three months after the floods in Brignais, the stigma remains among traders

It was October 17, 2024. Three months to the day after the flood which swept down Avenue Général de Gaulle in Brignais, we returned to see the affected traders. The wounds have difficulty closing, the anxiety that it will happen again is present in most of them. All are awaiting insurance reimbursements.

At the bookstore, the dehumidifiers are still running

The Murmure des mots bookstore was the most affected business. Closed for ten days, the store reopened its doors “just before Halloween,” remembers Marjolaine Cauquiel-Croizier.

Inside, the dehumidifiers are still running, even if the sales area has been reconstituted, “we are waiting for the insurance adjuster to validate our quotes to rebuild the furniture, redo the plinths, the paint and all the back- shop “. The bookseller refuses to let herself be overcome by apprehension: “I don’t live with that in the back of my mind, otherwise we won’t move forward.”

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