Red drought alert..?

[Admiral]

A passing rustic in Montmorillon tells me the Vienne is on red drought alert.

News to me....but there again a lot of things pas me by.  Not.

Haven't seen any newspaper billboards screaming about the subject but he tells me the Vienne is now one of more than 60 departments on red alert.

I assume this means no filling of swimming pools, no watering the jardin, no washing of the voiture etc etc.

But is it true?

[Steve]

A passing rustic in Montmorillon tells me the Vienne is on red drought alert.

News to me....but there again a lot of things pas me by.  Not.

Haven't seen any newspaper billboards screaming about the subject but he tells me the Vienne is now one of more than 60 departments on red alert.

I assume this means no filling of swimming pools, no watering the jardin, no washing of the voiture etc etc.

But is it true?

Two options for you Admiral...

https://info-restrictions.eau-nouvelle-a...-(86).html
https://propluvia.developpement-durable....rteDep.jsp

On the propluvia site you need to click on "86" on the map and then it will zoom in, then click on "Monty" for a little more detailed information - but the better site is my first suggestion.

Chars
Steve

[Brian]

Thanks for the links, Steve.
The Propluvia site seems to have crashed through overuse - a bit of a data drought.

[Steve]

Hmm, strange was working well the other day, now I also get security error messages as well as the site actually being unfound.

Although. it's pretty poor show for a government site to have SSL errors due to certificate problems.

[Brian]

I think the SSL errors are down to redirects because it's overloaded. The site was working fine when I checked it on Saturday but the French TV news this morning had a feature about the sechissage and mentioned the propluvia site. That probably triggered a huge number of visits...

[Brian]

The Propluvia site is up and running again.

How do I know? I just visited it to see if it had a reason why our water had suddenly stopped at about midday today
In case you're interested, it didn't. And the local water company office in Lussac seem to be reluctant to answer their phones

Brian