"In the afternoon, it hurts!" To cope with the heatwave and protect its 80 residents, the public nursing home Gaëtan Hervé in Rennes "has switched the air-conditioned areas back on," says its director, Aurélie Quinton. Françoise, 94, a resident of the facility, never lets go of her water bottle and seeks refuge "in cooled areas, the corridors." In the city of Rennes, employees began on Tuesday to contact people listed in the register of vulnerable individuals. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES