Post by davidhr on Jul 20, 2021 6:48:19 GMT -5
With Lara still apparently in ‘silent mode’, vocally, her attention turned once again to ‘world affairs’. She left the following picture and message on her FB and Instagram sites, at
www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=389930975824535&set=a.259330805551220
or
with the text, “to you my compatriots in these difficult times ... I pray for you 🙏🏻”
As you’re probably all aware, the intense rainfall in Europe produced extensive flooding in Germany and Belgium, the latter in particular being the “compatriots” Lara refers to. As of this writing, there are 27 known dead in Belgium (and at least 143 in Germany). In Belgium, 103 people were "missing or unreachable". Some were likely unreachable because they could not recharge mobile phones or were in hospital without identity papers, according to their national crisis center. The area of Belgium most affected was primarily in the east, as shown in the map at
www.google.com/maps/@50.3958025,3.0293644,7z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m3!15m2!1m1!1s%2Fg%2F11q8gbrh6w
Liege in particular was strongly affected, as discussed at
www.npr.org/2021/07/17/1017328519/europe-belgium-flooding-floods-liege
Even if Lara wanted to go to check on her father and friends, travel is being warned against, as indicated in the following article (https://www.dw.com/en/european-floods-belgium-warns-against-travel-as-death-toll-climbs/a-58288191):
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European floods: Belgium warns against travel as death toll climbs
Belgium's crisis center has said traveling to the flood-hit regions of the country could scupper search and rescue operations. The Meuse River is at its highest ever water level.
Belgian officials warned against all travel to the country's flood-ravaged regions as one of the country's leading newspapers reported that the death toll had risen to 23 nationwide.
Le Soir, a national centrist daily, cited government sources as saying more fatalities had been confirmed, while Reuters news agency stated that 20 people were still missing on Friday. "What should have been beautiful summer days suddenly turned into dark and extremely sad days for our fellow citizens," Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo said. "These are exceptional circumstances that our country has not seen before."
The Belgian government has set next Tuesday as a national day of mourning, toning down the country's national day festivities on Wednesday.
France, Austria and Italy have contributed boats, helicopters and rescuers to aid the search for survivors in Belgium as part of the European Union's civil protection mechanism.
Top Walloon official warns of possible rising death toll
Wallonia, Belgium's largely French-speaking region, is among one of the worst-affected areas where more than 21,000 people are currently without electricity.
"Avoid traveling to the affected provinces," the Belgian crisis center, which handles major emergencies, said in a statement.
Many roads are flooded or dangerous. You could endanger yourself and/or hinder the work of the emergency services," the statement said.
The regions concerned are mainly in the south and east of Belgium.
Elio di Rupo, who leads Wallonia's regional government, told the RTBF broadcaster that the death toll could rise further.
"Yesterday [Thursday] evening, hundreds of people were still trapped in their homes," he said in an interview.
Paramedics, police and the military have been dispatched to those areas to help with rescue and evacuation operations.
Cities inundated, trains cut off, rivers overflow
Federal police said dozens of road and rail connections across the entire region remain closed.
Two towns east of Liege, Verviers and Pepinster were reported to be flooded, with houses collapsing and water rushing through town streets.
Authorities in the Belgian town of Maaseik, which borders the Netherlands, said the Meuse river had risen over a flood protection wall and sandbanks placed on top of it.
The high-speed Thalys train link between Belgium and Germany, which has borne the brunt of the floods, has been suspended until further notice.
"The waters are rising more and more. It’s scary," said Thierry Bourgeois, a 52-year-old resident of Liege.
Local authorities had called on Thursday afternoon for those living close to the banks of the nearby Meuse River to leave their homes…
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When the pandemic struck, Lara responded with a wonderful song in honor of the health care workers, “Nos coeurs a la fenetre” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAZZYekqUq4). Here we have another large-scale ‘epidemic’, this time associated with global warming. Lara has already written a song about it, i.e., “We Are the Storm” from the ‘Camouflage” album, but it’s not out of the question that if she is working on writing a new album, it might feature on that one too.
The “lara fabian web” FB site noted that donations to the Belgium Red Cross can be sent via this site,
je-donne.croix-rouge.be/b/mon-don?_ga=2.74173275.818314732.1626667907-1524511416.1626667907&fbclid=IwAR3OeiUS8qgsXWq0GYtnI2VzVJ1FAkj_7Zw2nroBN7KTRae5F-VlaByJajY
In the “tempest in a teapot” category, apparently some people took offense at Lara’s (20 year-old) pictures from the “Nue” album, shown on her social media sites. It was part of the notice about the upcoming release of a vinyl version of the album (of particular focus was the vinyl cover for “J’y crois encore”. If one is interested in this manufactured outrage, it can be found, among other places, at www.world-today-news.com/lara-fabian-without-any-clothes-on-social-networks-fans-are-in-shock/.
