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Chat & Social => The Bar - General Chat => Topic started by: laser_jock99 on July 20, 2007, 08:41:06
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Met Office issue Severe weather warnings
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/uk/uk_forecast_warnings.html
(http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/images/warnings/nswws_warning_477_3.gif)
Localised downpours on Thursday will be covered by flash warnings. Concern then focuses on a prolonged period of heavy and thundery rain affecting southern parts of England and Wales on Friday, then moving into more northern areas overnight and into Saturday. Rainfall totals of 20-40mm are expected quite widely but there is potential for 75-100mm in places. At this stage, there is still some doubt about where the highest totals will occur but southern and central areas of England and Wales are most at risk. The heavy rain could lead to flooding in some areas and cause disruption to outdoor events and transport networks.
Issued at: 1007 Thu 19 Jul
Keep an eye open for flooding people- up to 4" of rain could be a problem!!
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woohoo might be time to go out and play in the puddles :)
we aint had any flooding over this way yet.
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Track the storms here:
http://www.ukspeedtraps.co.uk/weather/light0900.htm
http://www.isleofwightweather.co.uk/live_storm_data.htm
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that first post link doesnt work
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that first post link doesnt work
Fixed
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rescued my first person! 8)
he was broken down by a main road so towed him to the pub. he had done his cambelt poor chap :cry:
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=D> Well done
My first complete rescue was a Sj that had beeched itself at Aston Cantlow last year..lol
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Just heard the town by where I live has been hit with flooding, first time in donkeys years, school has been evacuated as it was flash flooded - children were still inside at the time, several roads have been closed off as impassable, familys have been rescued from they're homes by emergency services and cars stranded due to high flood water
On the plus side, if there is a plus side, I gotta drive through it on the way home, camera is at the ready
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It's expected this way on aswell nothing as yet though..However about 13 miles up the road it's been raning all day..
Cheers Gav
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Its starting to flood around here nothing much at the moment but shmbo works in burton on trent and they have been told that the town may be evacuated as the river is rising quite fast
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It's expected this way on aswell nothing as yet though..However about 13 miles up the road it's been raning all day..
Cheers Gav
Its teaming down here as well.
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Its starting to flood around here nothing much at the moment but shmbo works in burton on trent and they have been told that the town may be evacuated as the river is rising quite fast
:shock: :shock: :shock:
Blimey, I have to deliver in Burton tonight :?:
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Its starting to flood around here nothing much at the moment but shmbo works in burton on trent and they have been told that the town may be evacuated as the river is rising quite fast
:shock: :shock: :shock:
Blimey, I have to deliver in Burton tonight :?:
You should be ok just dont go near the river side of town. eg Tescos side if you know were that is :wink:
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Only know where I'm going to and how to get there, I'm delivering to Coors Brewery, is that in the wet part of town?
I'll be coming in from the A50 and A38.
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Only know where I'm going to and how to get there, I'm delivering to Coors Brewery, is that in the wet part of town?
I'll be coming in from the A50 and A38.
No you will be ok on that route. Its the other sode of the town that floods. Well except for this day a few years back http://www.ukspeedtraps.co.uk/weather/burtonflood.htm that is just around the corner from the berwary
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Thanks for the info Graeme, hopefully I won't get stranded in me artic then. :lol:
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No worries have fun
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well im down here by london and have had some real desent flash floods,
also done some rescues myself,the best was a bmw x5 trying to follow my snorked and lifted vit thro a flooded lane,it was just below my bonnet , :shock: :D
he got half way and stoped,so i turned round to tow him out,backwords as he had a towbar and my mate didnt want wet feet,so he open the rear door and i drove back on to him :lol: :lol:
got a clap from the work men from over the road too which was good, :twisted: :twisted:
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Had a torrential downpour this afternoon and there were a few flooded areas, but nothing too bad in this neck of the woods.
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Had a bit of 2x2 rescuing to on the way home.
The main Coventry/Rugby road- blocked by 2x2's
(http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f206/laser_jock99/CUBBINGTON%20FLOOD%20JUNE%2014TH%202007/lawfordroad200707.jpg)
Little Lawfrord ford- 7 feet deep and rising!
(http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f206/laser_jock99/CUBBINGTON%20FLOOD%20JUNE%2014TH%202007/lawford200707.jpg)
Fosse Way near Brettford- also blocked by 2x2's till I towed them out.
(http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f206/laser_jock99/CUBBINGTON%20FLOOD%20JUNE%2014TH%202007/fosse200707.jpg)
Fosseway was also blocked by broken down 2x2's at Princethorpe.
