- Location
- Herefordshire
Not maintaining roadside ditches is one of the reasons we have so many potholes. Water just lies on the road.
Biblical weather
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serf
Member
- Location
- warwickshire
Everytime I go past the white elephant and see all the materials being wasted on that POS and bounce all the way back to the yard on the tractor it does my head in to think how it could go to good use sorting out the ramshackle roads we already have
- Location
- Northumberland
Very true
When I was on the parish Council 15 years ago the clerk was on 1st name terms with the local highways manager.
Problems were attended to quickly
Now everything has to go through "the system" - & nowt happens
Some of the worst, snow, wind, drought, rain that people can remember here happened well back last century. Father remembers the worst rain was back in the early 60s, numerous landslides, roads washed away and flooding the likes of which we havnt seen since. Only thing compared was in October 2006.
Nowadays every storm is blamed on catastrophic climate change. Truth is we've been through worse before
Nowadays every storm is blamed on catastrophic climate change. Truth is we've been through worse before
- Location
- Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Framlingham
- Location
- Northumberland
A quick look back reveals a storm in 1703 which devastated southern england. 1000 seamen were said to be lost on the Goodwin Sands
Then in 1771. 14 bridges on the river Tyne were destroyed. by a massive flood caused by heavy rain & snow melt on the pennines Also affected Wear & Tees areas & the Eden valley in Cumbria
All long before the current causes of (alleged) global warming took effect.
Maybe cart horse farts did it
Shades of "The Kraken Wakes", by John Wyndham....
Brilliant bit of sci-fi from the late 50/early 60s.
DIY in my experience these days for ditches and drains!The council have pretty much cut out essential services to ‘balance’ the books.
I first requested the gulley tanker for “the bit that always floods” last spring, when the driver was in the village, but he didn’t have time because they finish at 12 on a Friday…
After the Freelander aquaplaned into the building yesterday, I called the number for the local roads department depot to see if the gulley wagon was available to clear the 3 blocked chambers. But now you have to go through a central number for the Council “HQ” 30 miles away, so after 15 minutes of being passed around ‘customer services’ took the request and said they would give it “high priority”.
Imagine my delight at seeing the council had indeed been to the 30cm x 50m flood on the road, to put up a pair of ‘flood’ signs, beyond which was a hydrolocked Honda Civic
10 years ago you could call the foreman directly and he’d do everything to help the community, whereas now Customer Services clearly couldn’t give a sh!t.
beardface
Member
- Location
- East Yorkshire
FonterraFarmer
Member
- Location
- Waikato, New Zealand
They had 180mm just up the road a few years back over night, literally nothing was mention in the news apart from one car driver drowned.
- Location
- Near Beeston Castle
Last time I was in Queensland we had 150mm one day. It was an experience but apart from the highway being closed for a few hours life went on.
2wheels
Member
- Location
- aberdeenshire
don't be daft, if the gubbermint don't take it over the flooded out rabble will.
- Location
- Ardrossan Ayrshire
Interesting that the article says all that bad weather happened at the start of the mini ice age. Global cooling to blame!Saint Marcellus's flood - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
There's this one aswell.
- Location
- Aberdeenshire
2wheels
Member
- Location
- aberdeenshire
bb's or 7's?
- Location
- South lakes
beardface
Member
- Location
- East Yorkshire
I think most choose to overlook the fact that if it wasn't for the industrial revolution we'd all be starving to death in a frozen hovel.
Red Fred
Member
- Location
- Hants/Dorset border
There was a record flood here on the Hampshire Avon in 1906. Salisbury city centre was submerged and the shops were flooded. Downstream, people had a bonanza when the floods receded and a stuffed bear was found in the meadows here. I think it was worse than anything since although 2012 was a shocker with water to the tops of my wellies through the summer. I think I finally got some baling done about now.
FonterraFarmer
Member
- Location
- Waikato, New Zealand
How does that effect the lithium ion battery in the diesel Landrover????
bit weird to say the least mid October being early springYes and people here already commenting on the heat!!!, its only mid October, ffs!!!
