Dales Flooding

[fossyant]

Hope no-one here too badly affected. There is a chap on another forum that is a firefighter in the area and he has lost his home to it.

Ard Rock MTB Festival cancelled.

Hope everyone is OK

 

[Deleted member 26715]

Daughter & family is currently camping in Kielder Forrest hoping they are okay

 

[SpokeyDokey]

Bridge down here:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-49164275

 

[Drago]

Not good at all. My thoughts are with plod, trumpton and sar working to keep everyone safe.

 

[Pale Rider]

Daughter & family is currently camping in Kielder Forrest hoping they are okay

That's about 100 miles away so they ought to be.

 

[Deleted member 26715]

That's about 100 miles away so they ought to be.

That's what I'm hoping but the Met office has issued a Severe Weather Warning for North England & South West Scotland, 40-60mm in 2 hours this afternoon

 

[tom73]

It's not good reports says everyone is safe but more rain is due today it's going to take sometime to get cleaned up.
Even the fire station was not safe yesterday it too needed pumping out. Part of the settle to Carlisle railway not looking too good either.
Be some rethinking this morning for YTY with road championships weeks away. Part of the route inc that bridge are no more.

 

[Jody]

Pictures of the Ard Rock site just appeared on my feed. Lucky it wasn't a couple of days later or this could have been a different story.

 

[MichaelW2]

Our main fire station was moved from the city centre to the outskirts, just next to a river and artificial broad. I put the address into the government's flood risk finder and was informed that:

NORFOLK FIRE SERVICE
FIRE STATION
63
BRACONDALE
NORWICH
NR1 2EE

This location is in or near a flood risk area
Be prepared: things you should do

 

[Rezillo]

https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/17805789.flash-floods-hit-yorkshire-dales-rain-expected/

"A bridge over Cogden Gill on Grinton Moor, which featured in the opening stage of the 2014 Tour de France and is due to be on the route of the prestigious UCI World Championships in September, has been wrecked".

They are going to need a different route although I suspect that will not be an immediate worry for Swaledale. They must be really suffering today.

 

[Levo-Lon]

Had flooding in Peterborough, a rare event

 

[tom73]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-49164275

It's one big mess for sure this is when emergency planning earns it's money and the endless meetings i've sat in prove worth it.
If everyone pulls together it will get better remember to spare a thought for some of the responders in times like this who are volunteers.
Trying to do the best they can with what they have by no means amateurs. But trained members of the community just wanting to put something back.

 

[Drago]

Call haw gone out to Lowland Rescue for mutual aid to support Mountain Rescue.