flooding

[kwak zzr]

anyone got flooding by them? just watched it on the news and saw that alot of Nottingham is effected also north wales by baph and luckypants? we have had rain all day since late last night but no rivers by us so no flooding,
whats happening by you?

[Rich]

My dad tried to go to Clay Cross motorcycles today and they diverted him around the flooding. The 30 mile journey turned into a 60 odd mile journey. He was in the cage though so was dry!!! I can't believe how bad it's got, wheres summer, im starting to get a little depressed. It's so bad i've polished up my heel plates and as many bits of my bike that i could shine up. Ohdear :roll:

[Ed]

River Severn looking very high here, it will probably be over the bank in the morning because of all the rain in mid Wales washing downstream.

Our gutter is blocked at home and we have a spectacular waterfall coming over the top.

[Luckypants]

anyone got flooding by them? just watched it on the news and saw that alot of Nottingham is effected also north wales by baph and luckypants? we have had rain all day since late last night but no rivers by us so no flooding,
whats happening by you?
Well it ****ed down all day. When I took the dogs for thier walk the little stream that crosses my land was a raging torrent, highest I ever saw it in 6 years! The lpretty litle waterfall on the other stream was a full on grade 4 (you need to look that up) with a knarly stopper at it's base. Again the highest i ever saw, and it had gone down 6 inches!

I live in a village where three streams meet to form a small river, all streams were bulginf but never broke thier banks, the river was highest I ever saw and was some scary looking debris dams, which if they broke would cause chaos. But on the whole all is well.

Corwen on the A5 (river Dee) badly hit by flooded side streams and the LLedr (A470), Conwy (A5 - south) and LLugwy (A - north) very high around Betws-y-Coed

[Steelman]

Sheffield is a real mess; the Wicker (main route out to Don Vally and Meadowhall/M1) is like a river, and a raging one at that, so I guess SMC motorcycles will be flooded out. A 68 year old guy died trying to get clear from his flooded car at the Wicker... just down the road from me in Millhouses Park a 13 year old boy was swept away by the raging River Sheaf, normally a pleasant stream. The 7 hills surrounding the Steel City have become a basin for torrential rain to wash down from the Peak District....:smt085

[Ed]

...and I've had a PM from Zunkus in Malta. He reports 40 degrees in the shade and 45 in the sun:flower:

[Amanda M]

...and I've had a PM from Zunkus in Malta. He reports 40 degrees in the shade and 45 in the sun:flower:

Don't you just hate some people? ;)

We have not been flooded because we live at the top of a hill :p It's awful though. Should be nice and warm and sunny this time of year :(

[adw]

I was at donnington on sunday and rode back from the midlands to bristol early monday morning. The rain was never ending and i was froze about an hour into the journey. Summer has been and gone i'd say!

[MiniMatt]

That video of the horse swimming that did the rounds yesterday was about a half mile away from us; houses about 400 yards away have gotten either a couple of inches or at the least a fine case of foundation damage / damp & mildew problems to look forward too. Road & pavement coming out of our village yesterday morning was under about 8 inches. Did see a biker go through it tho (possibly a GPZ500) :notworthy:

But personally, thank god, we're fine. Feel sorry for everyone with TPFT insurance :(

[Baph]

I got a phone call at around 11am yesterday saying that the lounge carpet was soaked, and the house is 34m above sea level, on a slight hill!!! Water has apparently run down the road in front of the house, and straight down the front path & found a weak spot in the door/frame etc. Only minor damage though that I'll be sorting out myself in the next couple of days before the AR.

I'll also be re-landscaping the front garden when I get chance to try & encourage water to run down the side of the house into the back garden, because that's lower than the front.

I had a couple of good jet-ski moments on the way home too (MIGTs rideout people will know what I mean).

[MiniMatt]

Oh Baph that sucks, sorry to hear that :( And here was me blaming the Welshies for letting all their water roll off the Malverns and right into our back yard :D Think your so clever with all yer mountains, mumble grumble :D

[Baph]

It aint as bad as it sounds. The phone call I got was "I don't know what to do, there's water all over the lounge carpet!!" My response was basically that I couldn't really do much about it now, but get the vacuum out to get most of the water out of the carpet. If it stay's, it'll start to smell as it dries out.

When I got home, I was told that the vacuum hadn't been out (typical), and I saw the extent of the damage. There was a patch about 40sqcm (if that) just by the door. Yes it still needs sorting, but it's no-where as bad as I was led to believe.

I've been meaning to re-landscape the front garden (to make it easier to get the bike in/out) and maybe put a pond in there, so this is the perfect excuse really. I can also chop the side wall down & rip the two sheds down & put a proper one in place (for the bike to live in), all in the name of preventing water getting in the lounge by redirecting it.

All I can say, is that there is a god, and he must like my bike, as he's given me reason to build it a house :D

[MiniMatt]

and maybe put a pond in there....