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Rescued a young lady from her broken down clio tonight in the flood's.Bloody recovery points on modern cars is a joke.MUD-CLUB hi viz vest was worn aswell.Sorry no photo's this time..
Cheers Gav
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Only a few today
(http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c394/Snooky35/DSC00192.jpg)
Then this Merc came round the corner and started off well, till it got deep
(http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c394/Snooky35/DSC00193.jpg)
Bit further round the corner
(http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c394/Snooky35/DSC00194.jpg)
I was only looking to avoid the traffic that built up south of Reading due to the flooded roads... :lol:
And only drove through the big one a few times once the cars were out of the way :wink:
In laws drove down from York, got to Jnct12 of the M4 in 4 hours, then another 4 to get to Tadley due to all the flooding and stuck people.
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Had a bit of 2x2 rescuing to on the way home.
Looks like fun! I must live somewhere that is too high up as i never see any decent puddles :(
and a 2x2 would be a 2 wheel drive bicycle ;). most cars are 4x2's (4 wheels, 2 driven) ;)
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Just got in after rescuing 2 mates from 2 different floods around henley and a quite hypothermic woman on the way home.
Never seen flooding like it. Now why didn't I buy that snorkle last month when it flooded!
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Front page of the Sun- how not to wash a Shogun.....
http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2007330731,00.html
Not sure if the guy tried to drive through this or became stranded some other way but the sign clearly reads 6' deep? Why is it some 'inexperienced' 4x4 drivers think they can drive through anything? At best - even with a snorkel- 3 feet is the safe maximum in STILL WATER. In fast flowing water the best advice is to stay out.
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It says he hit a submerged vehicle and that stopped him :roll:
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Must have neen the new Shogun Sub!
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Had a drive round the Warks local fords this morning- the rivers have risen rapidly overnight.
Offchurch- unpassable
(http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f206/laser_jock99/CUBBINGTON%20FLOOD%20JUNE%2014TH%202007/offchurch200707.jpg)
Mouse swiming in the floodwater! (EDIT- it's really a vole)
(http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f206/laser_jock99/CUBBINGTON%20FLOOD%20JUNE%2014TH%202007/mouse200707.jpg)
Beausale ford- rare picture with water in it!
(http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f206/laser_jock99/CUBBINGTON%20FLOOD%20JUNE%2014TH%202007/Beausale210707.jpg)
Kenilworth ford.
(http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f206/laser_jock99/CUBBINGTON%20FLOOD%20JUNE%2014TH%202007/Kenilworth210707.jpg)
Detail of trapped car at Kenilworth.
(http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f206/laser_jock99/CUBBINGTON%20FLOOD%20JUNE%2014TH%202007/Kenilwortha210707.jpg)
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Are you sure thats a mouse, Laserjock , and not a Water Vole? If it is a vole, you are quite lucky as they are quite rare.
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Was thinking the same M'lud - it's a vole right e-nuff!
Just hope there aren't any mink reading this forum :wink:
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Was thinking the same M'lud - it's a vole right e-nuff!
Just hope there aren't any mink reading this forum :wink:
In light of that LJ99, consider yourself very lucky to have got so close to a very rare mammal that is not often seen by a human. The vole I meant, not an honest politician!
Feckin' mink! I hate the damn things! They cause chaos when the animal libbers let them out! Raving loonies all of the them! Not the mink, the libbers!
Some of the ALF lot released a load of mink a few years ago down here, as they were 'prisoners of the capitalist world' or some such crap. The mink went on to destroy all the indigenous wildlife for miles around! Useless idiots that let them loose!
Sorry. Beer fuelled rant over. I shall retreat to my garage for a ciggy.
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here's some from round sunny? sileby :shock:
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and occasionaly the odd idiot :?
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I saw the pictures of Stratford-upon-Avon (or is it 'In-Avon'???) & got to thinking that it would be quite apt if the Royal Shakespear Company were performing 'The Merchant of Venice' at the moment :wink:
(Venice... canals.... water.....)
