Well, Storm Babet hit us much harder than it initially seemed it would. There was a day of strongish wind and a bit of rain, then a calm Thursday, but Friday it suddenly started raining and blowing a hoolie unexpectedly.
Apparently, some sort of atmospheric block up north skewed the storm back down the east coast, and a month of rain fell in twenty four hours, blocking roads, cutting off villages and creating a lot of misery in places like Lowdham and Retford, that visits from a government minister - Teresa Coffey - did very little to alleviate, to say the least.
Here, the Trent and Devon burst their banks, and also the vast housing developments on the edge of town caused hitherto non flood plain areas finding themselves underwater as the water ran off the estates.
The cricket club is underwater, of course, as is the rugby club. Devon Pastures in the park was turned into a lake. A charity duck race has been cancelled, as it was feared the ducks would end up in the North Sea rather than the lock as they were supposed to.
All that rain gave me a cold too.
Si
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Nothing like that down here, though plenty of rain of course.
ReplyDeleteGosh that's a lot of water, these floods are very worrying.
ReplyDeleteI can't imagine Teresa Coffey ever alleviating anyone's misery!
Too much water for a duck race…..
ReplyDeleteWasn’t actually too bad up here in East Cheshire although the garage has sprung a couple of leaks after the hard and constant rain for 24 hours