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Posted: Mon 23 Jul 2012 14:33
by Sav
Posted: Mon 23 Jul 2012 15:12
by Santiago
Phipplebert wrote:Hi, for the naive of us and not yet totally savvy with the area, can someone gets to speed on fires please
we are down near Le Boulou on weds for a week and due to move near there in sept (wahoo
). How often do fires occur? I see someone mentioned an alarm/siren, how does this work? Etc etc
thanks in advance:)
There are always a few fires in summer, usually coinciding with the first week of the holidays when people from wetter climes habituated to chucking fags out of their car window find themselves in a landscape full of very dry grass.
Not sure I understand your question about the siren. It goes off when there's a fire reported to tell the volunteer firemen to report for duty. They have practice sirens too. Usually every week.
Posted: Mon 23 Jul 2012 15:24
by Kate
Hi
This might help on the siren front.
www.anglophone-direct.com/Emergency-Siren-network?
They are national so you probably have the same where you are moving from.
We have been very lucky round here with fires. This is the first one of any note round here (Maureillas, just next to the Boulou) since we bought our house in 2003.
Posted: Mon 23 Jul 2012 15:36
by Phipplebert
Super thanks, that as what I was wondering about. I'm not sure if they have that here, I have not heard anyone mention it.....
Fingers crossed they get it under control soon. We are down weds (hopefully!). Thankfully I hear the le boulou area is highly populated with cork trees
Posted: Mon 23 Jul 2012 15:44
by Sav
Posted: Mon 23 Jul 2012 16:02
by Sav
Posted: Mon 23 Jul 2012 16:40
by Kate
Posted: Mon 23 Jul 2012 17:07
by Sav
Posted: Mon 23 Jul 2012 17:12
by Sav
Posted: Mon 23 Jul 2012 17:22
by blackduff
From Sorede, I can see dirty clouds are building over the Spanish border. This would be a little west from Neulos. I have been watching for an hour and it's getting bigger across the border. The Canadairs are not watering them neither. I think I'll have a look over this tonight.
Blackduff
Posted: Mon 23 Jul 2012 17:40
by Sav
Posted: Mon 23 Jul 2012 18:46
by Kate
We have ash dropping in our garden and the skies are white, mountains nearly obscured. For the first time, the smell of smoke is strong.
Fingers crossed but getting a little bit worrying.
Posted: Mon 23 Jul 2012 18:55
by sue and paul
bon courage!
Posted: Mon 23 Jul 2012 19:01
by opas
I can taste the smoke at the back of my throat, it is said that Bouletenerre is on fire again!
Posted: Mon 23 Jul 2012 20:07
by Sav
Posted: Mon 23 Jul 2012 21:31
by Sav
Posted: Mon 23 Jul 2012 21:47
by pjsing
Thinking of you all over there and really hoping you are all safe
Posted: Mon 23 Jul 2012 23:54
by Santiago
Rather bad taste but do you think there are a few truckers in La Jonquera listening to "My Sex is On Fire" tonight?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RF0HhrwIwp0
Posted: Tue 24 Jul 2012 08:42
by opas
I am glad you got there first, my thoughts yesterday was that one those ladies had made too much friction with a client
Posted: Tue 24 Jul 2012 09:06
by blackduff
There are four Canadairs cycling from Spain, drop their load, and return to Argeles and refill the planes. They take, on the average is 18 minutes. The four planes fly over McDo each time. I want to ask the owner if he can create a "Formule Canadair". They could serve a "Fireburger" or possibly a bbq special. The only drink would be water.
The Indep is gruesome today.
Blackduff
Posted: Tue 24 Jul 2012 09:15
by Kate
Smoke clouds have cleared overnight. All roads open and traffic moving without problem that I can see. Think it will take many weeks to clear up physical devastation and much longer mentally for those affected by it.
Posted: Tue 24 Jul 2012 18:23
by Owens88
blackduff wrote:There are four Canadairs cycling from Spain, drop their load, and return to Argeles and refill the planes. They take, on the average is 18 minutes. The four planes fly over McDo each time. I want to ask the owner if he can create a "Formule Canadair". They could serve a "Fireburger" or possibly a bbq special. The only drink would be water.
The bar/cafe at Villefranche is a bit of shrine to the flying firemen.
Posted: Tue 24 Jul 2012 22:10
by Sav
Fires in Le Perthus
Posted: Tue 24 Jul 2012 22:51
by BT
Looked at some of the video footage last night, looked very bad. Deaths now number 4
BT
http://www.catalannewsagency.com/news/s ... rises-four
Posted: Wed 25 Jul 2012 19:37
by Sav