Neige : 14 départements maintenus en vigilance orange par Météo France
Météo France avait placé depuis jeudi soir 37 départements en alerte, du Nord jusqu’à la région Rhône-Alpes. La vigilance orange est seulement maintenue dans 14 départements de l’est de la France jusqu’à samedi matin, 6 heures. Quelques perturbations ont frappé vendredi matin les axes routiers, les gares ou les aéroports. Près de 1.500 foyers sont encore privés d’électricité dans le Nord-Pas-de-Calais.
Sur l’autoroute A 48, en Isère, entre la Tour-du-Pin et Grenoble. © Reuters Emmanuel Foudrot
14 départements sont toujours en alerte orange jusqu’à samedi 6 heures. Des chutes de neige tenant au sol sont encore attendues sur la façade est de la France. Les autres départements, notamment en Normandie, dans le Nord, en Picardie et en région parisienne ne sont désormais plus concernés.
Neige vers l’est et risque d’avalanches dans les Alps.
Translation by Bill Nelson
Meteo France had placed 37 departments from north to south-east France under snow alert yesterday. 14 departments are still under alert today until 06h00 tomorrow (Sat) and the weather front has moved east. The Alps are under alert for snow avalanges. Disruptions occured today on the roads, airports and rail and 1500 families are without electricity in the north Pas de Calais. ADP were quick to confirm they have extra snow equipment and staff on duty since 05h00 today to deal with the snow-fall. In 2010 ADP were caught out badly with both CDG and Orly closed to air traffic. They are keen to re-establish their reputation. 2011 saw better performance from the airport authorities but disruption still occured with cancellations and diversions.
About bill
Worked in the technical / engineering area as a Science Laboratory Technician and as an Aeronautics Engineer.
The artistic side involves writing under the nom de plume of Billy Olsenn, his recently written play 'A Case of Wine' was staged by the players group Straight Make-Up at the 2012 Birr one act drama festival. It's next staging was in the one act circuit is in Cavan, at Maudebawn on Sat 10 Nov 2012. Then it was performed in the Bray, Co.Wicklow at the very popular one act festival in January 2013.
Next play is FEAR. A dark tale about revenge on the cruel death of two pensioners by young thugs. Neighbours hatch a devious and dangerous plan to exact old-style revenge. Bill is a member of the Drama League of Ireland and his plays have been critically vetted and certified as original pieces of work by the DLI.
Another literary project is that of commemoration of an aircraft crash on Djouce mountain in Wicklow in 1946. Bill wrote articles for the 50th, 60th and most recently the 70th anniversary, (12 Aug
2016) all were published in the Wicklow Times and ensured the survivors of the crash, all French Girl Guides, were not forgotten. Articles reproduced on this website.
But mostly this site gives a more general European and specific French slant on popular and not so popular articles of French news, translated to English by the author. Each article is translated on a paragraph by paragraph basis so easy to read in either language and even possible to improve either language by comparison of the short English and French paragraphs. Amusez vous bien.
The author is currently writing an easy to read technical aviation book centered around the Fokker 50.
Another interest is that dealt with in another of Bill's websites www.realnamara.net, a Statue of the mother of God, Mary. It was erected in 1972 in Dublin, at the end of the Bull Wall near Clontarf, and my grandfather William Nelson, was the main instigator of that project. I give talks on the history of the statue and my grandfather's adventurous and dangerous life at sea.
Technical assistance with each website is by J O'N.
