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It is 2:30pm, on December 26, 2015, and the temperature is 72°.
But that has nothing to do with this: How many Star Wars references does the weather bunny get in? |
I keeps tellin' ya, bunnies be sneaky. :yesnod:
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Half my borough is under water right now. The river Calder has burst its banks-so most of the towns along the river's path through the Calder valley are flooded. Sowerby, Hebden, Mytholmroyd,Todmorden-all the town centres are flooded and some are being evacuated. There's flooding across much of the North of England today a 200 year old pub in Manchester collapsed earlier - it was built over a bridge and the river Irwell took out the centre of the building.
I am fortunate in that I am at the top of a hill, and also about as far from the River Calder as it's possible to be whilst still being classed as part of Calderdale. That said, my bathroom has sprung a few more leaks. I have a basin on the window sill catching the stream coming through the top of the casement window and now there's a drip coming through the ceiling. Rain, rain and more rain. |
That's rough Dana. Stay dry.
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What Griff said double.
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But if you get wet, get wild and post pictures!
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That sucks. Is there a way for you and your Mum to get supplies by going in another direction, like over toward Bradford?
We've had rain more often than not the last two weeks but nothing like you're getting. I noticed walking across the yard it's like walking on the scum of a bowl of pudding. The ground is so saturated it jiggles. |
Oh,we're ok- as I say, we're pretty far from the Calder,and my village is at the top of a hill anyway. But the two Js are cut off. Their house is ok, because they're up the hill a way, from the town centre and river - but the town centre where they live is under several feet of water. There's certainly no way for them to leave Todmorden right now.
Mum's house did flood a few years ago, because her house is built into the side of the hill,and the heavy rainfall meant it ran off through the hill and into the back and up through the floor- but her landlords have had the back half of the house tanked, so we're crossing fingers it doesn't happen again. Large parts of the country are under water. Lancashire,Yorkshire and Cumbria have all been hit hard, as have parts of Scotland. Some of the flooding started a couple of weeks ago when Storm Desmond hit. The flooding in Yorkshire and Lancashire mainly started on Boxing Day Lot of rivers and a lot of hills in Britain. |
Rescue Workers Save Elderly Man in Mytholmroyd, West Yorkshire
The video in the bottom right hand corner of DanaC's video can be seen here in greater detail.
I assume that the level of water inside the Land Rover must be about the same as that outside, so he wouldn't have had long to go before tragedy struck. I'm sure that he'll be forever grateful that he chose the model with the sun roof. I've never had to deal with flooding, and the thought of it ruining your home is bad enough, but can you imagine what it must be like to find yourself in a life threatening situation due to rising water? 'Bloody terrifying' is the phrase that springs to mind. |
Did Bristol Lake overflow so the fish could escape?
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Go fish, make a run for it. Swim over to the killer's house and fin his ass.
Rover dude will be ready for a cuppa, he was right on the cusp of the high water and the fast water. Couple of feet either way can be the difference. |
A bit more has emerged about the rescue from the Land Rover.
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Incidentally, the wheelie bin floating past at about the 4.00 mark gives a good indication of the speed of the flow. Daily Telegraph. |
Yes, that wheelie bin was on the far side of the Rover where the water was really moving. The near side where men were standing in the water and paddling the inflatable around was much slower. In the first half minute there's a piece of thrash, possibly a newspaper, floating in the side street, and moving toward the camera. That means the main flow was still rising.
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So many people have lost so much. A lot of the properties were already uninsurable because of previous flood damage and now they're hit again. The new flood defences have failed. Even those with insurance face major losses. The businesses and shops in the town centres along the calder have been badly hit. Some will not come back from this.
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2000+ homes and 200 businesses in the Calder Valley have been badly affected. |
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I feel for these folks, but, that's not bad fortune, that's bad decision making. |
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