Heavy rain in June is nothing new, I well remember many birthday parties half a century ago having to held in the garage and later was always thankful that exams were usually in the middle of the month, even if it snuffed any birthday celebrations, as the heat of the earlier part of the month had faded. The last exam I sat was memorable for the freezing conditions of the unheated conditions of the sports hall.
Is the summer really good this year?
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oldwheels
Legendary Member
- Location
- Isle of Mull
When I worked on a farm I remember thinning turnips manually in June when it was so cold that the usual casual workers we used would not come out due to the cold. I was wearing an old army greatcoat and gloves and even tho' doing manual work was still freezing. This was probably in 1955.
matticus
Guru
We're in the same situation - furloughed neighbours, keeping us awake when we need to leave for work at 7am!
It's hardly the end of the world, but it IS annoying when it's too hot to sleep with the windows closed ...
Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
They don't dread it enough to stop them buying houses there though. Even when the village has a name like Fishlake and has a history of flooding dating back to the Vikings, people still choose to go an live there.
raleighnut
Legendary Member
- Location
- One of the 'Elite'
Aye 'Riverside View' always makes me laugh.
Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
In the case of Fishlake, not only was it's name a giveaway, and the history a giveaway, but the fact that the only 2 buildings of any real age - the pub and the church - are built on sizeable mounds should have really woken people up to the fact that it can get a wee bit damp now and again. But still they come, and still the complain.
If it has a name like Fishlake, Riverside View, Tsunami Terrace or It Bloody Well floods Regularly Here, then don't move there if you dislike water in your house.
If it has a name like Fishlake, Riverside View, Tsunami Terrace or It Bloody Well floods Regularly Here, then don't move there if you dislike water in your house.
BoldonLad
Not part of the Elite
- Location
- South Tyneside
Looks as if we are going to have a repeat, here in North East.
I have been looking a old photographs, for another forum.
I am typing this 12th June 2020, photographs from same date last year suggest weather was almost identical, ie cool, wet and windy
raleighnut
Legendary Member
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- One of the 'Elite'
Then they moan they can't get insurance.
- Location
- Somewhere wet & hilly in NW England.
Then they moan they can't get insurance.
Yes indeed! That and if anything does go wrong they want a Gov' bailout (pun intended!).
And if they can get insurance it pushes up prices in surrounding areas that are not affected. After the big floods in The Lakes a few years back our house insurance premium went through the roof - we successfully argued that we were 400' up a rocky hillside and no way were we ever going to be flooded.
Notafettler
Guest
Because the houses are cheaper. And then they complain about being flooded. Want there cake and eat it. The latter is reasonable the former isn't.
Notafettler
Guest
Pub and one house got flooded about 2 miles away. Flooded twice. One insurance company tried it on with me, told them to get stuffed. Flood caused by environmental agency not allowing the farmer to clean his dyke because there was signs of a rare(ish) green eyed left footed newt in the dyke. Also the council failed to clean out the constantly blocked drains caused by the overflowing dyke. Cant see how they link those floods with me 2 miles away.
Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
Don't start me on bloody insurers. a few years ago I was getting a quote for house insurance when the geezer on the blower got all excited when he noticed on his mapping thing that I was only half a mile from a river. He was muttering about how that is a risk and it's going to cost, increased premiums, could happen any moment, yadda yadda...
Until I pointed out that Chez Drago was 60 metres higher in elevation than said river, just off the crest of a ridge, and there was zero prospect of it ever getting my carpets wet unless someone stole my roof or sea level rose by 120 metres. He clearly didn't like that, but still went on to give a decent quote.
Until I pointed out that Chez Drago was 60 metres higher in elevation than said river, just off the crest of a ridge, and there was zero prospect of it ever getting my carpets wet unless someone stole my roof or sea level rose by 120 metres. He clearly didn't like that, but still went on to give a decent quote.
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
You could potentially get hit by flash-flooding from the hills above? The people in these houses in nearby Walsden probably thought they were safe from the river level rising in the valley, not realising what could come down the hill at them!
I should be safely above any potential flood water levels in the bottom of the valley but the environment agency says that the local streets are at risk from flash-flooding.
- Location
- Somewhere wet & hilly in NW England.
You could potentially get hit by flash-flooding from the hills above? The people in these houses in nearby Walsden probably thought they were safe from the river level rising in the valley, not realising what could come down the hill at them!
I should be safely above any potential flood water levels in the bottom of the valley but the environment agency says that the local streets are at risk from flash-flooding.
We're near the top of the hill plus rain gets channelled down a beck well off to one side of the house.
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