lewisc29: A candle is a solid block of wax with an embedded wick, which is ignited to provide light, and sometimes heat, and historically was used as a method of keeping time. and in desperate times such as now can be used as a sex aid!!!!
Spotted this on twitter Allam said he doesn't like the name #humberflood so he's changing it to #humberflow. He said if you don't like it, you can drown. #truestory
Emergency (power-cuts) kit: 2 x Gaz camping stoves; candles; matches; plug-in (= old) phone. Cooking can be done on my wood-burner, but with difficulty.
It looks like the barrier did it's job well in the city centre, but there's still hundreds of houses flooded in the region, including the waterfront stuff in Hessle and Ferriby.
It doesn't normally go up it at all, the barrier is normally up in the air, they just lower it when high water is expected. please log in to view this image
Env Agency Yorks&NE ‏@EnvAgencyYNE #Hull Tidal Barrier will be raised between 9.30 & 10am today having done its job in protecting people in #Hull from record tidal levels.
A few updates... The A63 should be re-opened by lunchtime. The Ice Arena is flooded and will be closed for at least a week. The ground floor rooms at the Ibis are all flooded. Houses on Hessle Foreshore have had to be abandoned and residents will be out for at least six months.
The car show rooms off the A63 were under three feet of water apparently. Range Rover, Honda, Hyundai and Motor Depot. From what I can gather all the stock down there will be write offs due to water damage. Millions and millions of pounds worth.
It's inconvenienced me no end. The cleaners can't get here so I'm having to Hoover the bastard house myself. Life can be cruel at times.
So that's three abnormal weather events we've seen in Hull in the last 6 years. 2007 floods 2010/11 winter * 2013 floods Co-incidence or is the North Sea slowly taking back land to what is it's natural boundary of the Yorkshire/Lincolnshire Wolds ? *I know this isn't related to recent flooding problems but is still a sign of changing weather patterns.
I think you're on to something there. The sea is probably quite rightfully pissed off at losing territory, so it's took it's time and regrouped now gone on the offensive. Mother Nature never forgets.
These 'floods' are nothing new though, it's only the location that's changed. Prior to the barrier, the high tide was taken up by the flood plains along the banks of the River Hull. Oak Road playing fields used to routinely flood to swimable depths, and those fields take up a square mile and were just one of a number of flood plains. Local Radio used to announce it, and it was hardly an unusual occurence. The differnece now is that it's the Estuary, not the River that's breaching, because the tidal barrier stops it going along the River.
A bit windy at Birmingham Airport yesterday... [video=youtube;sqVU2YDTCkY]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqVU2YDTCkY[/video]
