Or not. This is the Saint-Aignan/Noyers bridge on Thursday. It was closed with temporary signs set up at the approach. I'm guessing that it was closed so that crews could dislodge tree branches that got stuck under the roadway. That helps the water to flow better. Otherwise, I think, the debris in the water can form a kind of dam beneath the bridge that backs up more and more water as more and more debris gets caught. The road over the bridge is closed so that heavy equipment can work safely and unimpeded.
If you zoom in and look under the red truck, you can see tree branches stuck in the water.
Meanwhile, the rains have more or less stopped (the wind, too, thankfully). Temperatures are rising, too. We're expecting a high of 14ºC (approaching 60ºF) this afternoon. Yay!
Illustrates just how closer to more-than- 'mere'-catastrophe we're now getting.
ReplyDeleteThere was a nice video on Facebook of that lot on the bridge.... they were doing more than dislodging them, they were loading them into those lorries and driving them off... there were two in the video, one amost full of debris and one waiting.... and by the looks of the river when the camera panned down... the waiting wagon wasn't the last load!!
ReplyDeleteGood they’ve got things under control. What a mess everywhere. Yay for no sun and for higher temps!
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