flooding

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

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]

Originally Posted by 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?

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

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....

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

Originally Posted by Ed

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

Don't you just hate some people?

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

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!

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)

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

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).