Flooding

[Zear0]

3 minutes ago, Stadt said:

The mobile alert for the Barrow flooding was awful.

What do you mean?  Grim reading or just badly written?

[Blue-fox]

2 minutes ago, Barrowblue said:

We've just had the mobile emergency alert saying the emergency services are evacuation the caravan park & the where the refuge center is. 

Yes I’ve just absolutely shit myself at the noise 

[Wrighty22]

Just now, Zear0 said:

What do you mean?  Grim reading or just badly written?

I had it and probably meant the sound it made. 

[Stadt]

3 minutes ago, Zear0 said:

What do you mean?  Grim reading or just badly written?

No, it made a loud and unexpected alarm sound on our mobiles. I guess they overcompensate with the area but we’re the Rothley side of Mountsorrel so not particularly close.

[joachim1965]

1 hour ago, Barrowblue said:

Seagrave is the way out

The only way out.

[Daggers]

7 hours ago, Trav Le Bleu said:

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

Another day in Paradise City

[kenny]

5 hours ago, leicsmac said:

Pretty much, yes. Poor infrastructure planning for new builds, lack of long term thought, and not accounting for changes in weather habits that have been patently obvious to predict for a long time.

The rain intensity models were last updated in 2022 though not all local authorities insist that the new model is used.

 

That being said, all new developments including brown field developments have a maximum water run off equivalent to green field run off rates including an additional 40% for climate change.

 

The policies on storm water for individual sites is strictly controlled as the water authorities as private companies wish to minimise what goes into their drains. There is an issue with maintenance of the drains and also the overland water courses which don't seem particularly well cleared. I also think the rainfall intensity we are now exceeds the models and also the frequency between extreme events has reduced.

 

 

[SkidsFox]

There's a video of someone water-skiing behind a van. It really needed a mock shark in the water.

[Voll Blau]

What's the state around Barrow now? Google Maps telling me the road is passable around the Soar Bridge which I cant believe for a second.

[NAKC20]

Apparantly my wife got the warning on her phone whilst driving in to Loughborough this morning and about crashed the car when it sounded

[davieG]

Full list of service changes:
Arriva Midlands has announced the following diversions:

49 (Fleckney) – Services terminating at Wigston Harcourt and will not serve Kilby, Fleckney, or Wistow
84 (Lutterworth) – Flooding in Cosby means Shuttleworth Lane and Condor Close stops will not be served
85 (Countesthorpe) – Services will terminate at Countesthorpe Square, with no stops at South Wigston
X3/X31 (Market Harborough) – Buses are bypassing Great Glen via the A6, heading directly towards Kibworth and Market Harborough
31/31A (Oadby) – Not serving Rosemead Drive, Wigston Road, or Brabazon Road
5A (Melton) – Asfordby will not be served

 

Centrebus routes affected:

LC1 – Currently not operating due to a road traffic collision (RTC)
A1 – Closed between Newark and Grantham
A607 – Closed between Grantham and Melton
A6006 – Closed near Asfordby
MC1 and MC2 – Delays reported
55, 26, and 24 services – Currently suspended

 

Kinchbus services affected:

Kinchbus 2 - Unable to serve Sileby. Cannot serve Babington Road, Grove Lane/Melton Road, and Sileby Road in Barrow, and Hayhill Industrial Estate
Kinchbus 5 - Unable to serve Derby Road and Alan Moss Road
Kinchbus 9 - Service suspended due to flooding on A60 at Bunny
Kinchbus 11 & 12 - Unable to serve Forest Road and Valley Road
Sprint & Campus Shuttle - Unable to serve University Campus from Holywell Park
D Laylor Derby - Unable to serve Derby Road (Loughborough) and Hathern
Nottbus on Demand (West Rushcliffe Zone) - Currently unable to operate

[Bert]

3 hours ago, Voll Blau said:

What's the state around Barrow now? Google Maps telling me the road is passable around the Soar Bridge which I cant believe for a second.

It didn’t seem too bad this morning. But I guess most people were just avoiding it. My mate who lives near the garage, works in quorn had to go via Seagrave, a46, a6 just to get to work. 
 

