Flash flooding in France!
Flash flooding in France!
-by Owen
After a storm in the night ripped through south France, it brought flash flooding that has caused some serious damage and has killed at least 10 people so far. The flash floods caused people to get trapped in cars, through parked cars into the canals, flooded stores and houses causing major water damage, some people who were hit by the flooding had to be extracted by helicopters. This has caused many roads to close and schools to shut down, and even businesses as their goods where now tainted or ruined by all the water. This all happened October 15th when 6 months’ worth of rain dropped in only one night, now kids can’t go to school, houses and businesses have savvier water damage and their goods have been swept away, and lots of rescue teams have been called in to help these people. The hydrosphere has swelled up to much for the biosphere to handle and the hydrosphere mixed with the lithosphere to cause even more damage to the biosphere and the lithosphere too.
500 firemen where called in to help the injured, evacuate the traumatised people, and keep people as safe as possible. If people could supply more food and water it would help out but currently the water is going down and lots of people are already taking care of the people hurt.
This event does not make me feel much. Because even though I read it on the news and have seen what has happened over videos, they are still only on my computer screen. It is sort of like playing a video game, but a horror game so you know that you should never get to attached to a character cause it is quite possible that in the next scene/ time we see then they my just turn out to die, so it does not have any real effect on me. Also just to add to that this is also a project for school, so it is sort of masked by this other feeling of “you have to stay focused and know what you’re doing” you know?
I would not really propose anything as the French government is already doing all they can to help the people, and the water is subsiding so they will be able to go back soon enough, and they have everything under control for the most part so I believe everything will be alright even without my opinion.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/southwest-france-flooding-1.4862895
https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/15/europe/france-floods-intl/index.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3exMQjt7bOY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyAsF2GhDxw