In Lisbon tomorrow and 80% chance of rain, just hope it doesn't make the carrier bags soggy while carrying the wine/port back to the ship.....
Just had a consultation with fellow residents and total agreement that we’ll be fine, including a couple of blokes who know what they are talking about. It’s just weird seeing the water cover the cricket pitch which is on the other side of a footpath called the Tramway at the bottom of our garden. The Tramway is on an embankment about 5 metres high, and has been for over 150 years. No water coming that way. An historically minute chance of water coming in the other way, but would have to exceed all records. Meteor strike likelihood. Quite exciting though, now the rain has at last let up looking forward to walking the dog round the watery town. Lisbon. I am envious. Is the boat returning to Ireland or the U.K. for duty free purposes?
It's only a bit of water! Stay safe.... Pisses down about 300 days a year here...water won't get near me as I'm up on the hill overlooking the Clyde, but houses and businesses down shoreside get problems every year. At least once a year Inverclyde becomes an island, all routes out flooded and impassable which is a nitemare, but there's some big works on main road that's supposed to stop this from happening....let's see once it's finished (back end of Feb)
Here in South London seems to have been raining for 2 months virtually every day. Storm Henk hit with 60-70 mph gales this afternoon, trees down across town. Really has been bleak...
Back into Southampton on Saturday morning, we'll head home on Sunday..... so restricted to UK limits but amounts are still more than we can carry.....
Large walnut tree came down on a footpath close to us.damage to walls but not people Our very large walnut tree ( which would take out our roof if it came down) has just shed unwanted branches....but all gone quiet now. Our chickens, who understand nature better than us, went home to their coop at 3 and did not venture out again. Clever birds
Many trees down around our way. Had to help clear the lane outside the house yesterday. It was some serious wind!
Now predicted to be the highest recorded level for the Avon at about 11 tonight. Cricket pitch now under about 3ft of water. No roads or anything closed though, the flood plain is doing its job.
Had biblical rain again this morning, despite forecasts to the contrary. Cleared a bit now. Drier colder weather on the way at the weekend. Spent this morning repairing fencing. Joy!
Well we live in a new build, but there were flats or something on the site before, and our houses were designed with these events in mind, we are 1.5 metres higher. They are very good here in keeping the flood plain clear of building - the huge park on the opposite side of the river to the RSC including the cricket pitch is bordered by farm land for several miles on one side of town and a wetland nature reserve on the other before there are a couple of ‘holiday’ caravan parks which are probably at risk. The river bank is much higher on the ‘town’ side, but there is some flooding there. The river is one issue, but the waterlogged ground is now just as bad, noticed there are several gardens near us which are now ponds and it’s not river water. Seems like a nationwide challenge now. Nailed on there will be a ‘drought’ in the summer. To answer your question, not near the river, but like everywhere else there are very large new developments on the edges of the town.
I believe that all the ground being concreted over is directly leading to more flooding as water finds less areas to drain into. Many efforts are being made to counteract this, as it seems is the case where you are. It's quite a conundrum, as we need more housing, but we are experiencing more extreme weather, leading to more flooding.
