marmorset OP t1_jcfkall wrote on March 16, 2023 at 2:03 PM

Reply to comment by CornelXCVI in TIL about Saint-Malo, Brittany. This city on the French coast has some of the highest tides in Europe, rising as high as 40 feet during parts of the year, and the water withdrawing hundreds of yards. A sea wall, built in the 17th century, protects the city from the tides. by marmorset

The website is all in English, I suspect it's meant for American travelers. And 12 meters doesn't seem that high, but 40 feet is a lot.

bookersbooks t1_jcfl3zq wrote on March 16, 2023 at 2:09 PM

As a Canadian, 12 meters is a lot. Even more, Fundy tides in Canada are just over 15 meters.

CornelXCVI t1_jcfndq4 wrote on March 16, 2023 at 2:25 PM

I'd understand if they put both metric and imperial in the english version, but why only feet? Altough there are a surprising number of translations (at the very bottom of the page), there are a massive amount of people that have english as a second language that don't use or understand the imperial system.