STORM Babet

[Johnnyboxer]

Time to batten down the hatches?

Residents of Brechin in Scotland, have been told to evacuate this afternoon, before the storm's arrival

UK weather: Storm Babet forces evacuations in red alert area of Angus due to floods

It comes as severe weather warnings are in place in parts of England, Scotland and Northern Ireland as Storm Babet sweeps the UK.

news.sky.com

 

[Chae1]

Whoever gave permission to build houses next to that river in Brechin needs there head checked.

 

[Optimus]

Whoever gave permission to build houses next to that river in Brechin needs there head checked.

Madness!

 

[Bald Rick]

Sun’s out here and remarkably mild.

British weather is madder than a box of frogs (are they really mad or just very angry?)

 

[Pennine Ploughing]

Dry warm and sunny here at Forfar

 

[J 1177]

Pissin it down here. Iv ripped a muscle in my hip so im hobbling about. Went down to northallerton for some lick tubs for db customers and called in to the mart for my dinner. Teaming it down.

 

[Wombat]

Had more rain this aft in some monsoons than overnight. Tomorrow looks crap

 

[2wheels]

Whoever gave permission to build houses next to that river in Brechin needs there head checked.

aye, they built flood defenses but there are shingle banks in the river which need clearing out.

 

[Ffermer Bach]

aye, they built flood defenses but there are shingle banks in the river which need clearing out.

anyone who wanted to risk clearing a river would be a brave man in my opinion!

 

[Chae1]

aye, they built flood defenses but there are shingle banks in the river which need clearing out.

Can't be doing that, might upset the newts.

 

[2wheels]

anyone who wanted to risk clearing a river would be a brave man in my opinion!

bloody sepa should be doing it.

 

[steveR]

aye, they built flood defenses but there are shingle banks in the river which need clearing out.

But disturbing that gravel might upset some small crustacean....

....so they won't bother?

 

[JockCroft]

60+mph winds here. At least still have power.

 

[Steevo]

Going to be a mess tomorrow.

Fields here are absolutely saturated with standing water everywhere. A further 30mm due in the next 36 hours will cause plenty of problems on planted or unplanted land.

 

[MrNoo]

Going to be a mess tomorrow.

Fields here are absolutely saturated with standing water everywhere. A further 30mm due in the next 36 hours will cause plenty of problems on planted or unplanted land.

It already is a mess here, another 40mm tipped out from yesterday eve to lunchtime today. 43mm on Sat morning. Everything drilled but no pre emm and likely to be post emu if it ever dries up enough.

 

[neilo]

Sun’s out here and remarkably mild.

British weather is madder than a box of frogs (are they really mad or just very angry?)

And here, to the extent that I was considering throwing the spot sprayer on the quad and blitzing a few nettles at lunchtime.

 

[nick...]

12mm here last night but warm all day.looking at local weather forecast we are due a big change tomorrow
nick...

 

[Jo28]

It already is a mess here, another 40mm tipped out from yesterday eve to lunchtime today. 43mm on Sat morning. Everything drilled but no pre emm and likely to be post emu if it ever dries up enough.View attachment 1143364

Thought it had been mega dry down south and it was just us further north that had the sh!t?

 

[Steevo]

It already is a mess here, another 40mm tipped out from yesterday eve to lunchtime today. 43mm on Sat morning. Everything drilled but no pre emm and likely to be post emu if it ever dries up enough.View attachment 1143364

Not nice at all. I’ve got some small lakes but not a river like that….yet!

 

[onthehoof]

Whoever gave permission to build houses next to that river in Brechin needs there head checked.

When were they built?