View Full Version : Everything is Flooded!
h.r.ford
18-01-2007, 12:46
Well I'm at work but it took me 2 hours to get here *** of the weather I have a meeting at 2:30 and then I'm going to head out because I'm worried about how the heck I'm going to get home. I don't have a 4x4 and my road was already pretty deep this morning and Otley is flooded too. UGH! Anyone else having weather difficulty? And does anyone know if Pool-in-Wharefedale is flooded. *** if it is I have no clue whatsover about how I'm getting to my house!
Trees falling all around camp. Stream at the bottom of the hill flooded. watching it all on TV and laughing my conkers off.
It's only work - just stay at home!!! I get paid to risk my life at work, most of you lot don't...
Yikes! Be careful when driving across flowing water. The force of the water is enough to sweep your car away.
Stop! Go back. Go Home. How hard is it to understand? If the weatherman reports that the police are advising motorists not to venture out unless it's an emergency. STAY AT HOME...
Venomator
18-01-2007, 12:52
If you are unsure you can call the floodline ... PiW is currently on Flood Alert ... :eek:
Flood Alert P-i-W (http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/subjects/flood/floodwarning/122WAFDF943?time=1169126880)
HTH ... :shrug:
EDIT: ... It's changed already ... updates here ...
P-i-W Latest ... (http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/subjects/flood/floodwarning/DW565)
:p
If you are unsure, err on the side of caution. Put the kettle on and watch a DVD.
Milestone
18-01-2007, 13:04
Sat at work wondering how many fence panels have disappeard today and hoping the trees surrounding the house are still standing :(
A woman got swept to her death in floodwater walking home from a pub somewhere near Worcester way the other night.
Its not worth taking risks, as Rob said.
We have terrible wind here at the mo ... must be last nights curry :lol:
Two fencing panels down, smashed patio pot, shed roof gone and as its bin day here & theyre only just coming round, street is a mess with upturned bins & litter ... I hope thats the only kind of 'disasters' I get to witness!
h.r.ford
18-01-2007, 13:14
Unfortunately I've made it to work already! But I'm leaving at 3 to try and find a way home that A658 they are talking about being flooded is my only way home! Not sure what I'm going to do. This is when it would be nice if I had a friend or two to hunker down with.
Venomator
18-01-2007, 13:15
Good luck but be very careful HRF ... ;)
:p
Jimmy_Lemon
18-01-2007, 13:18
I havent been outside - looks a bit wet and windy though. Might have to go out with the camera!
h.r.ford
18-01-2007, 13:20
I wouldn't recommend it. I'm lookign out the window at my office watching the roof be torn off the building to the side of me. There is now a big gaping whole in their roofk. Glad I don't work there!
Jimmy_Lemon
18-01-2007, 13:25
I just keep looking at the 100ft chimney accross the road! :| doesnt seem to be moving at all though, which makes me feel slightly better. Supposed to be filming up a church tower this evening!! get a feeling that might not happen :p
Milestone
18-01-2007, 13:30
It been pretty rough over here in blackpool for the past few hours and it's heading your way, so watch out.
It's still fairly calm here.
Milestone
18-01-2007, 13:54
Recorded wind speed of 84mph here in the last hour.
Jimmy_Lemon
18-01-2007, 14:09
Its getting a LOT brighter here now - all the clouds are blowing away and lots of blue sky starting to show. Not sure if this means the end is near or anything.
Just pretty strong winds in cambridge... but I think not really gale force though. It was raining earlier today but it's just patchy clouds now.
Milestone
18-01-2007, 14:55
Pretty clear sky here now, could be a nice sunset, though i'm not venturing down to the beach to find out !