Concerning that release, the ‘lara fabian est ton autre’ FB site noted that both the single, “J’y crois encore” and the full “Nue” album are already available for pre-order at
vinylcollector.store/collections/lara-fabian?fbclid=IwAR25oUla-_7sSPa0rzrvA6C7G-d2Ohyqt--42kd4xrHa2o2RDliM5a_go4Y
It will be sent out to customers on August 20th. Interesting that it is not listed, or available, on Lara’s URL, larafabian.com. Their usage of that site is very inconsistent.
The ‘lara fabian connecting people’ site noted this past week included Rick Allison’s birthday (July 17th). They have a page of videos dedicated to him (in French, with Russian subtitles), at
vk.com/videos-121236?section=album_38202741
As one can hear, he was the one who played the ‘piano nocturne’ at the end of ‘Nue’, available in the video section.
Separately they also show the duet of “Tu es mon ature” that he sang with Lara,
vk.com/lf_cp?z=video-121236_159852260%2Fc540f62f80e23b39e4%2Fpl_wall_-121236
Fans still have the dream that he and Lara could get back together once again, perhaps for her ‘more intense’ ballads promised on her next album. The odds are not great…
Interesting picture(s) of the week:
A whole set of interesting pictures can be found on the “pinterest” account of Gisele Blanchette, which can be found at:
In the same spirit, a number of beautiful pictures can be found in a video made to “Yelliel My Angel”, by the Lara Fabian tribute channel, at
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Cg23x5urvU
A quite interesting picture from the ‘lara fabian connecting people’ site (originally from lara fabian – PHQ), is available at
vk.com/lf_cp?z=photo-121236_340966482%2Falbum-121236_93868298%2Frev
And the FB page “Lara Fabian Lockdown Sessions” pointed out that the site “Chanteuses et Actrices Nostalgie” put up the following picture of Lara
www.facebook.com/Chanteuses-et-Actrices-Nostalgie-1449733421908464/photos/2922607467954378
It’s not the first time – she’s been shown many, many times. They also have many other beautiful pictures of actresses and singers on that site.
With Lara apparently still on a health-enforced vocal hiatus, and summer a slow news time anyway, the only ‘event’ one can reasonably expect coming up is an occasional social media post. Hopefully she is getting healthy. Stay safe, everybody.
David
www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=389930975824535&set=a.259330805551220
or
http://instagram.com/p/CRe4V7XhEYq
with the text, “to you my compatriots in these difficult times ... I pray for you 🙏🏻”
As you’re probably all aware, the intense rainfall in Europe produced extensive flooding in Germany and Belgium, the latter in particular being the “compatriots” Lara refers to. As of this writing, there are 27 known dead in Belgium (and at least 143 in Germany). In Belgium, 103 people were "missing or unreachable". Some were likely unreachable because they could not recharge mobile phones or were in hospital without identity papers, according to their national crisis center. The area of Belgium most affected was primarily in the east, as shown in the map at
www.google.com/maps/@50.3958025,3.0293644,7z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m3!15m2!1m1!1s%2Fg%2F11q8gbrh6w
Liege in particular was strongly affected, as discussed at
www.npr.org/2021/07/17/1017328519/europe-belgium-flooding-floods-liege
Even if Lara wanted to go to check on her father and friends, travel is being warned against, as indicated in the following article (https://www.dw.com/en/european-floods-belgium-warns-against-travel-as-death-toll-climbs/a-58288191):
-----------------------------------
European floods: Belgium warns against travel as death toll climbs
Belgium's crisis center has said traveling to the flood-hit regions of the country could scupper search and rescue operations. The Meuse River is at its highest ever water level.
Belgian officials warned against all travel to the country's flood-ravaged regions as one of the country's leading newspapers reported that the death toll had risen to 23 nationwide.
Le Soir, a national centrist daily, cited government sources as saying more fatalities had been confirmed, while Reuters news agency stated that 20 people were still missing on Friday. "What should have been beautiful summer days suddenly turned into dark and extremely sad days for our fellow citizens," Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo said. "These are exceptional circumstances that our country has not seen before."
The Belgian government has set next Tuesday as a national day of mourning, toning down the country's national day festivities on Wednesday.
France, Austria and Italy have contributed boats, helicopters and rescuers to aid the search for survivors in Belgium as part of the European Union's civil protection mechanism.
Top Walloon official warns of possible rising death toll
Wallonia, Belgium's largely French-speaking region, is among one of the worst-affected areas where more than 21,000 people are currently without electricity.
"Avoid traveling to the affected provinces," the Belgian crisis center, which handles major emergencies, said in a statement.
