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| custom90 Member Since: 21 Jan 2010 Location: South West, England. Posts: 20294  
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Seems to be wind that's the issue right now. âï¸âï¸God Bless the USA 🇬🇧🇺🇸 âï¸âï¸
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14th Feb 2014 5:10pm |
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| Pam W Member Since: 25 Oct 2011 Location: North Yorkshire Posts: 1169  
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Live on a hill so flooding not an issue... can see river from bedroom window, but it is at the bottom of a gorge... In town, the river often floods riverside properties, but although it is high at the moment, only as per usual for wet periods and no major issues as yet.
Did notice when I went out to Ripon on Wednesday that the fields and ditches have now started to gain bigger areas of standing water, although, again, nothing particularly unusual for wet periods. So far here in mid-North Yorks it hasn't been too bad for non-agric community, although as I said above the land is now saturated so winter/spring crops will be suffering, and animal feeding may be an issue. Wind was bad on Wednesday but less trees down than in the high winds we had in autumn, so again, not doing too bad at all, considering what a lot of other parts of the country have had. Our blog - http://landytravels.com/ Yorkshire Off Road Club - http://www.yorkshireoffroadclub.net |
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14th Feb 2014 5:45pm |
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| K9F Member Since: 12 Nov 2009 Location: Bournemouth Posts: 9610 
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With the storms and flooding it's rich pickings for fossils if you get a break in the weather, the tides are right and you know where to go. Yesterday was the best it's ever been for me.
 Click image to enlarge If you go through life with your head in the sand....all people will see is an ar5e!! Treat every day as if it is your last....one day you will be right!! |
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14th Feb 2014 7:27pm |
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| K9F Member Since: 12 Nov 2009 Location: Bournemouth Posts: 9610
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Hi Steve,
Not if you get the tides right. Where I go a large portion of the beach in inaccessable during the Winter months at high tide. If you go an hour and a half before low tide you can be the first one there and have a two hour window to get back. The cliffs are very dangerous but with the waves and stones hammering them and the waterfalls cascading down the yield can be excellent this time of year. I only go in the Winter months as the shoreline gets picked clean by tourists from Easter onwards and there is not much erosion due to the changes in tides and weather. If you go through life with your head in the sand....all people will see is an ar5e!! Treat every day as if it is your last....one day you will be right!! |
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14th Feb 2014 7:55pm |
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| leeds Member Since: 28 Dec 2009 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 8580
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We live in a village called Mountain.
The amusing thing is when insurance companies ask us if there is a history of flooding in our area. Stock answer is that you had better hope note as you will have major problems on your hands like most of West Yorkshire will be under at least 500 feet of water.! However we have had some puddles on our drive recently Yes I do feel sorry for the people flooded. However I do think double standards apply. Apparently 6,000 houses flooded down south and the government is promising £5,000 per house. When Carlisle was flooded nearly 2,000 houses were flooded and government response? When Calderdale got flooded local government gave grants of £150. North South divide rules?? Brendan |
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14th Feb 2014 7:56pm |
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| custom90 Member Since: 21 Jan 2010 Location: South West, England. Posts: 20294
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Brendan, of course there is, that's why the Scots are playing up. London is where the party is at....
 
As it was mentioned earlier on the news, groundwater is an issue in all this too. The ground is just full and underground also, there is just no more water that it can take. âï¸âï¸God Bless the USA 🇬🇧🇺🇸 âï¸âï¸ |
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14th Feb 2014 8:01pm |
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| Sphere Member Since: 26 Apr 2013 Location: Midlands Posts: 725 
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Levels going down slightly but still a little deep for the defender if you look at the sign
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14th Feb 2014 8:15pm |
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| martinfiattech Member Since: 13 Nov 2013 Location: leicester Posts: 422
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Leicester is ok, electric is a bit on and off will go and get fuel for the generator tomorrow just hope it starts it has`ent been ran since last summer. Its got very windy am a bit worried about the roof.
