Flooding

[Tommy G]

15 minutes ago, isaidno said:

I've just tried to drive through that. Had to abandon and come home.

Ewe that looks nasty.

 

Hope the floods don't cause a lambslide....

[VLC86]

46 minutes ago, isaidno said:

I've just tried to drive through that. Had to abandon and come home.

That’s baaaaadd luck.

[Facecloth]

1 hour ago, goose2010 said:

avoid the M1, M69 junction it was under water this morning and pretty sure the police were going to close it as it was ridiculous. Check before you leave! 

 

I did Hinckley to Tamworth and took nearly 2 hours. Flooding just before Mira on the A5 and then further up near Holly Lane roundabout. 

Just got home, the junction coming off the M69 to the M1 to head north was fine, no issues.

 

Mira flooding has gone but looks like the one just past the Holly Lane island heading to Tamworth is still there.

[adam1]

5 hours ago, joachim1965 said:

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

Too many houses being built next to flood risk areas thus allowing more water run off to cause problems. Beggars Lane a good example.

[kenny]

6 hours ago, isaidno said:

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

I assumed you would be in Sileby with your comments. Blaby is almost cut-off but Sileby is worse.

[leicsmac]

It's a combination of climate change causing more extreme weather conditions, and also very poor planning decisions for house building along with implemented infrastructure not being able to deal with those conditions.

[isaidno]

12 minutes ago, kenny said:

I assumed you would be in Sileby with your comments. Blaby is almost cut-off but Sileby is worse.

Lived in Sileby for 25 years. Got stuck there last year when it flooded . 

[VLC86]

6 minutes ago, isaidno said:

Lived in Sileby for 25 years. Got stuck there last year when it flooded . 

I’m not sure which part of that post is worse, thoughts and prayers.

[foxy boxing]

I had to wade through the flood waters under Blaby Bridge as the bus wouldn't travel through it and I needed to get to Blaby. Totally ridiculous, afew of us got off the bus and had to do it clinging to the side and trying not to get swept away. And the police that were there just let us do it. No other way to get home!.

[Trav Le Bleu]

Slash Lane is the most appropriately named road in the county.

Edited 6 January by Trav Le Bleu

[Bellend Sebastian]

20 minutes ago, foxy boxing said:

I had to wade through the flood waters under Blaby Bridge as the bus wouldn't travel through it and I needed to get to Blaby. Totally ridiculous, afew of us got off the bus and had to do it clinging to the side and trying not to get swept away. And the police that were there just let us do it. No other way to get home!.

I'm not sure how much truth there is in this but apparently there's an air ambulance and fire engine down there because someone tried this and got into difficulty

[Zear0]

Either my head was in the sand, or this was a bit unexpected.  The threat of snow a few days ago was everywhere, but I didn't hear anyone predicting the consequences of last night's deluge.  I appreciate forecasting floods is a challenge, but give the yellow/amber warning for the 2cm of snow we got in the Leicestershire Alps last week it seems a bit of a cock up.

[foxy boxing]

5 minutes ago, Bellend Sebastian said:

I'm not sure how much truth there is in this but apparently there's an air ambulance and fire engine down there because someone tried this and got into difficulty

Totally true, was clinging to the fence on the side and the water was around my waist the moved to the centre of the road where the water was less. If it was that dangerous the police should not of let us through but I had no other way to get home!.

[VLC86]

15 minutes ago, foxy boxing said:

Totally true, was clinging to the fence on the side and the water was around my waist the moved to the centre of the road where the water was less. If it was that dangerous the police should not of let us through but I had no other way to get home!.

Think he probably meant the air ambulance part….

[Wymsey]

It shows how ill-prepared the local authorities are with such 'extreme' weather events.

[leicsmac]

Just now, Wymsey said:

It shows how ill-prepared the local authorities are with such 'extreme' weather events.

It shows how ill prepared everyone is, despite the scientific community predicting it pretty much to the crossed T for the last few decades.

[kenny]

52 minutes ago, foxy boxing said:

I had to wade through the flood waters under Blaby Bridge as the bus wouldn't travel through it and I needed to get to Blaby. Totally ridiculous, afew of us got off the bus and had to do it clinging to the side and trying not to get swept away. And the police that were there just let us do it. No other way to get home!.

 

Is this you?

[UniFox21]

4 minutes ago, leicsmac said:

It shows how ill prepared everyone is, despite the scientific community predicting it pretty much to the crossed T for the last few decades.

It's incredible how unprepared as a nation we are. 

On one hand you have the gov promising new houses left, right and centre. Yet we're constantly building on flood planes or easily flooding areas without providing the necessary infrastructure. The infrastructure we have then doesn't match up to the demand and takes time to improve. 

 

Then our emergency services are stretched as it is, then required to help out even more between emergency's and people being idiots.

 

 

[leicsmac]

10 minutes ago, UniFox21 said:

It's incredible how unprepared as a nation we are. 

On one hand you have the gov promising new houses left, right and centre. Yet we're constantly building on flood planes or easily flooding areas without providing the necessary infrastructure. The infrastructure we have then doesn't match up to the demand and takes time to improve. 

 

Then our emergency services are stretched as it is, then required to help out even more between emergency's and people being idiots.

 

 

And therein lies the issue of short-sighted, adversarial thinking on the part of governmental parties.

 

No long term infrastructure projects that go well, no preparation for the challenges that the Earth can and will throw at us.

 

That being said, in a democracy I would say mostly the populace gets the government it deserves.

[Wymsey]

 

 

In Leicestershire somewhere..

 

[Bellend Sebastian]

55 minutes ago, foxy boxing said:

Totally true, was clinging to the fence on the side and the water was around my waist the moved to the centre of the road where the water was less. If it was that dangerous the police should not of let us through but I had no other way to get home!.

 

40 minutes ago, VLC86 said:

Think he probably meant the air ambulance part….

😂 Yes indeed. 

 

Foxy Boxing's experience may not be an everyday one but I found it entirely believable. I've not reached the level of cynicism where I'm questioning EVERYTHING yet

[Vlad the Fox]

Syston been hit bad, East Goscote flooded for the first time, Rearsby looks worse than it’s ever been, Thrussington hit really bad. Thankfully gone or going now in most places but wow, never seen anything like it round here. 

[Free Falling Foxes]

2 hours ago, adam1 said:

Too many houses being built next to flood risk areas thus allowing more water run off to cause problems. Beggars Lane a good example.

Indeed. A new estate was built opposite my Dad's some years ago. In the 40 odd years he had lived there, no problems. After the new houses went up, heavy rain caused his back garden to flood.

 

[Grebfromgrebland]

This is squarely on the water companies and town planners allowing poor drainage systems to fester

[leicsmac]

7 hours ago, Footballwipe said:

Nasty combo of record rainfalls over recent months, snow and then the massive rain last night (certainly in my area anyway).

 

I know it's easy to blame the drains and new homes, but when the ground is completely sodden the water has nowhere to go. The sheer breadth of the issue highlights that it's not just going to just be the drains (though I'm not sitting here saying that drains aren't to blame today, just that it's definitely not the sole cause of what we're seeing today.)

 

Besides, as has been said in the past, even if every drain was clear and clean, the sheer quantity of water in some areas mean they wouldn't be able to cope anyway.

 

Unfortunately Facebook groups will continue to blame everything but climate change, which is a huge driver of this.

Bringing this back to the fore.