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A months Rain!!


Beavis

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We had heavy rain for several days. I got caught out with the Dogs in a thunderstorm and proper papped myself - the lightning was directly overhead and I was desperately trying to remember all the things they tell you to do in those circumstances but opted for pegging it instead which is no mean feat with my waistline :D

 

I live right next to a lake, it's about 50 feet from my front door but yesterday it was only about 25 feet ! We had visions of moving everything upstairs in a big hurry but thankfully there must be some sort of overflow because the level didn't get any higher.

 

We got off lightly with the look of those photographs Chesterfield posted.

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Sorry to keep postin on this, as hopefully we have dried up in chesterfield now - but a friend has just sent these over - these four show jut how much the river levels changed here:

 

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Then there are a couple more of the retail park and peering through the shop doors:

 

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On the downside - its started raining here again. Hopefully just showers, but we are set to get some more prolonged wet periods at the weekend - hopefully it will miss Sheffield, the water here has subsided, in Sheffield it is still standing, so the last thing they need there is more rain.

 

I have several shots of the inside of Meadowhall, water reaching a couple of feet or more across the ground level, looking at the pictures, I wouldnt imagine it will be open and back to normal for some considerable time.

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Jeezus, the first four pictures, how long did it take to fill up that high from first to last? :scare:

 

About 3 to 4 hours apparently. :scare:

 

I drove litterally about 100 yards from whre those were taken on my way home, either the fire brigade or some helpful souls had removed a bollard preventing access to a dissused factory in the process of being demolished, and removed a section of fence at the other side of the site.

 

In order for cars (and a bus at the time I went through) to drive through this part demolished factory, out the other side and avoid this flooded river (the river Hipper).

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