Hello folks! I live in a Bungalow in Manchester.
I woke up yesterday about 8am to someone banging at my door as the nearby river broke its banks and water was quickly building up outside.
We scuppered around generally moving things higher up on to worktops. I grabbed my most prized possessions then quickly moved my car to higher ground.
We then moved to someone's local flat and spent the day hanging around there without power and surrounded by water. Finally about 6pm the water started to receed and we carried our possessions and a few folding bikes and waded through the water past about 10 fire engines. Hopped on our bikes and cycled to Manchester city centre towards safety and finally a bit of food.
So now I'm waiting for the water to receed to be able to go back. We had a brief glance inside and it looks like the water rose to sky 4 inches inside. Through our floorboards / door and was hoping people may have advice?
First thing will obviously be insurance, but if anyone has experience or similar with a flooded house then that would be great!
And a few pictures from later as we escaped and water came higher.
I woke up yesterday about 8am to someone banging at my door as the nearby river broke its banks and water was quickly building up outside.
We scuppered around generally moving things higher up on to worktops. I grabbed my most prized possessions then quickly moved my car to higher ground.
We then moved to someone's local flat and spent the day hanging around there without power and surrounded by water. Finally about 6pm the water started to receed and we carried our possessions and a few folding bikes and waded through the water past about 10 fire engines. Hopped on our bikes and cycled to Manchester city centre towards safety and finally a bit of food.
So now I'm waiting for the water to receed to be able to go back. We had a brief glance inside and it looks like the water rose to sky 4 inches inside. Through our floorboards / door and was hoping people may have advice?
First thing will obviously be insurance, but if anyone has experience or similar with a flooded house then that would be great!
And a few pictures from later as we escaped and water came higher.