strange thing is the Tees, Wear and Tyne all flooded (or very nearly flooded) but Newcastle, Sunderland, Stockton and Middlesbrough had hardly any rain, it all fell on the Pennines, thank goodness we didn't have rain otherwise we'd be in the same predicament as Cumbria!
Thinking of all the people affected by the floods, all the emergency workers (heroes the lot of them) and their families who probably won't be seeing much of them at the moment
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Having seen residents from Cumbria crying whilst being interviewed on the news tonight, I just wanted to say how very sad I feel. It is utterly devastating, and will have all sorts of consequences for those concerned, for some time to come. My thoughts are certainly with them all. Seeing people's lovely pets being rescued made me cry - I hope the 'powers that be' are going to be on the ball with this.
I'm not quite sure what some of the previous posts are about, I must have missed something.
I live in Cumbria and I would just like to say that in over thirty years of living in this house I have never seen as much water running down our yard or ever had inches of water in our cellar. I don't think any flood defences could have coped with this level of rain in such a short time when the ground was already saturated.we are lucky and have no damage and little inconvenience just a short power cut.
what I don't understand is why some people deny climate change, our climate has been changing for millennia and will continue to whatever we do
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strange thing is the Tees, Wear and Tyne all flooded (or very nearly flooded) but Newcastle, Sunderland, Stockton and Middlesbrough had hardly any rain, it all fell on the Pennines, thank goodness we didn't have rain otherwise we'd be in the same predicament as Cumbria!
My thoughts with all who are flooded and some for a second / third time
Jo47 another blinking notch on the river side pub wall where it's been flooded yet again
Thinking of all the people affected by the floods, all the emergency workers (heroes the lot of them) and their families who probably won't be seeing much of them at the moment
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Having seen residents from Cumbria crying whilst being interviewed on the news tonight, I just wanted to say how very sad I feel. It is utterly devastating, and will have all sorts of consequences for those concerned, for some time to come. My thoughts are certainly with them all. Seeing people's lovely pets being rescued made me cry - I hope the 'powers that be' are going to be on the ball with this.
I'm not quite sure what some of the previous posts are about, I must have missed something.
The film on the news tonight was heartbreaking, and it just keeps happening!
will some tell me what town planners do? Obviously nowhere for the water to go!
A A Milne
Hazel - I didn't mean your post, I meant the couple above yours.
It would be my worst nightmare as well, apart from fire - I'm just glad we live half way up a hill.
I live in Cumbria and I would just like to say that in over thirty years of living in this house I have never seen as much water running down our yard or ever had inches of water in our cellar. I don't think any flood defences could have coped with this level of rain in such a short time when the ground was already saturated.we are lucky and have no damage and little inconvenience just a short power cut.
what I don't understand is why some people deny climate change, our climate has been changing for millennia and will continue to whatever we do