French mayor 'officially' orders rain to stop falling in his region
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Published: 16 Feb, 2018 CET.
Updated: Fri 16 Feb 2018 15:23 CET
A French mayor who is fed up of the large amount of rainfall in his town has attempted to order the sun to shine using his powers as an elected official.
There's no doubt that France has had a soggy winter, with floods leaving many areas recognised as 'disaster' zones and most of the country eagerly waiting for the blue skies of spring.
In fact, France hasn't seen as much rain in December and January since the rain gauges were set up in 1959, the country's weather service confirmed at the end of January.
And Serge Rondeau, Mayor of the village of Challans in France's western Vendée region has decided to take matters into his own hands.
On Thursday the Challans Town Hall Twitter account posted a symbolic order imposing sunshine all day from Monday to Sunday and only allowing three nights of rainfall a week.
#Arrêté du Maire portant obligation d'#ensoleillement #météo #insolite #OnVeutDuSoleil #VivementlÉté pic.twitter.com/uY5UVg3u3F
— Ville de Challans (@VilledeChallans) February 15, 2018
The document, stamped and signed by the mayor himself, goes into detail regarding his motives.
The document cites three reasons for the order: "It has rained sufficiently during the day, the health of citizens relies on the amount of sunshine" and "the chocolate overdose risk due to the lack of sunshine."
It goes on to say that the sun is "obliged to appear every morning from Monday to Sunday in Challans and throughout the Vendée."
The rain is allowed just "three nights a week to maintain the level of groundwater."
And while the order might have been a joke, France has suffered serious damage due to flood waters in recent weeks.
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There's no doubt that France has had a soggy winter, with floods leaving many areas recognised as 'disaster' zones and most of the country eagerly waiting for the blue skies of spring.
In fact, France hasn't seen as much rain in December and January since the rain gauges were set up in 1959, the country's weather service confirmed at the end of January.
And Serge Rondeau, Mayor of the village of Challans in France's western Vendée region has decided to take matters into his own hands.
On Thursday the Challans Town Hall Twitter account posted a symbolic order imposing sunshine all day from Monday to Sunday and only allowing three nights of rainfall a week.
#Arrêté du Maire portant obligation d'#ensoleillement #météo #insolite #OnVeutDuSoleil #VivementlÉté pic.twitter.com/uY5UVg3u3F
— Ville de Challans (@VilledeChallans) February 15, 2018
The document, stamped and signed by the mayor himself, goes into detail regarding his motives.
The document cites three reasons for the order: "It has rained sufficiently during the day, the health of citizens relies on the amount of sunshine" and "the chocolate overdose risk due to the lack of sunshine."
It goes on to say that the sun is "obliged to appear every morning from Monday to Sunday in Challans and throughout the Vendée."
The rain is allowed just "three nights a week to maintain the level of groundwater."
And while the order might have been a joke, France has suffered serious damage due to flood waters in recent weeks.
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