As during the heat wave at the end of June, the heat that harassed, on August 12, the fourteen French departments on red vigilance caused a rush to hypermarkets and household appliances to find a fan or mobile air conditioner. In Libourne (Gironde), where the thermometer exceeded 43 ° C on August 11, Rudy (he does not wish to give his name), deputy manager of the Darty store, made a “Big day, with around fifteen air conditioners and around forty fans”.
Further south, in Villeneuve-sur-Lot (Lot-et-Garonne), the same hot stroke with 41.5 ° C on August 11, very close to the record of 42.2 ° C recorded in August 2023. The E.Leclerc de la Bastide hypermarket was robbed in air conditioners, despite the filling of stocks carried out after the June heat wave.
“It’s risky to place a new order now. Temperatures should drop in the coming days and emergency replenishment, in this season, is expensive with prices that may double ”explains Olivier (he does not wish to give his name either), responsible for the household appliances of the store. Most mobile air conditioners or fans are manufactured in Asia, and they should be transported by plane to be sure to be able to receive them in a few days.
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