“My train was canceled”
At the height of the blow, in the middle of the afternoon, many could not resist coming to test the gusts on the coast, despite the orange wind vigilance, put in place by Météo France in fifteen French departments.
This was the case in Plougonvelin (29), where small groups, bundled up in their down jackets and hoods, climbed in front of Pointe Saint-Mathieu, overlooking a very rough sea, from the beginning of the afternoon. Among them, cousins Serge and Éric, from Locmaria-Plouzané (29). The two men have difficulty resisting gusts reaching 137 km/h. Eric holds his smartphone firmly and struggles not to move to take a few photos. This is its first storm in Brittany. “I was in the area for a funeral. I was supposed to go back to Paris but my train was canceled. Serge told me that I couldn't miss an opportunity like this! »
It's my birthday and I had two surprises: a luxury meal at Le Conquet, and an unforgettable walk under the onslaught of Darragh. I'm not about to forget my seventy years.
“I’m flying, I’ve never seen that!” »
Mathéo, Hector, Rafaël and Géraud, all engineering students at IMT Atlantique in Plouzané (29), are laughing their hearts out. “I’m from Aix-en-Provence. I fly, I've never seen that! We are happy to get out of our rooms and let off some steam. We drove slowly with the car, we remained careful. It’s certain that we won’t have to rock ourselves this evening,” enthuses Mathéo.
Arms outstretched and hair blowing in the wind, parents and older children of the Le Bras family are also having fun without restraint. Especially Évelyne, the mother, for whom this day is definitely nothing ordinary. “It's my birthday and I had two surprises: a luxury meal at Le Conquet and an unforgettable walk under the onslaught of Darragh. I'm not about to forget my 70th birthday.”
“Above all, stay careful”
In Conquet (29), in fact, no boat entered or left the port this Saturday. For safety reasons and in the face of predicted dips of ten meters, all rotations for the island of Ouessant (29) were canceled until Sunday. On Rue Sainte-Barbe, which overlooks the pier, some roofs were damaged by the onslaught of the wind during the day.
Met at 5 p.m., Rémi Le Gall made one last outing on foot before nightfall. SNSM rescuer, the former naval officer came to supervise the mooring of the sea rescue boat. “There are fewer people at sea,” he concedes. However, we are never safe from an isolated sailboat in transit between Northern and Southern Europe.” He watches the foam forming around the turret of the Grande Vinotière, in the distance. “The waves are not reaching Ciaran's record level. But you have to wait for high tide. And above all, stay careful, at least until tomorrow.”
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