear like a decent winter. This looks/feels much more like May or September.


    It's really the same here. Although it's my first year in Toulouse, it seems that people are used to seeing more rain and snow than that. But since September, except for the first two weeks of December, the weather has been really good.
  4. Originally posted by AidanFormigoni:Once again, it's raining a lot here. The rain in the past 3 days was equivalent to the rain of the entire month of january in 2010. 250 people are dead in Rio de Janeiro because of it, so I send my prayers to the people affected by the rain here and in Australia.




    250 ?! That's insane...
    Btw, why does the media talk more about Australia than Brazil then ?
    Don't get me wrong, I'm really touched by both, but 250 dead people is way more than in Australia.


    EDIT : just read that there are already 355 deads now
  5. Rich country > poor country.


    In Vietnam, Malaysia, India, etc there are this kind of floodings EVERY year, and what do they get? 10 minutes at most during two news bulletin. But one year, it's Australia the floode country and... vòlia! The news open with it and there's half an hour of special info about it. Rich is more important that poor.
  6. Originally posted by LikeASong:Rich country > poor country.


    In Vietnam, Malaysia, India, etc there are this kind of floodings EVERY year, and what do they get? 10 minutes at most during two news bulletin. But one year, it's Australia the floode country and... vòlia! The news open with it and there's half an hour of special info about it. Rich is more important that poor.


    You're correct there. Although we just had footage of Brazil flash across our screens.
  7. Originally posted by BelgianBono:[..]

    250 ?! That's insane...
    Btw, why does the media talk more about Australia than Brazil then ?
    Don't get me wrong, I'm really touched by both, but 250 dead people is way more than in Australia.


    EDIT : just read that there are already 355 deads now


    I think that 355 are dead because the houses are not built very well.
  8. Actually, the houses were in good shape, but they were built in the monoutains. With the excess of water in the soil, entire mountains went down, carrying and devastating entire neighborhoods and killing people. The houses were built in dangerous places, but people never got and advice about it

    I live in a big city and we're seeing images just like the Frankfurt one in some places, but those small cities in the mountains received less rain, but they don't have the structure needed to lead with this crazy weather we're having around the world.

    Finally, this is one of the worst tragedies in Brazil, and the govern doesn't know how to lead with it

    You can have an idea of what is happening by this link:

    http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/americas/01/13/brazil.flooding/index.html?hpt=T1
  9. Originally posted by AidanFormigoni:Actually, the houses were in good shape, but they were built in the monoutains. With the excess of water in the soil, entire mountains went down, carrying and devastating entire neighborhoods and killing people. The houses were built in dangerous places, but people never got and advice about it

    I live in a big city and we're seeing images just like the Frankfurt one in some places, but those small cities in the mountains received less rain, but they don't have the structure needed to lead with this crazy weather we're having around the world.

    Finally, this is one of the worst tragedies in Brazil, and the govern doesn't know how to lead with it

    You can have an idea of what is happening by this link:

    http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/americas/01/13/brazil.flooding/index.html?hpt=T1


    Just as we're suffering right now, our thoughts are with Brazil and the catastrophe there as well.
    Sorry to hear about your assessment of the government's performance. I have to say that all levels of government so far have shown remarkable leadership in dealing with our crisis. The preparation was and the recovery is so far very well co-ordinated.

  10. Rain here in Wales
  12. I lay awake last night as the heavy rain and storm rattled on the roof of our house like it was about to simple tear it off. At 2am they gave out a severe weather warning over the radio for parts of Germany, including the next major city in my area... which is only 15 minutes away
    so as I got up and out this morning, I found our basement flooded by about 25cm (and we live in a hilly area, no flat land, mind you). Things outside blown around and basically swimming in a layer of water, as the still half-frozen ground can't take all these amounts of water. Nothing, really nothing compared to other countries really. But still...
Contribute to the U2 community with uploading photos or by telling us which shows you have visited.
Contribute to the U2 community with uploading photos or by telling us which shows you have visited.
Contribute to the U2 community with uploading photos or by telling us which shows you have visited.
Contribute to the U2 community with uploading photos or by telling us which shows you have visited.