Flooding today !

Neil79 · 24 Sep 2012 at 19:19

Anyone else get flooding today? :eek:

Fuzz · 24 Sep 2012 at 19:34

Sadly no.
It looked promising on the way into work this morning but it dried up by lunchtime.

Biohazard · 24 Sep 2012 at 19:35

No, I'd be suprised if I did.

Although it is very wet and windy tonight. The house is constantly whistling against the wind.

Skillmister · 24 Sep 2012 at 19:38

Nope i live at the top of a hill. Down the bottom of the hill it was starting to flood though when i went to the gym.

estebanrey · 24 Sep 2012 at 19:40

Lucky enough to live at the top of a steep hill so if I ever got flooded it would pretty much be game over for the majority of the country if I ever did.

Biohazard · 24 Sep 2012 at 19:41

estebanrey said:
Lucky enough to live at the top of a steep hill so if I ever got flooded it would pretty much be game over for the majority of the country if I ever did.

Ben Nevis?

BDEE · 24 Sep 2012 at 19:41

I would call that more of a big puddle than flooding.

But then I would considering some of the proper flooding the north east has had this year.

GTAMADDOG · 24 Sep 2012 at 20:22

Drove through water at a similar depth, if not slightly deeper than that, on the way to work a few times this morning. Conveniently all of the deeper water seemed to be on my side of the road and I had to use the other side of an A-Road at one point to get around it.

All dried up and back to normal on the way home though.

Surveyor · 24 Sep 2012 at 20:49

If you think that's :eek:

then read these:

Floods, landslides displace 1 million in India; 33 dead

Flooding worsens but water should recede if rains hold off

Neil79 · 24 Sep 2012 at 20:50

Meh they are used to it, it's areas that rarely see flooding thats a shocker.. It would be like Africa having rain

Surveyor · 24 Sep 2012 at 20:59

Neil79 said:
Meh they are used to it, it's areas that rarely see flooding thats a shocker.. It would be like Africa having rain

I don't think those who've been affected by the devastation the flooding caused would share your opinion.

Third Opinion · 24 Sep 2012 at 21:00

4 inches due tomorrow according to forecast.

Bobcat · 24 Sep 2012 at 21:02

Is it just me, or does the YouTube video say "Floods in East Kent 26th Sept 2012", that is in the future right ??

Muffin` · 24 Sep 2012 at 21:03

Just seen a rickety boat go down the street with loads of animals on it, bet it's not taxed, bloody hippys

Neil79 · 24 Sep 2012 at 21:12

Bobcat said:
Is it just me, or does the YouTube video say "Floods in East Kent 26th Sept 2012", that is in the future right ??

ooops good spot, meh probably cause it's my bday on the 26th

task · 24 Sep 2012 at 21:23

Drove to Wales and back today, rivers looked angry and a lot of fields between Monmouth and Newport looked more than a little damp.

Bobcat · 24 Sep 2012 at 21:24

Neil79 said:
ooops good spot, meh probably cause it's my bday on the 26th

Happy birthday for the 26th

Thing that confuses me, we have had two days of rain, is it the sheer amount of rain in them two days that has caused all this flooding ?

You would like to think that the council can keep on top of this kind of thing, or is that me being short-sighted, not something that is covered in council tax ?

Skillmister · 24 Sep 2012 at 21:52

Bobcat said:
Happy birthday for the 26th

Thing that confuses me, we have had two days of rain, is it the sheer amount of rain in them two days that has caused all this flooding ?

You would like to think that the council can keep on top of this kind of thing, or is that me being short-sighted, not something that is covered in council tax ?

2 days of rain is quite an incredible amount of water..

Windle · 24 Sep 2012 at 22:04

Bobcat said:
Happy birthday for the 26th

Thing that confuses me, we have had two days of rain, is it the sheer amount of rain in them two days that has caused all this flooding ?

You would like to think that the council can keep on top of this kind of thing, or is that me being short-sighted, not something that is covered in council tax ?

Drainage systems are designed to cope up to a certain level of storm I.e. 1 in 25years etc. Once you get a storm of that magnitude or a longer peak they can't cope as its impractical to design systems that can handle every type of storm.

Django x2 · 24 Sep 2012 at 22:06

That's not flooding. Certainly not news worthy. It's just a large puddle. Now, flooding is what I had to go through on my way to work today where cars were literally abandoned and started floating near ledbury