le deluge deux: the recession

Here are a couple more pictures in comparison so you can see where the water was as opposed to where it is quite normally. I must say I haven't been running around too much this past week or so as Paris has again been closed and its winter. I don't run around too much in the winter anyway, its nesting season.

If you look where that trash bin/bag green thing is you can see how high the water got.

See the water line? It had been a foot below those rings embedded in the walls.

With that being said, I need an ottoman, and its high time to find one. Any ideas folks? I am going to go to the Puces de St Antoine this weekend and have a looksee.

Flood

 

The Seine is overflowing its banks slightly as there has been snow, as you know. As it is now melting the Seine is full, as it were and overboard she goes. Boats have actually stopped running on the Seine as it is moving quickly. I don't quite understand why, but perhaps because the shorelines are now hidden, and there aren't any markers to show where the center channel is. If you look at the top picture at the point of the Ile de la Cite, there is an indentation of a window which is now almost completely submerged, and you can only see the top of the window. Kind of crazy as there is usually about 2 feet of wall beneath it. In the bottom picture at the bottom of the stairs there is a green trash bag. It is about 3 1/2 feet tall and is on the walkway which is completely submerged.

In the second from the bottom you can see the two arches of the pont de la Tournelle, and under the right arch there should be a walk way but it has been consumed by the river.

Paris sur glace

It has been snowing on and off since I got back to Paris, which to me is wonderful, a real winter wonderland. Though there is a real dark side compared to what goes on in NY. Um, the Parisians in general haven't a clue as how to deal with anything more than a couple of centimeters. No plowing, salt or sand, or shovels.