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Paris shuts Louvre museum to protect priceless artworks as flood waters rise

Jun 03, 2016 22:44

Officials have closed Paris's Louvre museum so its priceless artworks can be moved to safety amid the threat of flooding from the nearby River Seine.

( Two of the world’s greatest art museums take emergency action to protect their collections as the level of the River Seine rises to a threatening level. )

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anguisel June 4 2016, 05:51:44 UTC

There were some stories a couple days(?)ago of people in Paris getting struck by lightning (they hid under a tree) and then a bunch of kids in Germany having to go to the hospital because the soccer field was struck by lightning. Last I heard, the ref has to go to the hospital and they sent the kids in too as a precaution. As for Texas, a military vehicle flipped over in the flood waters and some soldiers drowned. So it looks like the water is going all haywire all over the place.

And Muhammad Ali passed away.

tabaqui June 4 2016, 05:53:57 UTC

Wow, that's nuts. Lightning is no joke, even if it's just near you. My bro-in-law was hit while he was in the Army, it screwed him up for weeks.

DAMN, seriously? Mr. Ali? Holy fuck.

anguisel June 4 2016, 05:59:30 UTC

Yeah, it was always the one thing that scared me more than tornadoes because you can at least see or hear those coming. Here's the article about it. And here's the one from Texas. I didn't realize they updated. Last I checked 6 were missing, now they have 9 confirmed dead. :/

Yeah, it looks like he went downhill quickly after being admitted to the hospital this afternoon.

tabaqui June 4 2016, 06:03:30 UTC

Damn, what a mess. Every year, we're told to *never* drive into water when it's flooding, especially if you can't see the bottom, and yet.... That just sucks. So sorry for everybody in *both* these stories.

Oh, Mr. Ali. That is just too damn bad. I remember seeing him on the news when I was a kid, and my dad thought he was an amazing boxer. My sis and I used to goof around singing 'float like a butterfly, sting like a bee....'

*sigh* 2016 sucks.

lied_ohne_worte June 4 2016, 08:13:33 UTC

This week in Germany. Some people really are too stupid for this world. One look at the damn traffic lights, and the driver should have seen what was going on. And bonus points for the people watching, filming and mocking, bah.

There is however another video going around following that one where a few men on the other side of the road wade in and push the car out before anyone drowns.

lied_ohne_worte June 4 2016, 08:08:23 UTC

The lightning thing, last I heard, one man had a stopped heart. They revived him, and put him in an artificial coma. Two man who had been beside him were also hospitalised, but released. For the children, it really seems to have been a precaution. Poor things got put into several hospitals in the area; from the place names, I suspect it's somewhere where the hospitals aren't big. Just imagine suddenly having to distribute 33 children.

antrazi June 4 2016, 11:32:12 UTC

And another case of lightning, with 42 injured, 8 of them badly. During Rock am Ring, a music festival.

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