Flooding

[Trav Le Bleu]

@stripeyfox and @SecretPro is this either of you?

 

 

[joachim1965]

22 hours ago, promised land said:

Does it ever dry out near the by pass?

 

Narrow boat constantly moored up Quorn side of that footbridge always has a Range Rover next to it so they live on it, hope they’ve got waders on. Range Rover might be in the soar now.

I live on a boat in Barrow and used to moor at Proctors, when it flooded badly three years ago I was up to my shoulders in water when I got off the boat.

Thankfully where we are now the water only comes over the edge a couple of inches deep.

[VLC86]

1 hour ago, joachim1965 said:

I live on a boat in Barrow and used to moor at Proctors, when it flooded badly three years ago I was up to my shoulders in water when I got off the boat.

 

Get out of bed on the wrong side?

[String fellow]

One solution to the problem of flooding... beavers! It pains me to give a link to The Guardian, but this article suggests that beavers' dams would help slow down the rate of flow of water feeding into our rivers, thus reducing the chances of river levels suddenly rising after heavy rainfall.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/feb/17/beavers-cut-flooding-and-pollution-and-boost-wildlife-populations

[VLC86]

43 minutes ago, String fellow said:

One solution to the problem of flooding... beavers! It pains me to give a link to The Guardian, but this article suggests that beavers' dams would help slow down the rate of flow of water feeding into our rivers, thus reducing the chances of river levels suddenly rising after heavy rainfall.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/feb/17/beavers-cut-flooding-and-pollution-and-boost-wildlife-populations

Beavers cause more problems than they solve.

[SecretPro]

47 minutes ago, Costock_Fox said:

Beavers cause more problems than they solve.

Completely false. Literally all of the scientific evidence says Beavers drastically benefit the environment and biodiversity, hence they are a keystone species. Not to mention that they are a native species and truly belong here.

[VLC86]

2 minutes ago, SecretPro said:

Completely false. Literally all of the scientific evidence says Beavers drastically benefit the environment and biodiversity, hence they are a keystone species. Not to mention that they are a native species and truly belong here.

Woosh 

[SecretPro]

1 minute ago, Costock_Fox said:

Woosh 

Nothing to see here

[VLC86]

Just now, SecretPro said:

Nothing to see here

Walked right into that one mate  

[Strokes]

1 hour ago, Costock_Fox said:

Beavers cause more problems than they solve.

If the rivers need damming, let’s just dam the god damn rivers. We don’t need overgrown rodent to do it for us.

[isaidno]

All roads out of my village are under water, so I can't get to work this morning. 

[leicsmac]

It is nasty out there today.

[Lako42]

Bad snow in Whitwick, horrendous flooding in Loughborough. 

 

1 hour to do 8 miles and two totally different weather scenes 

[Fox92]

Got lots of snow here but no flooding thankfully. I only walk to work so not in any danger trying to get the car out. We only recovered about 6 months ago from the October 2023 floods.

[VLC86]

20 minutes ago, isaidno said:

All roads out of my village are under water, so I can't get to work this morning. 

It’s the same where I am, probably not the same village as it’s common place nowadays.

[Suzie the Fox]

Village (Twyford) next to mine is flooded with water entering some houses 

[LCFCJohn]

10 minutes ago, Fox92 said:

Got lots of snow here but no flooding thankfully. I only walk to work so not in any danger trying to get the car out. We only recovered about 6 months ago from the October 2023 floods.

I am right in saying you are Sheffield based? Seems familiar form what you may have previously said…

[isaidno]

10 minutes ago, VLC86 said:

It’s the same where I am, probably not the same village as it’s common place nowadays.

I'm in Asfordby but all the local villages are chaos. Sileby, Syston, Cossington. 

[VLC86]

Just now, isaidno said:

I'm in Asfordby but all the local villages are chaos. Sileby, Syston, Cossington. 

Ah, I’m the Isle of Countesthorpe.

[Voll Blau]

Fvck knows how I've managed to make it into Barrow today. Not rating my chances of getting out later. 

[joachim1965]

Living on a boat in Syston is particularly shit at the moment. 

[Facecloth]

Gone from Loughborough to Atherstone today. Too an hour answer 45 minutes, for what's normally a 40-45 minute drive.

 

Should have turned round the moment I i saw the crossroads at the Spartan chipshop was flooded. Ended up crawling down the A42/M42 and A5. Going home A5, M69 and M1 i think.

[Raj]

Even in Thurnby its bad(Station Lane)

[Stadt]

Drove to work which was fine via the A46 but had to park nearby and get picked up to actually make it in. Our office is by Rothley brook and that has completely flooded, it's scarcely been the same as it was for a couple of years.

[joachim1965]

Too many floodplains being built on, that's a big problem.