Marianne
18-01-2007, 15:15
We keep getting power cuts here....I had emailed Jeremy Vine about the trauma of seeing your parents making love (don't ask) and the powerwent...no radio or nuffink soooo, Barry was coming home anyway and we went for a drive and listened to the radio but I never got a mention...still it was warm in the car! :lol:
:whistling: Steamy windows!! :whistling:
Marianne
18-01-2007, 15:27
:whistling: Steamy windows!! :whistling:
erm....not this time ;)
:whistling: Steamy windows!! :whistling:
Not tonight I'm afraid. I have a headache. :suspect:
Marianne
18-01-2007, 16:03
aspirin Joe?
Drains blocked and flooded in Cardiff .... Very very windy.
aspirin Joe?
Probably shouldnt! ;)
Well I have spent the day in bed trying to sleep, but all I have heard today is the wind outside, I was brave and looked out the window and the lamp post was moving all over the place. Back to work again tonight, to see how much of the ward if flooded, we had a couple of rooms flooded this morning when I left.
the power was off at work all day today, so no internet, no hot water, no phones....why the hell did we stay all day???
h.r.ford
18-01-2007, 18:01
Well I made it home to find we had no power. After we got all the candles out started the fires and hunkered down with a pizza Artie brought home the lights came on.... and there I was looking forward to what was going to happen in the dark ;)
So just turn the lights out then ;)
Good to hear you made it home safely Renee.
Err, you could always make youre own powercut! ;)
Jimmy_Lemon
18-01-2007, 18:07
lol Renee - glad you got home ok :)
busterboy
18-01-2007, 18:13
lol Renee - glad you got home ok :)
Which is more than the poor lorry driver will do when his lorry got blown off the road into the Leeds Liverpool canal at Skipton this afternoon...
RIP the poor bugger..:(
More info here (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/north_yorkshire/6275645.stm)
Jimmy_Lemon
18-01-2007, 18:16
Is that what happened?? I have heard that a lorry driver was killed but didnt know that is what happened!! That strech of road is about half a mile from me, and its a heck of a drop down to canal from the road he was on!!!!
Well I made it home to find we had no power. After we got all the candles out started the fires and hunkered down with a pizza Artie brought home the lights came on.... and there I was looking forward to what was going to happen in the dark ;)
I guess you will be posting another "Turn Me On" thread then?? :lol:
h.r.ford
18-01-2007, 19:10
Which is more than the poor lorry driver will do when his lorry got blown off the road into the Leeds Liverpool canal at Skipton this afternoon...
RIP the poor bugger..:(
More info here (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/north_yorkshire/6275645.stm)
When I first read this I didn't see who had posted it and thought oh my God I hope Tim is ok! Glad to see you made it home safe and sound as well. There have been so many overturned lorries today. I know how hard it was with my little car I couldn't imagine driving one of those big things.
Which is more than the poor lorry driver will do when his lorry got blown off the road into the Leeds Liverpool canal at Skipton this afternoon...
RIP the poor bugger..:(
More info here (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/north_yorkshire/6275645.stm)
RIP indeed. Working in transport hearing this sort of thing affects you doesn't it.
I've never seen so many curtainsiders on the M25 tonight with their curtains tied back - don't blame them either. Just glad neither of my boys had work in the trucks after mid morning today - I'd have been looking to cancel them if they had.
what do you do, matty?
well today i did nothing at all, but normally i make high quality acoustic room treatments...but no electric means no computer to get emails/liase with customers, no phone means the same, no tools work and couldnt use the compressor...bummer
busterboy
19-01-2007, 15:41
Which is more than the poor lorry driver will do when his lorry got blown off the road into the Leeds Liverpool canal at Skipton this afternoon...
RIP the poor bugger..:(
More info here (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/north_yorkshire/6275645.stm)
Just to update the news on this incident...... It was a 35 year old female driver that lost here life in the lorry. The road has been closed all day today (Friday) to recover the vehicle..:(
Jimmy_Lemon
19-01-2007, 16:33
Went right past this lorry incident today, it is quite a drop that! It must have been a freak gust of wing I think :(
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