floods

[jillR]

hi peeps

i hope your all ok after all this rain

i went out to take some pictures of the trent while visiting friends and it is still in flood today

[diesel falcon]

Indeed a lot of water! Anglian water are having problem s at Newark on trent.....thier water treatment works have been swamped with flood water!

[jillR]

hi trev

that sounds bad

when i drove through matlock bath the other day i noticed that the derwent was very high aswell and i think

that meets the trent

i thought newark would be the seven trent area not angian ?

jill

[Julz]

A lot of people around the Aston on trent, Barrow, Willington, and Stenson areas have been evacuated from their homes due to flooding, and those who had no alterative accomodation available with friends and family, had to bed down in a local community hall over Christmas and make do with hot drinks and sandwiches.

Some people have been plain silly in trying to drive down flooded roads where 'road closed' signs were displayed, and ended up getting stuck in deep water and needing the emergency services to rescue them, putting further lives in danger

Its not just those near the rivers that get flooded either, we live half way down a fairly steep road, with a small babbling brook at the bottom, which with the heavy rains of late has swelled to a gushing torrent with all the surface water pouring down, causing the busy road junction down that end to flood to about a foot deep at times. luckily the schools are closed otherwise it would have been a bigger problem as its their main access road

Julz

[MauriceMynah]

I take it there are no problems on the broads.

[Hylander]

Beccles looked very soggy on Boxing Day as we passed the Marina and all the surrounding fields. The sun is actually out this morning but more of the dreaded stuff is forecast for later. Everything is so saturated it has nowhere to go now. Even the Beccles By Pass had water half way across one lane at one point.

Fortunately it does drain away quickly.

[jillR]

take a peek

http://www.hebwx.co.uk/wxradar.php

[loribear]

hi jill are you still up this end or are you back home ? do you go via dunham bridge? if so, you'll ave to pick a different route back, dunham bridge is flooded & as know that bridge is quite high, they've had to block it off as it's gone over the bridge, i can't believe how high it's risen, ive never ever know dunham flood before, if you are still up here in derbyshire,i hope you get back ok. lori

[jillR]

hi lori

hope you had a brill Christmas

yes im back now

where is dunham bridge ?

i go via the A52 A17 and A47

ive not seen the derwent so high before

jill

[loribear]

hi jill, we had a lovely Christmas thanks, do i take it that your friends live in derby then ? dunham bridge is near lincoln, it's about 20ft high but the water came nearly to the top of it, & they had to block the toll bridge off as the water was quite deep on the road, even artics could'nt get through, we visited it today but it had hardly gone down, here's a pic of it, lori

[jillR]

that does not look good lori

i wonder if there is more to come

the water table must be high and the land saturated if its not going down

jill

[Hockham Admiral]

that does not look good lori

i wonder if there is more to come

the water table must be high and the land saturated if its not going down

jill

Well it certainly is here in Gt Hockham!

Our water table is normally down at 12-15ft but in this pic I took a minute or so ago it's up to 4ft!!!

[Hockham Admiral]

And before anyone asks, yes that is our well, indoors and the water is drinkable! (if you remove the odd flower pot or two!)

We plumbed it to over 40ft!

[Julz]

I feel sorry for all the wildlife and lifestock caught up in the floods, some farms have been unexpectedly caught out, and have lost cattle when fields that are not normally prone to flooding, have unexpectedly had their water tables rise dramatically.

Sheep are especially prone to drowning at this time of year, once their heavy winter fleeces become sodden, swimming to safety becomes just about impossible for many, hence thats why sadly their corpses can eventually sometimes be seen floating in the swollen rivers

Julz

[pks1702]

And before anyone asks, yes that is our well, indoors and the water is drinkable!

That is very impressive John, an indoor well

[loribear]

hi john, i'm shocked to still see a house with a well in it, it must be a very old house ,the last time i saw a well inside a place was in a pub, & it had a glass floor over it, & everybody always walked round it to avoid stepping on it, including me i was never quite sure just how strong the glass was, whats the highest it been up john ? does it ever worry you that it might come over the top ? lori

[Hockham Admiral]

It was outdoors but I built a room around it attached to the kitchen.

If it ever came over the top, Lori, then we'd be sunk!

We have a 1940's fire engine wheel over it to keep kids out! :naughty:

[Boaters]

Nearer to home ,wewere in St Neots and the Gt. Ouse is very high and fast with no sign for the river just large food plains. A local club has a last and first cruise out on the new years eve but that would have been a no no

[pks1702]

We have a 1940's fire engine wheel over it to keep kids out! :naughty:

Oh it could be very tempting

[mbird]

Oh it could be very tempting

beats the "naughty step" threat anytime!!!

[jillR]

hi mark

beats the "naughty step" threat anytime!!!

from johns picture it looks like he already had that idea.

i can see their hats but where are bill and ben