Floods and those affected.

[mitsuru]

If you have seen the news footage about the rain causing flood.
It is happening up and down the country. Are any of you guys &
girls affected buy this?

Please post and share photos if yo can. I'm not gloating on this,
but by posting you will let all of us know whats happening that
is not in the news but will have a knock on effect to the rest of
us.
Thanks

[mitsuru]

If the government had gotten it's act together decades ago when they seen the s**t hit
the fan during the 76 drought they would have done the national grid of reservoirs.
In doing the grid they could have diverted water from rivers that were at risk of causing
serious flooding and filled the bloody reservoirs or divert it where it could do no harm!

As I sat in my fathers Landrover discovery suffering with a migraine caused by the
atmospheric pressures, I was thinking this. When it did start to rain and thunder and
lightening, as I watched the car park flood as the drains could not cope with the rain
bouncing to waste hight, my migraine had gone but the lightening was hitting the hospital
it's self!

All those lightening strikes affected the power supply and telephone lines in Hartlepool,
Stockton-on-Tees, Billingham, and my village too.

I came home to find there must have been a surge, and although protected one way the
house had not been protected another! The modem and the wifi switches on the property
had acted as alternative surge protectors protecting the pc's and laptops.
I have a spare modem and had to use connectors and bypass the wifi switches, in order
to get back online.
More expense but could have been a lot worse!

[OilyFingers]

Tyneside got it big style today. My mum has never seen rain like that up there and it took her 4 hours to make a half hour journey home.

This video is of the Tyne Bridge from a posh flat in the city centre

[mitsuru]

Bloody British summer time, it's more like monsoon season!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18653274

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-18639982

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-18627761

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-18642871

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-18634313

[Renrut]

Its been gorgeous sunshine here for the last 3 days. But merseyside and manchester do have their own climate.

[ACE]

This is arguably the worst drought on record.
Worst for flooding that is.

Residents will no doubt be pleased to learn (as they clear up again, and once more checking for structural damage) that the last of the hose pipe bans have now been lifted. I can only imagine their joy and relief at hearing this.

With no let up to the recent 'drought' conditions in sight, PPC may need to re-brand itself as Practical Performance Amphibious Vehicle Magazine.

Me, I'm thinking about buying this...
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Six-inch-diesel-water-pump-/230819870546?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item35bdefb752
...and fitting it with a turbo, intercooler and nos!

Its been gorgeous sunshine here for the last 3 days. But merseyside and manchester do have their own climate.

I hate you.