rain again

[SueSteve]

How 's the rain with you?
Here it has been raining all day. Lots of places are flooded and people being moved out of homes.
We are fine, they garden turned into a lake earlier but it is now going down a bit, but the rain doesn't look like stopping for another 6 hours!
Others aren't so lucky, the motorways are at a standstill, over 1000 people are stranded at the Railway Station. Lots of roads out of the City are closed/ at a standstill!
I think we have it worse now than a few weeks ago, particularly as it rained during the day not the night.

[SueSteve]

[markfield rover]

We have had an inch already in Hereford and it's not stopping.

[Mrs Ava]

Around lunchtime it came down fast and furious, but by mid afternoon the sky was blue and full of fluffy clouds.  Thankfully no flooding or damage here in my part of Chelmsford.

[Si D]

Had a joyous session of unblocking drains  >:(

Got back in and dry and then realised I'd left a hole load of newly planted seed trays out yesterday evening so had to go get re-soaked to rescue them  >:( >:(

But counting self lucky after watching the local news and the state of Shrops/Hereford/Worcs/Gloucs.

Also glad I wasn't in uni today as New St. station has been closed so would have been a long walk home.

[cambourne7]

My mums been stuck at a train station for the last 2 hours ( her boss would not let people leave early due to weather ) we have managed to get her home via a walk to another station a different route to another station and then a bus. She only nearly died once when an idiot with a rucksack knocked her and she nearly slipped into the oncomming train! lucky someone grabbed her.

I have heard she is now on the bus and should be home in another 30min phew!

[sarah]

hope she gets home ok cam; i had a call from hubby abour half hour ago and he's still in london even though he finished early.  he's been waithing over three hours for a train and even when one leaves its going to be packed crazy and who knows if it'll get as far as southampton for any connections.  dont think i'm going to see him this side of midnight. poor chap started out at five twenty this morning too.  ???

[SueSteve]

I went out to take the children to scouts, some roads on the way were waist deep in water where the brook had risen and broke its banks. Another brook which is normally a foot wide is now about 50/100metres, a roaring river!
I had to go to the petrol station, there are people in there sheltering now, they cant get home!
I left them at scouts for 40 mins, turned around and went back to get them.
Now home safe, but I am thinking about those who are not able to stay in there homes tonight.

[angle shades]

it's awful here,dark, strong winds, torrential rain,garden flooded yet again,Lincoln high st flooded yet again ::) ::) will someone get the drains fixed >:(

All I want to do, is sit outside on a warm summers evening, glass of wine in hand,

the last time I did that was in April :o/ shades x

[flossie]

Realy miserable here... the  first evening of the summer holiday and we have been sitting inside with the lights on, heating on to dry us out, hot food and woollens.  Even the poor cat is p**d off.

[glosterwomble]

I'm stranded as we speak, I work 15 miles away from my home in Gloucester and unfortunatley when I tried to leave early to go home the roads were already blocked. I'm lucky in that my business has a couple of rooms upstairs with a sofa in and this pc, so I'm sat eating fish and chips and drinking a nice bottle of red before I kip down here on the sofa for the night!!

'aint it a grand summer!!   ;D

[flossie]

Enjoy your  wine.  I hope that you can sleep and that things are better in the morning

[glosterwomble]

Thankyou Flossie, I'm fine it's a comfortable room and I'll sleep well, I'm a deep sleeper!! The wine is just hitting the right spot as we speak!!  ;) My thoughts go out to those that are stranded on roads in their cars, the local motorway near me (m50) is closed with people on it who have been stranded there for 5 hours!!!  :o I'd have given up the will to live by now!

[SueSteve]

Hi Glosterwomble, I am glad that you have somewhere safe to stay!
I have just heard that they have shut the M5 through Glos. People have been stuck for 5 hours!
I hope its bright in the morning and you get home safely.

[cambourne7]

I have spoken to mum and shes fine, dads currently standed as there is someone treatening to jump off a roof so he cant get past. But hes heading home via tesco to do the weekends shopping. I have warned him to be aware that people dressed up as wizards are not a figment of his imagination!

sounds like a plan glosterwomble :-)

i had to sleep in the office about 3 years ago due to snow and the novilty wears off after an hour or 2.

Although i usualy carry a 'Ready' bag in the back of the car when i am at work. It has all the stuff i might need for getting stranded away from home. I fit it into a small holdall and its good to know its in the back of the car!

[glosterwomble]

Hi Glosterwomble, I am glad that you have somewhere safe to stay!
I have just heard that they have shut the M5 through Glos. People have been stuck for 5 hours!
I hope its bright in the morning and you get home safely.

Thanks Sue, It really is crazy, I'm in Ledbury and I've owned my business here for 16 years and NEVER experienced this sort of weather!!
The main high street outside my shop has been a river since 3pm today, unbelievable.

[cambourne7]

what do you sell have you had any flooding in the shop?

[SueSteve]

I have spoken to mum and shes fine, dads currently standed as there is someone treatening to jump off a roof so he cant get past. But hes heading home via tesco to do the weekends shopping. I have warned him to be aware that people dressed up as wizards are not a figment of his imagination!

Hope they are sorted soon cam.
Just heard from dh, hes 5 mins away! He has just cycled through town, I told him that they shut the M5, he said it looks like they have closed all of the city centre.

[glosterwomble]

what do you sell have you had any flooding in the shop?

My shop is actually a hair salon, no flooding thankfully!

[saddad]

Hope the wine does the trick Womble.. not heard from you lately.. or just not very observant...
;D

[glosterwomble]

Hope the wine does the trick Womble.. not heard from you lately.. or just not very observant...
;D

I've been a bit of a silent observer, I log in most days to keep informed, I will post more I promise!!  ;D