Seine River Flooding Near Notre Dame, Blk Wht
by Liesl Walsh
Title
Seine River Flooding Near Notre Dame, Blk Wht
Artist
Liesl Walsh
Medium
Photograph - Digital Photograph
Description
Notre Dame and a nearby bridge are seen along the flooded Seine River. In late May and early June 2016 Paris received a lot of rain, which flooded the Seine River to 15-17 meters above its normal level. It was quite a sight to see! Thankfully the water did not go over the banks; however, the lower level walkways and buildings at the water level were flooded for at least a week. Water taxi stands were submerged. Water levels were too high for boats to travel underneath the ornate bridges so boat traffic ceased for nearly a week until the waters receded. In 1910 the Seine flooded at 28 meters above normal level which brought the waters into the streets of the city. The 2016 flood closed metro lines along the Seine and nearby metro lines traveled at slower speeds as they got close to the river. The Louvre and Musee' d'Orsay closed for around 6 days since the water levels endangered the safety of the masterpieces. Both museums ironically had recent emergency drills for moving masterpieces from lower levels of the museums to higher ones for safety, and during the flood they moved them again.
You can read about our adventure in Europe in my husband's book, "Vagabonds in France", by Michael A. Barry. Come with us as we lose our home, put everything in storage, and navigate through Europe for a few months with no return date or home to come back to. Sail across the Atlantic, dodge pickpockets, climb mountains, descend into the Paris Metro, endure nasty weather and illness, witness the flood of the century, and meet some wonderful and not-so-wonderful people. Chuckle with us as we live among the French and try to learn their ways and language. Then make it back home to an empty house we'd never seen before. The book with its 75 illustrations is available in both paperback and Kindle on Amazon at http://www.amazon.com/dp/B01NCUNSEK .
Featured in the following FAA Groups:
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Water Forms 11-4-2016
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This Way Arts 11-5-2016
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October 10th, 2016
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Comments (22)
Luther Fine Art
Congratulations! Your marvelous art has been featured on the Home Page of the ABC Group. This art has been selected from the ABC Group's R IS FOR RIVER themed week. You are invited to add this to the features archive discussions and in another discussion in ABC Group!
Malanda Warner
Love this shot of the bridge and Norte Dame, very scenic inspite of the water level! LF
Liesl Walsh
Thank you, Laurie, I appreciate your comment very much! It was quite an experience to see the flood!
Laurie Search
Wow, that's so amazing that the water was so high!!! Fantastic image with a beautiful composition, Liesl!!! :)))vf
Allan Van Gasbeck
Congratulations! Your outstanding artwork has been chosen as a FEATURE in the “The Grayscale Outdoors” group on Fine Art America — You are invited to post your featured image to the featured image discussion thread as a permanent place to continue to get exposure even after the image is no longer on the Home Page.