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Gironde: change your habits because of the heat wave

Posted on 16/06/2022 16:09

Update and 16/06/2022 16:16

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N.Fleury, T.Breton, N.Titonel

France 2

France Televisions


Thursday June 16, in the South-West, near Bordeaux, in Gironde, we expect 40°C. So the inhabitants organize themselves to avoid heatstroke and change their habits.

Already 28°C at 10 a.m. Cavignac (Gironde)Thursday, June 16. Pour avoid the heatthe inhabitants had to get up early. In the market, everyone lives in quirky. “I stay cool in the afternoon”says a woman. “I get up at 6 a.m. to go for an hour’s walk, we go to the market and then we go home”said another. And primeur comes an hour earlier than usual to set up its car stalls “at 11 o’clock, there is no one left”he believes.

The inhabitants come to seek freshness at the fishmonger, by buying mussels, sardines and all that can be used for grilling. Dishes acclaimed for their lightness. “It used to be hot. When we made the hay, it was hot but it was the heat which was good”says an 80-year-old resident. At the hairdressing salon, hair dryers and heated helmets are turned off as much as possible. This weekend at Cavignacthe temperature should wait for 41°C.

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