Many roads are flooded or dangerous. You could endanger yourself and/or hinder the work of the emergency services," the statement said.
The regions concerned are mainly in the south and east of Belgium.
Elio di Rupo, who leads Wallonia's regional government, told the RTBF broadcaster that the death toll could rise further.
"Yesterday [Thursday] evening, hundreds of people were still trapped in their homes," he said in an interview.
Paramedics, police and the military have been dispatched to those areas to help with rescue and evacuation operations.
Cities inundated, trains cut off, rivers overflow
Federal police said dozens of road and rail connections across the entire region remain closed.
Two towns east of Liege, Verviers and Pepinster were reported to be flooded, with houses collapsing and water rushing through town streets.
Authorities in the Belgian town of Maaseik, which borders the Netherlands, said the Meuse river had risen over a flood protection wall and sandbanks placed on top of it.
The high-speed Thalys train link between Belgium and Germany, which has borne the brunt of the floods, has been suspended until further notice.
"The waters are rising more and more. It’s scary," said Thierry Bourgeois, a 52-year-old resident of Liege.
Local authorities had called on Thursday afternoon for those living close to the banks of the nearby Meuse River to leave their homes…
-----------------------------------------------
When the pandemic struck, Lara responded with a wonderful song in honor of the health care workers, “Nos coeurs a la fenetre” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAZZYekqUq4). Here we have another large-scale ‘epidemic’, this time associated with global warming. Lara has already written a song about it, i.e., “We Are the Storm” from the ‘Camouflage” album, but it’s not out of the question that if she is working on writing a new album, it might feature on that one too.
The “lara fabian web” FB site noted that donations to the Belgium Red Cross can be sent via this site,
je-donne.croix-rouge.be/b/mon-don?_ga=2.74173275.818314732.1626667907-1524511416.1626667907&fbclid=IwAR3OeiUS8qgsXWq0GYtnI2VzVJ1FAkj_7Zw2nroBN7KTRae5F-VlaByJajY
In the “tempest in a teapot” category, apparently some people took offense at Lara’s (20 year-old) pictures from the “Nue” album, shown on her social media sites. It was part of the notice about the upcoming release of a vinyl version of the album (of particular focus was the vinyl cover for “J’y crois encore”. If one is interested in this manufactured outrage, it can be found, among other places, at www.world-today-news.com/lara-fabian-without-any-clothes-on-social-networks-fans-are-in-shock/.
Concerning that release, the ‘lara fabian est ton autre’ FB site noted that both the single, “J’y crois encore” and the full “Nue” album are already available for pre-order at
vinylcollector.store/collections/lara-fabian?fbclid=IwAR25oUla-_7sSPa0rzrvA6C7G-d2Ohyqt--42kd4xrHa2o2RDliM5a_go4Y
It will be sent out to customers on August 20th. Interesting that it is not listed, or available, on Lara’s URL, larafabian.com. Their usage of that site is very inconsistent.
The ‘lara fabian connecting people’ site noted this past week included Rick Allison’s birthday (July 17th). They have a page of videos dedicated to him (in French, with Russian subtitles), at
vk.com/videos-121236?section=album_38202741
As one can hear, he was the one who played the ‘piano nocturne’ at the end of ‘Nue’, available in the video section.
Separately they also show the duet of “Tu es mon ature” that he sang with Lara,
vk.com/lf_cp?z=video-121236_159852260%2Fc540f62f80e23b39e4%2Fpl_wall_-121236
Fans still have the dream that he and Lara could get back together once again, perhaps for her ‘more intense’ ballads promised on her next album. The odds are not great…
Interesting picture(s) of the week:
A whole set of interesting pictures can be found on the “pinterest” account of Gisele Blanchette, which can be found at:
In the same spirit, a number of beautiful pictures can be found in a video made to “Yelliel My Angel”, by the Lara Fabian tribute channel, at
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Cg23x5urvU
A quite interesting picture from the ‘lara fabian connecting people’ site (originally from lara fabian – PHQ), is available at
vk.com/lf_cp?z=photo-121236_340966482%2Falbum-121236_93868298%2Frev
And the FB page “Lara Fabian Lockdown Sessions” pointed out that the site “Chanteuses et Actrices Nostalgie” put up the following picture of Lara
www.facebook.com/Chanteuses-et-Actrices-Nostalgie-1449733421908464/photos/2922607467954378
It’s not the first time – she’s been shown many, many times. They also have many other beautiful pictures of actresses and singers on that site.
With Lara apparently still on a health-enforced vocal hiatus, and summer a slow news time anyway, the only ‘event’ one can reasonably expect coming up is an occasional social media post. Hopefully she is getting healthy. Stay safe, everybody.
David
