Fifteen days after the storm, return to Girolata. Girolata where a fisherman lost his life, where the material damage was considerable. Gutted boats still litter the coast, they testify to the strength of the winds. Despite the mobilization of the population and elected officials, the consequences are still visible, the little port sometimes remains cut off from the world. “We have neither electricity nor any network, plague Jean-François Luciani, second deputy mayor. We are sometimes still cut off from the world, while the tourists return, the restaurateurs cannot turn…”.
There are big problems, cuts, so we juggle with our group
– Paul Ortoli
Not to turn, unless to operate the system D. This is the case of Christophe. On the second day of the reopening of his establishment, the restaurateur has his hands in the grease of his generator. He struggles to hide his anger: “There are big problems, cuts, so we juggle with our group. The problem is that we are never warned, and the groups are not enough. There is something which is out of order”. A situation that paralyzes the inhabitants and makes the service uncertain, assures his companion, Isabelle: “The first day at the opening, we didn’t have that many people, yesterday we were full, but it’s difficult to have normal service. We have the electricity that goes and comes back . We light the toilets with candles, a bit old-fashioned.”
A resourcefulness that has become second nature to the inhabitants of Girolata. Accustomed to the vagaries of the weather, they now resign themselves to the random current