mumof4 Posted July 21, 2007 Report Share Posted July 21, 2007 I really do hope that you are all keeping safe with this weather.Where i live just up the road is a river which has risen over 8 feet, luckily it hasnt affected me but the kids and i followed the river a wee bit and came across this....The cause??..alll this.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seatkid Posted July 21, 2007 Report Share Posted July 21, 2007 That's nowt...heres a pic of my town...... There's still a hosepipe ban though.... :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mumof4 Posted July 21, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 21, 2007 Wheres your Ark then Noah?? :lol: I took over 70 pictures whilst we were out following the river.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mumof4 Posted July 21, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 21, 2007 couple more..This is from the first bridge 2 mins from my house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big_kev Posted July 21, 2007 Report Share Posted July 21, 2007 A: As an ardent angler I can assure you that these are normal flood levels. B: I can only see 3 of 4 where's the other one ? C: I take it you had the wheels and radio of that motor then ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morticiaskeeper Posted July 21, 2007 Report Share Posted July 21, 2007 I bet I win the flood photos :-) http://www.paulcollins.f2s.com/paul/JulyFloods/index.html SWMBO took these this morning. My car was parked at work just over a mile away, I could get to it last night but this afternoon I've done a 40 mile round trip to fetch it!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teresa Posted July 21, 2007 Report Share Posted July 21, 2007 oh my!!!!! glad i aint there my car would of been covered im lucky i suppose i live on a sloping road so the water rushes down the road instead of down my drive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big_kev Posted July 21, 2007 Report Share Posted July 21, 2007 Watched TopGear earlier on UKGold....it was the one where they had to convert cars to be amphibious. Maybe they had a premonition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mumof4 Posted July 21, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 21, 2007 Flip mort!!..those are some pics!!..whereabouts were they taken?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morticiaskeeper Posted July 21, 2007 Report Share Posted July 21, 2007 (edited) About ten minutes walk from my house in Tewkesbury. The building in the background is Morrisons. My car was the other side of the flood with the lorry in it. I had to drive down to Cheltenham, up the M5 to Tewkesbury, swap van for car, down M5 to Cheltenham, up A38 to Tewkesbury. I also ended up going into Cheltenham to buy HP & a new laptop for SWMBO! I took 2.5 hours to do a journey that normally takes 12 minutes. I went home, had another go at 8, another go at 10, then another go at 8 this morning. The pictures were taken at about 9:30. I was woken at 4 by a Sea King hovering over my house!!! There are 7 in the area at the moment, plus Police & Ambulance choppers. When we were down there, the fire brigade boats were ferying people out of their houses. Notice the Alhambra by the Bimmer? That is parked up on the banking off the road. It went a bit quiet when a team of divers went through to check each submerged car, we all thought they were empty, but we all waited for the shout. Picture 14 shows the three cars parked on the pavement, when I'm at the lights on that road in the Sharan, the path is above my head! I met a mate who took 17.5 hours to get home overnight, I would normally do that journey in half an hour. He had to swim through by the lorries and will probably not see his car until Monday. He mentioned flooding the engine :-) The local school head left the school at 3pm, got home 40 minutes away at 11am. We're on standby for the school to flood, SWMBO is caretaker. I got a pump from work last night, just in case. Edited July 21, 2007 by morticiaskeeper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mumof4 Posted July 21, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 21, 2007 Keep safe mort..As i hope all members who are having probs with the rain keep safe.Be carefull driving everyone in this weather.The pics i took earlier are now outdated..that river has risen another 4 or 5 foot...and its going to get worse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big_kev Posted July 21, 2007 Report Share Posted July 21, 2007 Keep safe mort..As i hope all members who are having probs with the rain keep safe.Be carefull driving everyone in this weather.The pics i took earlier are now outdated..that river has risen another 4 or 5 foot...and its going to get worse. Its only a bit rain woman, keep your hair on ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mumof4 Posted July 21, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 21, 2007 aha..im sure you wouldnt say that if your house got flooded. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adrianf. Posted July 21, 2007 Report Share Posted July 21, 2007 The ducks are havin a great old time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big_kev Posted July 21, 2007 Report Share Posted July 21, 2007 aha..im sure you wouldnt say that if your house got flooded. Only a bit water, carpet could do with a wash ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teresa Posted July 22, 2007 Report Share Posted July 22, 2007 Watched TopGear earlier on UKGold....it was the one where they had to convert cars to be amphibious. Maybe they had a premonition. yeah i saw that one ...that was filmed at rudyard lake which is a 10 minute drive from me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mumof4 Posted July 22, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 22, 2007 Couple of pics of the reflection of a street lamp on my flooded path , was chucking it down at the time which caused the patterns, Oh and does this seat belong to any of you lot??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Dingo Posted September 25, 2007 Report Share Posted September 25, 2007 Here he is, predicting 'No flood'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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