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Loads of Fresh Snow Les Arcs 1/6/2011

Thu, 2 Jun 2011 19:48:40 GMT

Hi All,

Sorry I've not been about lately started a new job and been busy loads.....anyway was reading net blog about a news article in Italy about how the Aosta has had snow down to 1000m in the last few days and thought I would check the local Les arcs webcam......

http://www.webcam-ski.com/interfaces/les-arcs-peisey/interface.php?pk_interface=259&m=images&r=panoramique#depart

It seems that skiing in June is soon to be the new skiing in January.....bring it on :)

jon

Re:Loads of Fresh Snow Les Arcs 1/6/2011

Thu, 2 Jun 2011 19:51:31 GMT

Hi....

Heres the lesarcsnet article about the current weather in the alps

http://www.lesarcsnet.com/whats_new_article.php?id_whats_new=9657&id_back=1

jon

Re:Loads of Fresh Snow Les Arcs 1/6/2011

Thu, 2 Jun 2011 20:39:02 GMT

Hi Jon, I hope you are enjoying your new job. There was lots of snow all over in France and Switzerland. It's awful about those sheep though, you'd assume woolly jumpers would be fine :shock:

Re:Loads of Fresh Snow Les Arcs 1/6/2011

Thu, 2 Jun 2011 20:57:07 GMT

Hi Bandit,

The new job is fab many thanks for asking....only wish I had applied
years ago :)....those sheep were very unlucky though but they did have their own cardies on :) .

I saw it snow last August in Les Arcs but only at the very top.....I hope it doesn't snow too badly when I am there again this August I was hoping to do some gold panning in the rivers in the area....wonder if I will need my long johns :D :D :D

jon

Re:Loads of Fresh Snow Les Arcs 1/6/2011

Sat, 4 Jun 2011 21:30:30 GMT

As sad as it is i did have a smile at the choice of words regarding the sheep.

"Around 300 sheep that were out grazing on the pastures above Bourg St Maurice died after not supporting the sudden drop in temperature and lack of shelter."

Sounds like it was written by a tech support guy! They do not "support" such temp drops.

Re:Loads of Fresh Snow Les Arcs 1/6/2011

Sun, 5 Jun 2011 22:18:48 GMT

I wouldn't think it was the cold that killed the sheep - more likely they suffocated under the snow. I wonder why they didn't use the mountain rescue dogs to locate them, and then dig them out.

300 sheep would be worth a lot of money - surely at least GBP60 per head, around GBP18,000. Poor sheep and poor farmer - I don't suppose there would be any insurance cover for something like this. In fact, there may well have been a charge for disposing of the carcasses.

It's a very sad story :cry:

Ally

Re:Loads of Fresh Snow Les Arcs 1/6/2011

Mon, 6 Jun 2011 16:21:15 GMT

AllyG wrote:In fact, there may well have been a charge for disposing of the carcasses.

Ally

:shock: :-o :shock: What in France? Plenty of practice burning ours, I'm sure they could sort out a bonfire for free :twisted:

Re:Loads of Fresh Snow Les Arcs 1/6/2011

Mon, 6 Jun 2011 16:42:54 GMT

I expect everyone has a freezer and space for some free meat.....

Re:Loads of Fresh Snow Les Arcs 1/6/2011

Mon, 6 Jun 2011 16:46:29 GMT

I don't know about the French rules, but here in the U.K. we haven't been allowed to bury or burn animal carcasses on our own land since 2003. We have to pay to have them incinerated at specially licensed sites, or else take them to licensed kennels for dog food. And since France is also in the EU I would expect the same rules to apply.

http://business.wales.gov.uk/bdotg/action/detail?itemId=1086962522&r.i=1086961703&r.l1=1079068363&r.l2=1086048413&r.l3=1086961307&r.s=sc&r.t=RESOURCES&site=230&type=RESOURCES

In the old days, if something like this happened (the sheep dying in the snow), one used to be able to get the vet to visit and certificate the carcasses as fit for human consumption and then they went off to the slaughter house and the butchers. But since BSE etc. the rules have got much tighter.

If farmers don't stick to the rules they can be prosecuted.

Ally

Re:Loads of Fresh Snow Les Arcs 1/6/2011

Tue, 7 Jun 2011 08:13:25 GMT

Who is to say that a few could not be found, it's not like they are penned up in fields!
Have you never seen dead livestock while you've been walking in the mountains?