Got the flood warning come through at 6:50 and I thought there was gonna be some sort of air strike  

[Bert]

12 hours ago, JonnyBoy said:

Ok nice one. My neighbour is helping out down at proctors and said they are evacuating people, seems quite bad! 
 

red alert danger to life on .gov website

Had the fire brigade there at the bridge didn’t they. Only needs a shower for it to be a bit of a concern that way and if it spits slash lane floods. 

[Daggers]

Remember, climate change is "normal" and "has always happened". Humans just need to "adapt" to the flooding by developing gills and laying their eggs in moss higher up hills.

[Dr The Singh]

16 minutes ago, Daggers said:

Remember, climate change is "normal" and "has always happened". Humans just need to "adapt" to the flooding by developing gills and laying their eggs in moss higher up hills.

According to climate change experts the Midlands will turn into a coastal haven with white beaches and tropical weather.  I welcome it

[Daggers]

Just now, Dr The Singh said:

According to climate change experts the Midlands will turn into a coastal haven with white beaches and tropical weather.  I welcome it

At 129m above sea level, so do I.

[Dr The Singh]

Just now, Daggers said:

At 129m above sea level, so do I.

My dream was to open a tiki beach bar and own my own nudist female only beach

[Daggers]

3 minutes ago, Dr The Singh said:

My dream was to open a tiki beach bar and own my own nudist female only beach

Was?

 

Is it now to open a tiki beach bar and own your own nudist male only beach?

Edited 7 January by Daggers

[BKLFox]

Government planning meeting; "so we are all in agreement the prosposed 1.5m new homes will be built around & north of the Boro then.."

 

https://check-for-flooding.service.gov.uk/?v=map-live&lyr=mv,ts,tw,ta&ext=-14.741906,49.437235,3.442737,55.681006

[boots60]

24 minutes ago, Dr The Singh said:

According to climate change experts the Midlands will turn into a coastal haven with white beaches and tropical weather.  I welcome it

Peterborough on Sea for your holidays

[Dr The Singh]

20 minutes ago, Daggers said:

Was?

 

Is it now to open a tiki beach bar and own your own nudist male only beach?

Yes Daggers, males living in Kettering only 

[Voll Blau]

3 hours ago, Bert said:

It didn’t seem too bad this morning. But I guess most people were just avoiding it. My mate who lives near the garage, works in quorn had to go via Seagrave, a46, a6 just to get to work. 
 

Got the flood warning come through at 6:50 and I thought there was gonna be some sort of air strike  

Yeah, think I'll be back in tomorrow barring any further rain but I'll be on alert for that sound coming through! Happened to my boss this morning.

[Daggers]

4 hours ago, Dr The Singh said:

Yes Daggers, males living in Kettering only 

Phew.

 

It's too nippy for us village dwellers.

[dsr-burnley]

On 07/01/2025 at 00:05, kenny said:

The rain intensity models were last updated in 2022 though not all local authorities insist that the new model is used.

 

That being said, all new developments including brown field developments have a maximum water run off equivalent to green field run off rates including an additional 40% for climate change.

 

The policies on storm water for individual sites is strictly controlled as the water authorities as private companies wish to minimise what goes into their drains. There is an issue with maintenance of the drains and also the overland water courses which don't seem particularly well cleared. I also think the rainfall intensity we are now exceeds the models and also the frequency between extreme events has reduced.

 

 

A lot of the problem is dredging policy.  In the seventies, policy was to dredge rivers to let the water flow quickly.  Now, policy is not to dredge rivers because it's better for wildlife.  The water can't get away as fast so it builds up and builds up until it has to go somewhere else.  Couple that with less efficient maintenance of drainage systems, and more houses on flood plains and the Victorian sewers being 50 years older, and it adds up to floods.

[leicsmac]

5 hours ago, dsr-burnley said:

A lot of the problem is dredging policy.  In the seventies, policy was to dredge rivers to let the water flow quickly.  Now, policy is not to dredge rivers because it's better for wildlife.  The water can't get away as fast so it builds up and builds up until it has to go somewhere else.  Couple that with less efficient maintenance of drainage systems, and more houses on flood plains and the Victorian sewers being 50 years older, and it adds up to floods.

... and, yet again, that we're getting more water with more intensity over less time in the first place, due to increasing global average temperatures.