Anyone caught out by the floods?

Rha said:
Something tells me that over the years the rivers have become too shallow to cope, probably silted up, so instead of building barriers up why not dig out our river system to take what ever the weather throws at us, after all that's how the river system came to be there in the first place, No?????. Can it be that easy???
Rha, Roy.
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OMG someone with a little common sense we used to be encouraged to drain our land and keep all our water flowing, now the idea is to keep it up here...what a load of bullcrap.our land becomes so waterlogged after a long spell of rain that it imidiatly runs off without percolating down through the substructure so that you get an imidiate flood rather than a gradual release of water. But try telling that to the guy behind the desk with a collage education and a bunch of numbers
 
Andy McDonnell said:
http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news...ent-would-keep-10580092#ICID=sharebar_twitter

Funny old thing ........
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Just read it Andy, and guess what I'm not in the least surprised, OK I'm anti EU and can't wait to get us free from the constraints of it, but think the vote will go with the do gooders of this country who in my opinion have a lot to answer for. Just for once the river maintenance saga wasn't cancelled to save money but never the less it did. Bet all the local authorities were rubbing their hands together when they read the directive, well I think it's certainly Come back to bite us on the arse. Hope the flood victims are aware, thanks for the info post.
Rha, Roy.
 
I bet @t-tony will remember the two dredgers Robin Hood and Little John that used to run up and down the Trent every week, keeping the way clear for the many barges that used to use it. Now that the commercial river traffic has gone so has the dredging, you don't see that now until after flooding occurs.
 
Oh no! Looks like those poor folks up North have got yet another storm on the way tonight called Frank!! When will it end for them, BBC said that several people aren't even insured because their insurance went up so much from the last time!! The insurance firms will have millions of pounds to fork out again now!

M & S
 
My brothers area has been hit terribly although not his house or business thank god. The next village down from him is in a right mess. (Picture above). They are reported to be getting the brunt of this storm today. God knows what state it's going to leave them in. They've already had a bridge washed away and the main street is just a torent. Feel so sorry for them, I moan about were we live but the one saving grace is we don't flood.
 
Yes, Dave, the damage is terrible, we saw the ancient bridge at Tadcaster washed away on the news and a warning put out for everyone in the area to evacuate!!

You mention that at least we don't flood. Where we are at Heacham, they have a history of flooding, but from the sea, when high tides and high winds combine, luckily we are up in the village, hopefully out of reach of the tide.
Mike
 
Cornwall seems to have escaped this current disaster, but we were battered by really strong winds last night. I was up at 3am checking the shed and garage still had their roof on.

It has calmed a bit now but it's still peeing down here
 
Jack Ratt said:
After the floods on the Somerset levels in recent years the canals, rivers and drains underwent a programme of dredging and guess what? no flooding since.
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As HT Said! keep the waterways clear and the water will take care of itself.

Mike
 
it had risen over 6 foot in 2 hours...were still on M watch..!!

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it had just got to about an inch off the bottom of the sills.......lost a lot of stuff in the garage...but the car was ok..
 
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