Tour De France 2020

True, not your average flood though:

Bloody hell.

Strong nominative determinism in this post.

absolutely, there are always exceptions and anomalies and extreme cases.
this is where i spent my holidays as a kid.

The whole town was affected but you can easily spot the newer part of town with 80s pavilions behind the insuficient levee, that's where people died at night trapped in their homes. Now it's a golf course.

I was in Switzerland in 2004 when they had flooding (I think lots of Europe did). HUGE, like fucking HUGE boulders had rolled down from the mountains. Bridges were gone. River replaced with rubble. Water levels still high in towns and stuff. Shops still cleaning up, etc.

We've had flooding in Melbourne before. I was like, floods, in Oz? dafuq. But Hawthorn was full of floating cars and shops were still draining water out their doors the day after. Because of the wonderful BOM radar I missed getting wet on the commute home (and have since paid for it with regular crazy soakings).

#csb

Indeed... They got 400+ mm of rain in 24 hours, that's the normal amount for 6 months.

(Not joining the spatial planning <> flooding debate here as I'm from the Netherlands :-/)

La Faute/L'Aiguillon by any chance? Been going there for 30-odd years as my folks have a house a bit inland. There's a oyster/mussel farm bed a bit down the coast that only got back to normal about 3-4 years ago; not only had their homes/businesses gone but the farms were destroyed too.

yes there, i grew up further inland. good times !

I lol'd!
As a rule I don't typically post pictures of sheer rock faces, but when I do...

HUGE, like fucking HUGE boulders had rolled down from the mountains.

So you now describe yourself as a huge boulder.

These were at least as heavy as me.

For a similar flood, just look up Lynmouth 1952, unfortunately with 30+ deaths.

Couldn't find a TdF 2021 thread, so for the build-up to the 26th...

https://youtu.be/LSmeYZvwRIA