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We visited the Roman bridge in Vaison la Romaine not long ago:

It was very impressive to see the marker for the 1992 flash flood, which is about one meter above the top of the bridge. That pic gives a glimpse of what it was like:



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by Jerome a Paris (jeromeguillet@yahoo.fr) on Sun May 18th, 2008 at 04:46:49 AM EST
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Holy Mackerel!
Lotta water there.
Amazing it survived.

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by geezer in Paris (risico at wanadoo(flypoop)fr) on Mon May 19th, 2008 at 05:36:13 AM EST
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It has probably survived quite a number of those through the centuries...

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by Starvid (arvid.hallen at gmail.com) on Mon May 19th, 2008 at 03:27:50 PM EST
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Wow, that's what I call a flash flood

keep to the Fen Causeway
by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Mon May 19th, 2008 at 09:30:27 AM EST
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