Brussels on Wednesday 4th June

Overcast and rather misty. Brief spells of drizzle around 07.00,
13.00 and 18.00 local time – otherwise dry. Light NW to NNW wind.

Intermittent severe smoke haze outside my office window this
morning :-)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7435831.stm

http://www.deredactie.be/cm/de.redac...0604_fisherman
My office is on the 13th floor of the building with the curved glass
front that can be seen on the left a few seconds into this video

Brussels Uccle 18.9°C - overnight minimum 15.4°C - and 0.6 mm rain
Brussels Airport 18.6°C - overnight minimum 15.6°C.

Graph http://193.190.137.7/~celinair/maps/...ok/metr012.gif

Brussels Airport http://weather.noaa.gov/weather/current/EBBR.html

Rainfall radar http://www.buienradar.nl/h.aspx?jaar...t=loop24uur1x1

OGIMET monthly summary for Brussels Uccle http://tinyurl.com/6znank

Webcam Grand-Place now back online http://www.ilotsacre.be/images/webcam/webcam.htm

Colin Youngs
Brussels

Colin Youngs wrote:

Intermittent severe smoke haze outside my office window this
morning :-)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7435831.stm


Colin Youngs
Brussels

That wasn't your car was it?

"Chris Smith" schreef in bericht
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: Colin Youngs wrote:
: Intermittent severe smoke haze outside my office window this
: morning :-)
: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7435831.stm

: That wasn't your car was it?

No ! The cross-shaped barbed wire barriers you see near the start of the
video were directly opposite my office on the other side of the road. I
work on the 13th floor. The stand-off between the police and demonstrators
was by our building - you see the ground floor briefly through the smoke at
the beginning of the film.

At around 13.00 Belgian time while I was eating my lunch at my desk, the
demonstrators set off a barrage of flares, at least one of which hit a
window in our building. At that point the police switched on the water
cannon and chased the demonstrators down the road. The rest of the rioting
took place out of my sight - but within earshot. The upturned car was in a
side street a few hundred yards away from where I was.

If there had been rain like today, no doubt the demonstration would have
come to nothing !

Colin Youngs
Brussels