Flooding

Post by **Gayno** » Wed Feb 12, 2014 5:55 pm

Anyone here being affected by the flooding?

Where I live is, although luckily we're up from the river so no chance of it getting our house.

As comparison, here is a pic taken 8th Feb (4 days ago)

and here it is today:

Current reports are that it's still going up for around the next 24 hours, but with more rain it could well keep going!!

mercutio · Post by **mercutio** » Wed Feb 12, 2014 5:57 pm

well the ground is absolutely saturated so it may take a few moths to go down there is no soakaway

Post by **4thgenphil** » Wed Feb 12, 2014 5:59 pm

And to think I waw complaining how cold it was today at 25º

'92 Si VTEC · Post by **jjmartin349571** » Wed Feb 12, 2014 6:00 pm

I live on a hill on the Sussex downs luckily, but the estate I work on is next to a river/the sea and only marginally above water level. The storm drains have had a continuous flow of water coming up out of them for the last few days, and as a result there's a lot of standing water all over the place

really bizarre to see all the man hole covers looking like little fountains!

mercutio · Post by **mercutio** » Wed Feb 12, 2014 6:01 pm

lol we are getting battered with 100mph winds now

'92 Si VTEC · Post by **jjmartin349571** » Wed Feb 12, 2014 6:02 pm

Oh and for the first time since it was built, the Newhaven nature and wetlands reserve actually has water in it. The greater crested newts will be happy

'92 Si VTEC · Post by **jjmartin349571** » Wed Feb 12, 2014 6:05 pm

mercutio wrote:lol we are getting battered with 100mph winds now

My bins have gone on a magical adventure whilst I was at work today, needless to say they're coming indoors now

Oh and my dog fell over whilst having a body lemonade

That's the extent of the storm damage where I am

89 UKDM BA4 4WS (resto job!) · Post by **wurlycorner** » Wed Feb 12, 2014 6:19 pm

Gayno wrote:and here it is today:

All that soggy ice cream!

But seriously... Someone needs to lengthen the mooring lines of the narrow boat jetty in that picture - it's starting to be pulled over/under (common reason why many boats needlessly sink in floods)

I suspect the wind is about to drokk up the programme on the construction project I'm managing atm

Post by **Vtecmec** » Wed Feb 12, 2014 6:35 pm

wurlycorner wrote:I suspect the wind is about to drokk up the programme on the construction project I'm managing atm

I would not worry, contractors risk. Unless you sit on the dirty side of that fence?

nitin_s1 · Post by **nitin_s1** » Wed Feb 12, 2014 6:58 pm

I'm scared my lightweight Type-S might blow away