Heavy Rain

[Dizzydiza]

Has anyone on here been affected by the weather ?
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/itn/20080121/tuk-homes-evacuated-as-flood-fears-becom-dba1618_1.html

I hope not, but your heart has to go out to them.
Di

 

[jdpos]

I got VERY VERY VERY VERY heavy rain early this morning, flooded my garden.

 

[KidsBeeHappy]

We get very heavy rain between 8.50am and 9.10am every weekday morning, and between 2.50pm and 3.10pm every weekday afternoon. Well, that's what it feels like.

Except today, it's turned to snow.

At the weekend i saw some poor bloke who was in the middle of building a timber framed house, only now, his house is widely scattered accross four fields! Poor sod!!

 

[freelancer]

Unfortunately I live on the bank of a river, which floods for fun.

It was the closest its ever been since the local council fitted a new flood defence thingamajig.

It was only 1 foot off flooding, and the speed at which the water was going would have easily moved small trees and fences

Is this becoming a regular thing or what? That Land Rover I want may not be such a daft buy afterall

 

[kierweb]

The river behind me went onto severe flood warning about 1 hour ago - I'm at work so I can't see what the river is doing.

Though when it flooded last time (remember the Great Carlisle Floods) my house didn't flood but was about 20 metres away from. We got a very big playing field between us and the river.

 

[estwig]

We lost a wall of an extension today, 1st floor, extension is on top of a hill, made of breeze blocks and the wind keeps blowing it down!!!

Not good!!

 

[Gillie]

Will admit, I am worried up here on this hill of mine ... when I ventured down below earlier today that water was rising!!

Took me an hour to do a 3 mile journey, which is about par for driving on the M60 around Manchester in rush hour, but this was little country roads ... not good!

 

[An Oasis]

We lost a wall of an extension today...

Found it mate, what would you do without me eh?

 

[MH1]

Why the UK GOV doesn't simply dredge the rivers to allow the heavy water run away quicker is beyond me, half the river are nowhere near the depth they used to be maintained too.

 

[estwig]

Found it mate, what would you do without me eh?

Might get some work done, if you didn't keep making me laugh!!!!!!!

 

[RayB]

Did you lose any timber Keith? it's turned up on our beach

 

We lost a wall of an extension today, 1st floor, extension is on top of a hill, made of breeze blocks and the wind keeps blowing it down!!!

Not good!!

Now you know why there called Breeze blocks

Earl

 

[estwig]

Do us a favour Ray, if anyone goes near our timber take a piccy and write down their Reg No, we is coming down in the morning mate!!!


Yes yes Grandad, hope ya SERPS slide

 

[Dizzydiza]

heres a link to pictures of some of the worst hit places
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_pictures/7200457.stm
its like living in another country

 

[saracen]

We had a complete white out in my home town of selkirk.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/south_of_scotland/7199728.stm

Not good for trade