Chae1
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- Location
- Aberdeenshire
98mm of rain over weekend, neighbour with rain guage said. Most we've had for a while.
Dennis the menace
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averageguy54
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- Location
- New Brunswick, Canada
Perhaps a re-think is in order here!
- Location
- South Wales UK
300 extra more like it?
Will have to look at gauge, we’ve had very little
HolzKopf
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- Location
- Kent&Snuffit
Give it a couple of dry months and the planners will have forgotten all about this - the house building on flood plains will crack on - but adding to the problem as the acres of concrete and tarmac will only shift that rain water elsewhere. People will move in and then whinge that the government and fire and rescue haven't been round to help and that they can't get buildings insurance.
Went to look at a house once for our daughter down in the west country; chalk stream territory. It was a new flat of four in an old conversion. Ever flooded? Not that we're aware of says the agent. Down in the communal garage were new sets of flood boards stacked up, not been fitted, just hidden.
We may be having more rain that we're used too and high winds too but just another example of how the merging of departments allows the breakdown of joined up thinking. Here in the SE we have flooding but it's usually in known trouble spots and nothing like Wales, Yorkshire and other places seen on the nightly news.
It doesn't stop the building though; along the A2, M2, M20 - and many village locations where there are a few accessible acres - in fact anywhere where developers can cash in on commuter-land living.
Flooding is a dreadful experience but the asphalting over of our 'green and pleasant land' allied to minimal maintenance and an EA that's been stripped to the bone is not going to halt this issue.
Anyone know how electric cars perform in floodwater? - and your lamp-post charging stations....
averageguy54
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- Location
- New Brunswick, Canada
Certainly,and they could rent them out or sell them to the vegans and ER people, who could then plant some trees and soak up all that water so it didn't flood again.
https://scontent-lht6-1.xx.fbcdn.ne...=ad8650391c250efaddede4db552407ba&oe=5EB76739
view of Shropshire flood plain, which hasn’t ever been this bad. Looking towards rodneys pillar.
@Wilberforce is down there somewhere I think. Thankfully we are on higher ground
@Wilberforce is down there somewhere I think. Thankfully we are on higher ground
Only a couple of fields away from the springs. Was it you I unfortunately met one Friday night coming out with a load of straw. I’d been playing football at Ellesmere college and decided to drive home that way. Had to reverse all the way back around those bends and another tractor with rake on, had come up behind me.
- Location
- south norfolk, uk
You shared a video your son posted on Facebook....looked plenty wet enough on that!!!
Yes, that was down in Ludlow south shrops where he works. Flooded one of their dairy units, with parlour and sheds full of water. Don’t know how to upload videos here.
yellow belly
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- Location
- south west lincolnshire
All the woodland round here Is as wet as the fields
once woodland gets saturated water drains off it just like any open farmed land
once woodland gets saturated water drains off it just like any open farmed land
- Location
- south norfolk, uk
Not sure if this will work.....Hope you don't mind me sharing?
- Location
- south norfolk, uk
It’s on my phone, but I can never seem to upload vids onto hereWell that didn't work
Sandy
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- Location
- Aberdeenshire
4 inch you sure?
Jon 3085
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- Location
- Worcester, UK
I don't no why they didn't just refurb or build new on the old site plenty parking and doesn't cause congestion of the city centre you can just see this new site being flooded annually
We had 2inch in durham and an inch and 3 quarters the weekend before
- Location
- South Wales UK
Plant upland trees and vegatation textures wtf on news ,some expert on about???