Cumbria flooding

Caged · 6 Dec 2015 at 17:40

[TW]Fox;28908907 said:
Syrian oil reserves don't even make it into the top 30 the world, so I hardly think that's the case. It really is worrying the sort of bizarre opinions people are content to parrot around the Internet without doing any real background research first.

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darael · 6 Dec 2015 at 17:40

Those images, especially the last one... :eek:

Nasty thing to happen at any time, but right before christmas.

Caged · 6 Dec 2015 at 17:40

DampDog said:
That last image looks scary. That must be 6ft+ deep, how do you prepare for that even if you know it's coming??

You get out

wazza300 · 6 Dec 2015 at 17:42

there'll still be a hosepipe ban in the summer though

Spook187 · 6 Dec 2015 at 17:44

Some chap trying to save his bike

wazza300 · 6 Dec 2015 at 17:46

^^ the lights still on? frying tonight

it must be terrible right on Christmas aswell

Spook187 · 6 Dec 2015 at 17:49

Some damage there

neoboy · 6 Dec 2015 at 17:50

Well here's to hoping no one skimped on house insurance.

thebennyboy · 6 Dec 2015 at 17:55

neoboy said:
Well here's to hoping no one skimped on house insurance.

Then worrying if everything is actually covered on it. Sincerely hope that is the case for all those that have insurance.

Bad time for this especially near Christmas.

We got off fairly lightly but the river still flooded pretty badly. Nowhere near as bad a Cumbria though, the river in the pictures below is normally very slow flowing. It was a raging torrent today.

Was thankfully held back by the new £6 million flood defenses built in 2012.

https://goo.gl/photos/5v1rkkbF9mw9CtmF6

Diddums · 6 Dec 2015 at 17:57

Gutted for all you guys affected, what a terrible incident at a terrible time

Good luck to you all.

Amp34 · 6 Dec 2015 at 17:58

wazza300 said:
there'll still be a hosepipe ban in the summer though

Thats what happens when you chop down all the trees upriver, dredge and straighten the rivers to make the water flow faster and then build on water meadows and flood plains.

DampDog · 6 Dec 2015 at 18:00

thebennyboy said:
Then worrying if everything is actually covered on it. Sincerely hope that is the case for all those that have insurance.

Bad time for this especially near Christmas.

There was a chap on the evening news who had been flooded previously (and again this time) who was saying premiums had gone through the roof and insurers were setting tighter and tighter limits on the amounts that they would pay out.

robfosters · 6 Dec 2015 at 18:05

Spook, what will do with the aquarium if the electric goes off?

Earth[Tera].bin · 6 Dec 2015 at 18:07

Brand new supermarket.

Worked at that store a few years ago on the ATMs and some of the retail systems and servers. Suffice to say the local techs are going to very busy once the water subsides.

Disco_P · 6 Dec 2015 at 18:07

Been affected by frequent power cuts but I am up in the hills so no flooding. Probably the one time I am happy to be so rural.

Malevolence · 6 Dec 2015 at 18:10

Spook187 said:

By the look on his face it must be the first time he's seen so much water.

Emlyn_Dewar · 6 Dec 2015 at 18:24

[TW]Fox;28908827 said:
I'm sure you already know the answer but the reason the foreign aid budget gives aid to third world countries after disasters and doesn't do the same for the UK is because people in the UK are insured against, or have the opportunity to insure against, events like this. Therefore as awful as the events are they do not cause widespread poverty or death from starvation.

But then you already knew that.

Insurance companies are all scum bags though. Don't they always try their hardest to NOT pay out, when it's flooding?

"Act of God, out of our hands mate."

N17 · 6 Dec 2015 at 18:24

Anyone want a Kayak

Spook187 · 6 Dec 2015 at 18:27

robfosters said:
Spook, what will do with the aquarium if the electric goes off?

I was being lazy or stupid, the battery backups i was planning to buy last, i need 4 at £170 each but i haven't got enough sockets just yet as need the apex controller to give me the extra sockets, but that's another £560 notes, if the power goes down, i may get 4 hours out of the tank before livestock starts to die

Also after a backup Inverter Generator, again not got around to it yet due to the cost, it was all going to come but in stages, i may have got caught out if the power goes down, i have to travel to Newcastle tonight for work as well

thebennyboy · 6 Dec 2015 at 18:40

If i wanted any food i'd have to swim to the Co-op.