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  • Is it ever going to stop raining?
  • Drac
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    Ooo, oooo. Do we get to guess where ?.

    Well you could do that or you can check my profile.

    mrdestructo
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    http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/9675695.York_residents_warned_their_homes_at_risk_of_flooding_after_pumps_fail/r/?ref=twt

    Half of the pumps designed to pump the water from the River Foss into the River Ouse here failed overnight and the traffic in York is practically at a standstill from the outer ringroad through the centre.

    Why did they fail? Were they not serviced correctly ahead of this weather?

    donsimon
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    Why did they fail? Were they not serviced correctly ahead of this weather?

    I think this might actually be the first time that York has experienced any type of flooding. A bit of a shock for everyone involved I imagine. 😛

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    mrdestructo
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    This isn’t the River Ouse though. This is the Foss, so it’s flooded other areas. If they hadn’t managed to fix the pumps today, there’d be a lot more than 9″ of water in those areas, and the phone calls warning people to drag their gear upstairs is interesting.

    Walking out of town this morning I noticed the traffic is solid all the way through the centre and reportedly out to Poppleton, outside the outer ring road. Never seen it so bad.

    The Ouse has breached its banks, but it’s not so bad the flood barriers are locked yet. When it gets really bad it enters the rear of the PO sorting office and then our mail gets disrupted as it shifts to Leeds. Coincidentally, the reason our sorting office is likely to shut down is based on the results of using Leeds in the past during another bad flood period.

    Houns
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    Living in the mankychester area and complaining about rain is like living in the artic and moaning about the ice

    skinnysteel
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    Ordered a new waterproof on Thursday of t’internet in the knowledge it would trigger an extended dry spell. Keeping the Mud-X’s on just in case tho’.

    enveetee
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    fatboyslo
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    [video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlOAOLcYsLo[/video]

    Bunnyhop
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    Living in the mankychester area

    How verrr, verrr, dare you. I’ll have you know young man that South Manchester is awfully posh 😉

    MrWoppit
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    Just seen the weather forecast for May. Beam me up, Scotty… 😥

    fotheringtonthomas
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    SUNNY IN GALLOWAY

    banks
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    Try the Norfolk/Midland in Marple on a friday night, worst kind of posh.

    Anyway very sunny, dry but windy hayfield/edale ride today 😀

    Bunnyhop
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    Ha ha banks, so true. We’ve braved the Midland a few times, however we prefer ‘The Fox’ Brook bottom, or our local the ‘Ring o’Bells, real pubs.

    CountZero
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    Around 15mm of rain here in N.Wilts tomorrow, with 44mph winds. Maybe I should go and dig out my 6′ Flexifoil…

    clubber
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    Beautiful but cold here in NI

    StefMcDef
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    It was horrendous on the Isle of Wight today.

    The enduro I’d booked the day off work for had been cancelled due to ongoing bad weather, but I went out for a ride anyway.

    When I got home and stepped off the bike I looked like the Creature from the Black Lagoon. Even more than usual.

    The island – which was bone dry three weeks ago – is a quagmire.

    All in all, reminded me why I moved here from Glasgow – to escape precisely this sort of weather and riding conditions.

    TandemJeremy
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    Fine sunny day in Edinburgh today the only pic I have. Its nice to live in one of the driest dn sunniest parts of the UK. We won’t mention the baltic wind from siberia


    workers lunch by TandemJeremy, on Flickr

    bwaarp
    Free Member

    Here in Oxford the canals are flowing as fast as the bloody river lol….

    Schweiz
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    Hottest April day on record here in northern Switzerland. 31degC! Blue sky from horizon to horizon. Just need a few more like that to melt some snow and then the fun can really start!

    banks
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    Midland is handy bcos It’s downhill whereas the ringers is uphill – good pub quiz! Me parents are looking at buying the house at the bottom of the Fox 😀

    Coyote
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    North-West=f**king cold, windy and wet.

    Officially pissed off now. Would like some dusty trails please.

    mrdestructo
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    Not sure complaining about the rain fully appreciates what hit Inverness last night.

    Poor BSO!

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