“I lost everything”, two weeks after the floods, the time is for the evaluation of the damage around Isle

“It’s still wet. “In the agglomeration of the Grand Périgueux (Dordogne), ten days after the floods, certain districts keep the stigma of this evening on Monday April 21, where the Isle notably submerged rue des Tanneries in a few minutes, in the Saint-Georges district of Périgueux, and the night which followed, during which the flood of the river reached its peak, 3.43 m, exceeding that of the 1993 flood.

The Cité de la Cité Bel Air district, on the left bank of the Isle, has not escaped. Alfred invites himself to Barnabé, a restaurant located in Boulazac-Isle-Manoire, is still closed on Friday May 2. Employees continue to fill an already almost full bucket, when the rambardes are being repainted to find their whites of yesteryear.

A little further, Jacky finalizes the cleaning of his house. “I had 70 to 75 centimeters at my gate, 40 in my house. I don’t live there, I renovate it, but I had all my tools on the ground floor. I had just bought roller shutters, they are screwed up. I was in Brittany when it was overwhelmed, my neighbors came to limit the breakage. ” From the flood, out of the houses, only the dried mud remains on the roads and leaves piled up against the fences.

“Keep your morale”

In Périgueux, in the Saint-Georges district, the Isle surprised more than one resident on Monday evening, especially rue des Tanneries. Pascal, a municipal employee in Périgueux, lives next to the Michel-de-Montaigne college. The Périgourdin saw fridge, mower, freezer, dryer or television bathe in the water.

“The water overturned my freezer which was full. It was like a wave. By opening the door of my garage, I had trouble moving forward ”

The time is in the observation. “My hot water tank has exploded too. I lost everything. […] Even my granddaughter’s toys. Insurance told me not to touch anything. I just removed what felt bad, he explains. You have to keep your morale. In this street, garages have been swallowed up, just like some cars. Others have lost scooter, sofas, carpets and various furniture, and find it difficult to get rid of these humidity odors.

If some say they have already known floods in this sector, which marks is speed and especially power. “The water overturned my freezer which was full. It was like a wave. By opening the door of my garage, I had trouble moving forward, “recalls Pascal, who would like to thank the elected officials” who stayed until two in the morning, or even more “. Other residents point to a lack of communication from the municipality, believing the only insufficient Facebook positions.

Expertise

Still in Périgueux, rue de l’Alma, Marie is also one of the victims. However, his street was not immersed. “Like some of my neighbors, the water has come out of the clay floor of my cellar, by capillarity, then in jet by the wall, via the water table,” she specifies. The damage is no less important. “I don’t touch anything and I took pictures. An expert will look, in videoconference, ”adds the young woman, who had three pumps to unclog the cellar. “Without that, the water would be in my kitchen”, a few steps higher. And the smell of humidity, even two weeks later, persists.

“Like some of my neighbors, the water has come out of the clay floor of my cellar, by capillarity, then in jet by the wall, via the water table”

In the La Curvache equestrian center, in the Maurilloux district of Trélissac, we also count the damage. Tree torn off, feeders carried away and returned, pre -gorged of water along the greenway; The horses were put in safety on April 21 in the evening in places of the stable still dry. “Obstacles for the cross have also been swept away and damaged fences. It is still very swampy, with a lot of water in places, I do not yet know when the horses will return here. For the time being, we have taken pictures of all of this, ”explains Sophie, a instructor.

If the Isle flood now seems behind, it is the long way to estimates the damage and the reimbursements that took over.

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