Floods

[Keagle]

You have got to hate them. I'm guessing most of you know the floods England is having right now? No? http://www.bbc.co.uk/gloucestershire/floods/. That's where I live. Luckily for me - I don't live on a flood plain, so my house hasn't been flooded. We do have the water turned off, and soon, most likely, the power.

"- POWER: Emergency teams in the County say the floodwaters have peaked two inches below a wall surrounding a key electricity substation which supplies power to half a million people.".


Stupid country. Apparentely this year, I've heard that we're only going to get one fully dry week which will be the first week of August, and the rest will be rainy and like it is now, dull, grey. The reason the water is off is that the Water Treatment Plants have been flooded, shorting out the electronics and just overwhelming the plants. One of my friends, for example, the interior of his house has had up to almost a foot of water in.

[Richard]

Wow.

The rain last night flooded a few of the roads around my area, one of our miniature roundabouts you could not see, it was that far under water (concrete, not the ones that are blobs in the road) you had to drive on the pavement to get around this flooded roundabout.

But other than that, a few houses where flooded (3-4) but thats all really.

Sucks to live where you do Kurt.

[krakjoe]

That's ----, I'd go sit on the roof with a laptop if I were you, have a bbq, make the best of it .....

[VWH-Troy]

Good thing I live in london! :D

Two parts of the river thames may flood I've been hearing on the news today.

[themoose]

Yeah, towns near here are absolutly flooded, can barely even get to them.

[Jan]

I was watching it on TV last night :( Pretty widespread and devastating.

[Richard]

What a wonderfull time to go fishing off the shores of Reculver.

*And you think I'm joking?*

Be back in a few :P

[JonnyH]

Same happened in the north a couple of weeks back.

[Cam.]

Good old NZ, No floods here :P

[Craig]

I live up in the hills so we are sitting fine, however, its unbelievable to see the extent of the flooding + the water is full of sh1t, rats, bog roll & the rest.

The gov need to sort this out, they are to quick to support other countries when in need but when it comes to our own they don't give tommy tit!.

[iBrightDev]

it is supposed to be monsoon season here, and we havent really got crap for rain. this sucks.

[Keagle]

Our water supply is off for between 7-15 days I've found out. On Thursday (Our next big rainfall) the power station is likely to be flooded, but fingers crossed it doesn't.

[Darknight]

Our water supply is off for between 7-15 days I've found out. On Thursday (Our next big rainfall) the power station is likely to be flooded, but fingers crossed it doesn't.

sounds like they need a bit of better building planning :eek3:

[Keagle]

Aye, that's what I was thinking. Luckily - like Craig, I live on a hill. Sucks though, no water, perhaps power, for two weeks! :S

[themoose]

Mmm.... hot showers! Toilet whenever I want! Slurping pints of squash!

<3 water.

BTW, why don't you just collect the water from ouside the house, put it in a large saucepan, boil it and collect the steam in a plastic bag?

[Keagle]

We are. It's just the damn inconvenience.

[Richard]

And I had a wonderfull day fishing in reculver, looking at the images below, its hard to believe places have been flooded.

http://img510.imageshack.us/img510/2231/image047ss1.jpg

http://img253.imageshack.us/img253/5619/image044ov3.jpg

http://img253.imageshack.us/img253/5069/image045vx0.jpg

What a wonderful day ;) ended up in Ramsgate till midnight

[Keagle]

If I get a chance, next time we get a heavy flood i'll snap a shot or two.

[Richard]

If I get a chance, next time we get a heavy flood i'll snap a shot or two.

Blah. Come down to Kent, we can go fishing ;) I have a spare rod and reel. :P

[TaiLZ]

No Flooding incidents here in Surrey :D

Although our Water Supply was contaminated for a day.

[Keagle]

Blah. Come down to Kent, we can go fishing ;) I have a spare rod and reel. :P

I've never fished! :p

[Richard]

I've never fished! :p

WTF? You have never lived.

[AMC]

I fish quite a bit and i usually like rain, but i have to say, this is ridiculous. The british climate seems to have forgotten IT IS July.

We live right next to a fish farm with 3 waterways, and apparently 12 natural springs. Luckily the rain hasnt been as bad here as in gloucester and sheffield etc but if it gets that way ... im screwed.

[matty005]

I have had no floods and I live in england. I have seen it on TV and it looks devastating.

Its because of global warming if you ask me.

[themoose]

Its because of global warming if you ask me.

Well duh.

Although flooding has happened in those areas before, it's 4 feet deeper than ever recorded.

[stuffradio]

it flooded around here a few months back, almost one of the biggest floods in like 50 years

[Keagle]

Today's the day the power is supposed to go out.

[Keagle]

Sorry for the double post - but I just got this leaflet thing through the door, saying Water should be back soon. Woo!

[Richard]

I assume the power stayed on?

[Keagle]

Yup - luckily the flood waters didn't rise too much, to go over the wall. Some places got 6 inches of water in 3-4hours though, I've heard.