...All I can say, is that there is a god, and he must like my bike, as he's given me reason to built it a house :D

Sounds like god has the same ideas about you with regard to landscape gardening too - (s)he's already given you a helping hand with the pond :D

[zunkus]

Don't you just hate some people? ;)

We have not been flooded because we live at the top of a hill :p It's awful though. Should be nice and warm and sunny this time of year :(

Nothing to hate man believe me. Its worse to fry than to drown. Unbearably hot, so much that it effects your brains and everybody is on the edge. Normal people are the ones who stay in the airconditioned places.

On the other hand 'll be tasting your side tomorrow. I'll be in London by 10am. Seems like Saturday is gonna flood the island by the looks of the MET forecast. http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/ukweather/wales/rain.shtml

[Amanda M]

Nothing to hate man believe me. Its worse to fry than to drown. Unbearably hot, so much that it effects your brains and everybody is on the edge. Normal people are the ones who stay in the airconditioned places.

On the other hand 'll be tasting your side tomorrow. I'll be in London by 10am. Seems like Saturday is gonna flood the island by the looks of the MET forecast. http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/ukweather/wales/rain.shtml

Yuk, to be honest I'd rather have the wet than that heat :( Would be nice to have just a little bit of sun though [-o<

[hovis]

baph.......... looks like you were lucky, could have been alot worse eh?

[Baph]

baph.......... looks like you were lucky, could have been alot worse eh?
Yup, still needs sorting properly before more heavy rain though. Don't really fancy the idea of water eating it's way through a supporting wall!!

It'll probably be sorted before the AR (cement if the weather holds and vast quantities of silicon sealer - not grease - if it doesn't). There's a tiny bit inside that needs fixing where the wall has cracked a little, but most of it looks to be outside still, thankfully. At least it's above ground & hasn't come through the foundations!!

If we can prove that it's come from the road down the path, then I reckon we could have the basis for a claim from the council for inadequate drainage too ;)

[Lou M]

It's really bizzare round here, I live in Evesham, and the river is up, but not as high as it has been in the past, but about 10 miles down the road a man has died in the floods in one of the villages, got stuck in his car.
I drove to Worcester yesterday and the water is still coming off the fields onto the roads, I guess we've been lucky here.
And my boat is tied up again, so all will be well with The Fat Lady.

Lou x

[Baph]

It's really bizzare round here, I live in Evesham, and the river is up, but not as high as it has been in the past, but about 10 miles down the road a man has died in the floods in one of the villages, got stuck in his car.

I agree, the flooding in general is bizzare! If you look at Environment Agency (the folks who should know) flood risk maps, the area's around sheffied show a little bit of flooding, but nothing major. Certainly nothing anywhere near as bad as what has actually happened.

Then look at the maps for Doncaster. According to the maps, if too many chavs gob on the floor in Doncaster, it's time to completely evacuate, it's at very high risk of flood. What's happened there? Sod all.

I can only really put it down to flood defences. Since Doncaster is at high risk, I'd imagine the local authority have spent a fair wedge. Sheffield being minimal risk will of spent almost nothing at a guess. I was taught in school that if you stop a flood happening somewhere, it gets worse further down river. Obviously politicians never went to school...

[hovis]

they say its going to cost over a billion quids worth of damage,

[Baph]

they say its going to cost over a billion quids worth of damage,
Funny that, I heard the following on the news this morning:

"Insurers say that the costs could run into tens of millions, if thousands of homes are affected."

Note the "if".

[Steelman]

I agree, the flooding in general is bizzare! If you look at Environment Agency (the folks who should know) flood risk maps, the area's around sheffied show a little bit of flooding, but nothing major. Certainly nothing anywhere near as bad as what has actually happened.

Then look at the maps for Doncaster. According to the maps, if too many chavs gob on the floor in Doncaster, it's time to completely evacuate, it's at very high risk of flood. What's happened there? Sod all.

I can only really put it down to flood defences. Since Doncaster is at high risk, I'd imagine the local authority have spent a fair wedge. Sheffield being minimal risk will of spent almost nothing at a guess. I was taught in school that if you stop a flood happening somewhere, it gets worse further down river. Obviously politicians never went to school...

Sheffield apparently spent a great deal of money on drainage measures to reduce the risk of flooding some years ago (I've been here since the end of 1993). The problem is that rainwater drains off the Peak District into the Rivers Sheaf and Don and then flows downstream to Doncaster. Doncaster probably spent a great deal of money on flood defences because of the potential for runoff rainwater swelling the Don and causing flooding in Rotheram and Doncaster. This time, there was so much rain that the Don burst its banks in Sheffield and Rotherham and had dissapated before reaching Doncaster.

Sheffield is however finally drying out, and waiting for the next forecast onslaught :rolleyes:

Tim

[rob13]

aye forecast bad weather for next 4 days at least. In Castleford, there were a number of roads closed.