It’s now gone from an orange to a red warning in Aude for tonight. Wind here up to 115 kph but up to 150 kph on the coast. Stay safe in Aude and PO.
I am just getting the fringes - nasty winds in all directions - and currently not much water in Northern Lot. I hope it’s not going to get worse as we aren’t even in the stated area.
All I can say is if this is just the edges the middle will be downright nasty. Expect anything loose to be picked up and spun in the air. How is everyone else doing ?
Well, it’s absolutely howling here. Supposed to be going by train to Bordeaux this morning but looks like it won’t happen. There’s a red warning for wind in Aude and for flooding in Gironde and Lot-et-Garonne. SNCF say severe disruptions probable although they haven’t yet cancelled our train. Not really sure it’s safe to drive down into Carcassonne with the wind gusts so strong. Hey ho.
It’s very blowy here too and I think the peak of the wind speed is in the next three hours or so, at 136km/h. BFM are saying to not leave the house if you don’t have to.
Last night we had the automated severe weather warning on our phones and the mairie in Narbonne has cancelled some events today. All the schools are closed in the Aude, I believe.
Take care Hairbear.
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Our train has just been cancelled, so definitely not going to Bordeaux today. I just opened the door to see if our wooden shed was surviving (it’s a bit rickety 
) and nearly got blown away 
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140kph gusts here, really scary to be honest. Lots of damage and all schools shut and HGV’s stopped on A9. Living on the Breton coast for over 30 years and it was never as bad as this storm Nils is. Keep safe to all those affected down here and on the Atlantic coast. Keep your shutters closed as insurance won’t pay out for broken windows if not protected, had warning from CA last night.
Just had the warning alert on my phone, scared the sh*t out of me I can tell you as have never had one before. Basically saying speed of gusts, to stay indoors and not go out for any reason and make sure everything loose is tied down. All my neighbours fence panels between us have been smashed to pieces but luckily there is a metal fencing behind them so we are still separated
Mother Nature can be terrifying, got my fingers crossed all of you affected come through it with nothing worse than just frayed nerves. Stay safe all.
You’ve moved to red alert as well today, haven’t you? 
Hopefully it won’t last too long.
Stay safe.
Yes, hence the frightening siren on the phone. Dare not open any of the shutters although I keep opening them every so often to see what damage has been done and then shut down again. People who leave their big wheelies out front of their homes are causing havoc by not moving them into the garden etc, one big yellow one is in the entrance to my driveway, god knows where it has arrived from and when the wind stops, I will put it out on the pavement to be reclaimed.
Stay safe everybody in “the zone”, it sounds very nasty.
I’ve lived through a number of hurricanes in the Caribbean but over there the houses are designed to cope with them, so I felt safe.
But yes do resist the temptation to go outside for a look, especially if the wind drops as that may be the eye of the storm and it can come back very quickly.
Had the siren sound on my phone at 9.07. Wondered what it was for a fraction of a second. I’d already closed the shutters because the weather forecast yesterday was worrying. Quick trip around the front to spot any loose objects. Dropped them in the trailer and then parked it in the garage. Not planning to go shopping today.
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Lots of trees down here now. Our road is closed in both directions, so won’t be going anywhere, not that I’d want to. Next door had a small river running from the road to his front door, but the flow seems to have been diverted just in time to stop his house flooding.
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Well we in Correze are on Orange alert. Given it’s absolutely wild at the moment with rain, torrential at times, then heaven knows what it’s like in the red alert zones. Overnight the wind was hammering the house and it sounded like express trains were roaring up our lane. You reds have my sympathy.
I’ve just driven home from St Malo and was quite surprised at the extent of the flooding
The fields to the side of the road between Argentat and Tulle yesterday were flooded to an extent never seen before on our near 20 years here. How the farmers are coping is beyond me and the cattle must be very hard creatures. Mainly Limousin round us but some dairy as well.
We’ve just driven a few minutes to the cabinet médical for an appointment I couldn’t cancel. It’s wild out there and there are lots of trees down; the mountain road was closed when we drove past the end of that. According to inforoute is should start calming down around 14h.
My wonderful son has just braved the storm to go to his in-laws as they have damage they cannot deal with and at same time whilst out in the car and not that far from them got here to get the perspex sheet out of my new front door canopy down as it was bouncing up and down all night despite being bolted into the metal frame which is 1.5m wide so not something I can do as my arms are too short. Did my good neighbour thing and rang him as he is away working to tell him his back garden is wrecked and to shut his shutters by his remote control to prevent bits flying up and hitting the glass door and windows. A humungous tree behind my house literally snapped so workmen are out there now sawing it and the road is shut, trees and fences down all over the Lotissement and the poor palms didn’t stand a chance. It’s beginning to lessen in strength of gusts I think so hopefully folks will be able to get about by tomorrow morning again.
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That sounds dramatic. Well done t o your son though.
I hope it starts calming down for you soon.
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