(coat-getting :roll: )
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seeing the pics of the plonker just charging through brings back horrible memories for me. our road floods 2 to 4 times a year. we are lucky enough that it just laps at the bottom of our front door.....so not too bad. well until the idiots come out and drive through soaking th front of all our houses and creating waves :evil: :evil: :evil:
i was out there not long ago in my trainers as a builders transit came flying down the road creating a massive torrent of water..... i stepped ot in front of him and ended up having a massive row with him....his excuse......
i need to go fast so me van don't stop mate :shock: :shock:
i just can't believe people don't think about other people in trouble. i know when i come to floods, if its going to cause a wave and i can go around i will....if not its nice n slow so as not to cause a massive wave.
some don't think realize that there is sewage and horrile things in that water they are playing in...
sorry for having a rant...i didnt mean too
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It defo a water vole, very common when I was a kid :D
not now though :(
Anyway thats my input as nowhere ever floods here, we dont get great weather, we dont get bad weather, we just get weather :?
We are greatful in a bring us more sun kinda way 8)
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I stand corrected it was indeed a Common Vole or Field Vole doing a fair imitation of a Water Vole!
http://www.voles.com/What_is_a_Vole.htm
(http://www.voles.com/What_is_a_Vole-field_vole.jpg)
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Went to Hereford today to have a play in the floods, my dad knows the area as he lives there so off we went in MY disco. Had a few small fords and flooded roads which were coo, took some vid's which I can't post but I'll add them to face book later on and post a link. Went through this one flooded road and do you know the golden rule of wading "check it first with a stick or something for the depth" well we didn't, the water was very hign, the engine stuggling to get through the water, I stop but rev the engine to reverse out and my dad goes "we'renearly there now" so we carried on, got through but it put the willys up me.
On a different note, it drove past us too quickly to get a pic but the FORD ESCORT drove past us with a hole cut into the bonnet and the air filter has been mounted upwards so that it acted like a snorkel, slap bang in the centre of the bonnet :lol: - can they join us :!: :!: :!: :!:
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here's some from round sunny? sileby :shock:
Imagine waking up in that caravn?
Had all the other been washed away overnight? I'd be having kittens especially as the water hasn't finished rising yet.
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It defo a water vole, very common when I was a kid :D
not now though :(
Which is what Ratty apparantly was in 'Wind In The Willows'
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I saw the pictures of Stratford-upon-Avon (or is it 'In-Avon'???) & got to thinking that it would be quite apt if the Royal Shakespear Company were performing 'The Merchant of Venice' at the moment :wink:
(Venice... canals.... water.....)
(coat-getting :roll: )
Funnily enough it was just over a week ago I saw that performed (outdoor performance and it rained as well).
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Only a few today
(http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c394/Snooky35/DSC00192.jpg)
Then this Merc came round the corner and started off well, till it got deep
(http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c394/Snooky35/DSC00193.jpg)
Is that out side Clappers Farm near Grazely??? If it is my caravan was stored there until November last year!! Lucky escape. Was the farm house ok? He is one of the best farmers I know. Absolute top chap. would be well gutted if his house has been flooded out.
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Had a bit of 2x2 rescuing to on the way home.
The main Coventry/Rugby road- blocked by 2x2's
(http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f206/laser_jock99/CUBBINGTON%20FLOOD%20JUNE%2014TH%202007/lawfordroad200707.jpg)
I know for a fact Rover 620's can go through deeper water as I have done it. Admitedly when it gets to about 2ft then it dies from hydro lock when one panicks and puts thier foot down and water bubbles over the bonnet! I found out the hard way back in 1999 after a chap walked through and told me the wrong depth as he was walking on the bank. :twisted:
Oh and dont you mean 4x2's or 2x4's which ever way round it is? :wink:
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We have had some heavy rain down here in Cornwall, but NOTHING compared to the guys further up the line!
Been watching the news, and some of the reports are just jaw dropping!!! Im just amazed how a road can suddenly become submerged under seven foot of water!!!
I bet nobody is complaining about 4x4’s now, after reading how many rescues on stranded cars have been performed. Keep up the good work guys!
=D> =D> =D> =D> =D> =D> =D> =D> =D> =D>
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Had a bit of 2x2 rescuing to on the way home.
The main Coventry/Rugby road- blocked by 2x2's
(http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f206/laser_jock99/CUBBINGTON%20FLOOD%20JUNE%2014TH%202007/lawfordroad200707.jpg)
I know for a fact Rover 620's can go through deeper water as I have done it.
If you look closely at the roof of the Rover you can see the flotsam & jetsam resting on the roof where the water level was originally!!
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Muddy, sorry been away on hols, yes it is the road near Grazley and that was at the entrance to the farm, which was more than OK, the water was just flowing through his courtyard, but the house and buildings were fine, in fact he was laughing at them then decided to drive out in his Disco without a thought for them, he just continued to laugh.