Work wise people are driving in to deep water a few nackard engines, lots of very wet wiring looms must be an Italian wiring thing. Still the over time might buy a slate or two  |
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14th Feb 2014 9:59pm |
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| munch90 Member Since: 26 Oct 2013 Location: guildford Posts: 3558
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I remember the run of wheel bearings we had think it was 2003 . took a while to put 2 + 2 together as they won't making the normal wheel bearing gone noise , just a odd rumble noise , when removed and stripped you could see rusty marks on bearing tracks
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14th Feb 2014 10:25pm |
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| JWL Member Since: 26 Oct 2011 Location: Hereford Posts: 3443 
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We've got 300 Irish Guards set up in the TA centre in Hereford, they're being deployed round and about with lorries and sandbags. Couple of the smaller villages are close to being cut off, some aren't accesable unless you have a 4 wheel drive or vehicle that can cope with a bit of water. The wind has caused numerous trees to block roads and along with landslips some journeys are taking some long detours to get to the destination.
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14th Feb 2014 11:08pm |
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| TJ101 Member Since: 30 May 2007 Location: Taunton Somerset Posts: 3748  
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Brendon How many of them had 5 foot of water in them ! Surgest you pop down and see !! untill you have seen the size of the problem, you can not understand !! We now have people cutt off with the floods, and now with no electric,, western power have said it doubtful they can repair any time soon California F1, 75th 110 "Kermit", 50th Ann V8, 90 V8 Hybrid, 55 Series 1 Main Brian James Trailer Dealer for South West UK |
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14th Feb 2014 11:32pm |
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| custom90 Member Since: 21 Jan 2010 Location: South West, England. Posts: 20294
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In fairness to Western Power it's neigh on impossible for them to do any work on the lines safely unless it's by helicopter etc which won't and probably for practical reasons isn't practical.
Where I live is a small village and last week one of the power poles started shorting out, went blue through the night and caught fire. Not flood related but wind related and IMO lack of maintenance YET again obviously caused by cutting costs. On the subject of power I feel sorry for the poor Wiltshire man who got electrocuted the other day just by simply trying to move a tree where he thought he was helping people. 
Such a shame. âï¸âï¸God Bless the USA 🇬🇧🇺🇸 âï¸âï¸ |
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14th Feb 2014 11:40pm |
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| Supacat Member Since: 16 Oct 2012 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 11018 
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I would have thought once you have a foot of water in the main damage is done? It does seem to be reported differently since the home counties were affected, especially if you know the issues yorkshire has had in the past. Worth pasting most of this: "But it is worth putting the current flood in context, and as distressing as it is to be flooded, the number of properties affected in the south of the UK is tiny compared to other floods in previous years. For example, up until this weekend the total number of properties affected by floodwater in Somerset in the last few weeks is 40. But during the coastal surge in early December last year, 688 properties were flooded along the Yorkshire coast alone, and according to the Environment Agency, flood defences protected 66,000 properties in the Yorkshire and Humber area at that time. Since last week, between 800 and 900 properties have flooded in the UK, primarily in southern Britain. Although this number may rise significantly in the next few days, particularly with the Thames now at record levels in relatively highly populated parts of Berkshire and Surrey, it is still comparatively small compared to the last big flood to hit the UK. That was In June 2007 and far more people were affected; in the Yorkshire and Humber region alone, a staggering 23,479 homes were flooded, along with 3,718 businesses. " http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/paulhudson/post...in-context Not sure we should be spending £5m per annum so 40 families can enjoy life on the levels - discuss  |
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15th Feb 2014 12:22am |
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| lambert.the.farmer Member Since: 11 Apr 2012 Location: harrogate Posts: 2006 
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Sorry I think it's worth spending money on the levels simply because they are productive agricultural land and without the people who live there and work the land we as a nation would be worse off. Rhubarb and custard let fly with their secret weapon.
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15th Feb 2014 7:27am |
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