....this rain is ridiculous. Good luck to anyone doing ' christmas commutes' today. Take care.
My tenants have just been on the phone to say there's water running down the stone steps into the cellar, shear volumne of water in the slightly higher back garden. Can somebody put a call into gods plumber for me?
I'm going to re-watch Kevin Costner in Waterworld and make notes. The apocalypse will not be fiery, it will be wet!
Merry Christmas!
Take care.
+1
It's going to be horrible on the roads today so just take it easy.
Hmm good point last minute Xmas shoppers on wet roads, a lethal combination. Don't have my car today and have to collect some prototypes from Richmond in a few hours then cycle another 10 to the climbing wall. Hmmm waterproofs or boat?
GLOBAL WARMING=CLIMATE CHANGE SHOCK!
GLOBAL WARMING=CLIMATE CHANGE SHOCK!
Confusing 'climate' with 'weather' shock!!! 😉
SMALL ISLAND AT THE EDGE OF 4000 MILES OF OCEAN=LOTS OF RAIN SHOCK!
Shame it's not falling as snow! Mate over in Canada has 2m of fresh pow to deal with 👿
Cant we turn all those wind turbines to blow and shift the jetstream back into position for sunny.
I think trout is on to something.
We could blow the rain over to Ireland, where it belongs. 😀
Got a 3 hour drive to Porlock this afternoon along M4 and M5. REALLY looking forward to that!
SMALL ISLAND
Well I can't see the sea from here and I'm on top of a hill.
Interesting two posts next to each other when I logged in this morning:
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Like others have said, be careful if driving anywhere of any distance today.
I made the fatal error of driving up the M6 last Friday in torrential rain, to visit family. The spray and standing water was so bad that my car ingested water into the fuse box, shorted out the lights, wipers and heaters. Was a truly unpleasant journey.
Travelling from Bristol to northampton today. Got soaked through loading the car and have moved 2 miles since we left 30 mins ago
Well cheers_drive its pissing it down in Northampton so you going to get soaked unloading your car as well 😉
Sounds grim cheers_drive. Brizzle weather's horrendous today!
Still raining....
Ive got 2 parties today - thank god one is next door, and one is 2 minutes up the hill!!
Just spent 10 minutes looking outside from the upstairs landing - the ground is so,so wet its unbelievable.
This time last year Bewl water Reservoir was 40% full. Now it is overflowing.
Went for a run in it. Never have I waded so much.
Big night out with loads of people meeting at 5. Wonder how many are gonna chib out? I've a feeling taxis may be at a premium tonight!!
Just been down the road to check on the flood defences. Water level still a few feet below the other week, but the flood gates are closed and doing their job...
About 4' of water at the gate.
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About 18" below the wall top, and 3' below the glass top.
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Pembroke to Rothbury tomorrow. Can't wait. M50 is closed at the moment, wonder if it'll clear by tomorrow...
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And you will never have to start a "what tires" thread ever again!
I work for the EA and have been asked to help out with this flood event over Christmas (I don't do flood stuff but the guys who do need help from operational officers). There will be people working 24/7 over the next few days in the incident rooms and outside day and night trying their best to keep the channels clear for the water to flow.
Nice to see those flood defences doing their job above. 🙂
Take notice of the warnings guys, they really mean it. There is no way I would go anywhere near flood water, knowing what's in it......
Manchester to Kent for me today 👿
Just about to leave Calais and drive to Co. durham. Oh joy.
burnie, is that Braunton?
Another Environment Agency staff member here, back on again in 30 mins. It's looking like the South West are going to be on warnings all the way to Christmas Day, hopefully a short respite today will see the South clear and we can spend Christmas at home!
Thoughts go out to anyone experiencing flooding, it's awful 😥
Carlisle - Bristol this evening.
Hopefully is as good as the trip we made up here on Friday evening, roads were clear and the traffic was very light.
Oh another EA worker though an op's delivery pleb. Been off with this Norovirus, supervisor rang me up but hearing me talk thought it best if I kept away.
Just been down the road to check on the flood defences. Water level still a few feet below the other week, but the flood gates are closed and doing their job...
The water level at Worcester is now higher than the other week I think (I can't find the archived river levels to check though - I'm sure I did find those last time I looked). Water coming your way...
Have you been up on the hills recently though? Supposedly the Malverns stay nice and rideable even in the worst weather - my experience from the last couple of days suggests that's just not so, with tracks which are usually rideable even when it's been wet now turned into quagmires.
Heard the same in the pub tonight. Its over at worcester higher than at any time since the 2007 soaking.
Im going to drop in to Upton again tomorrow for another look.
As for the hills, check out Alex's recent thread. I was up there on foot the other night and it was very wet even on the "all weather" stuff.
Probably still OK on the stone on the ridge, but anything else is grim.
I think the correct phrase is "I think we're going to need a [i][b]bigger[/i][/b] ark" 😉
As a shop keeper we need Christmas to carry us through the rest of the year. So for the shops in Braunton to have been robbed of the most important days of the year is a real blow.
My parents live there and the water stopped a 100 feet from their house.
God knows what it will do to their premiums.
I can only sympathise with all those affected and promise to spend well in Southfork when i'm down next year.
Is this Ark ready yet?
Pissing it down again 😡
Is this Ark ready yet?
Footflaps is building it....
Footflaps is building it....
And his chippie is on another job.
Footflaps is building it....
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I think the correct phrase is "I think we're going to need a bigger ark"
Oh its big enough, if it was bigger and everyone could fit on, it wouldn't be an Ark. It would just a ferry. (I think this hints that there will be no drummer jokes in the Third Testament, except maybe one about time signatures)