the worst May they have seen

since the 1930s!!! And we had to be there :-), this was nothing to what it did later in the day, destruction in an unheard of way right down the coast. Boats on the road and cars in the sea were just some of the incidents. also poor old Cannes trying to get ready for the film festival were having to deal with a mammouth clean up to then start the 'normal' clean up.