{"id":8383,"date":"2018-07-05T12:55:28","date_gmt":"2018-07-05T10:55:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/?p=8383"},"modified":"2018-07-05T12:55:28","modified_gmt":"2018-07-05T10:55:28","slug":"la_giraudiere-storm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/la_giraudiere-storm\/","title":{"rendered":"La Giraudi\u00e8re Takes a Hit from Violent Storm in Brossac"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>La Giraudi\u00e8re Takes a Hit from Violent Storm in Brossac<\/h1>\n<p>On Wednesday evening, a whirlwind of destruction blew into\u00a0La Giraudi\u00e8re as a <strong>violent storm<\/strong> hit <strong>Brossac <\/strong>and the whole of southwest France. Furious winds at a speed of 160km\/hr blew into town just before dinner, making trees sway and windows rattle. Soon after, we heard the rumble of thunder, and rain began to fall in torrents.<\/p>\n<p>Just half an hour later, the sky cleared up, but the damage from the unexpected <strong>storm<\/strong> had already been done. Outside in the garden, plants were blown over; and some roses clung onto their stems for dear life. A tree was even blown down across the road, but thankfully our neighbor farmer M. Philippe Condemine cleared the tree with his tractor.<\/p>\n<p>The worst of the <strong>storm&#8217;s<\/strong> wrath, however, saw itself manifested inside the house. Water that had\u00a0been driven through windows and doors flooded the floors of some apartments, and even worse, upstairs in one apartment, the wind had put enough pressure on the bedroom wall to cause it to explode. Cracks split through the wall, even revealing some of the brickwork inside. We&#8217;re looking to get the wall repaired in the coming week.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_8389\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/wall-storm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8389\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-8389\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/wall-storm-300x226.jpg\" alt=\"Cracks in the wall from the violent storm\" width=\"300\" height=\"226\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/wall-storm-300x226.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/wall-storm-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/wall-storm.jpg 313w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8389\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cracks in the wall from the violent storm<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Another <strong>thunderstorm<\/strong> is forecast for today, but we hope that the weather will clear up here at La Giraudi\u00e8re in the following days, with some sun to replace the <strong>stormy<\/strong> weather in <strong>Brossac<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>La Giraudi\u00e8re Takes a Hit from Violent Storm in Brossac On Wednesday evening, a whirlwind of destruction blew into\u00a0La Giraudi\u00e8re as a violent storm hit Brossac and the whole of southwest France. 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