We never thought that one day the beautiful coast by our new home would be ravaged in the way it was just three days ago. Winds of 160 kph (100 mph), a very high tide and extremely low pressure combined to destroy so much. Sadly there were deaths in neighbouring towns where the huge waves breached the sea walls, and our thoughts go out to those left behind..
Here in La Tranche, although there has been much damage and parts of the coast have completely changed, workers are already tidying the beaches. No doubt experts have begun to plan how to repair our lovely new jetty and the breach between the sea and the sailing lake, which now fills up twice daily with the continuing high tides since the waves broke through. Houses are perched on the edge of fragile dunes awaiting the next high tides and rough seas, whilst nearer to us the dunes have been completely wiped out.
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In L'Aiguillon and La Faute they have been receiving donations of clothes, bedding and even offers of rooms for the many homeless people, their dwellings still with sea water a metre deep.
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These three links give you an idea of what we woke up to last Sunday morning, after such a stormy night. We were lucky, many weren't.
1 comment:
Merci pour toutes les photos
Tu pourrais presque reprendre la même photo que celle du ponton du 15 février pour que l'on voit avant et après la tempete.
Bisous
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