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Just for those of you across the water...
We have SERIOUS floods. I know that I mentioned the rain before, and ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
mirien's recent write up of her own personal experience of helping out with flooded cottages and road is an even better account, but just for those of you interested...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6907316.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6909198.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/gloucestershire/6909575.stm
We have a number of towns and villages cut off, one of which has the water purification plant under water. A friend we know was unable to leave where they worked in Tewkesbury and drove around looking for a work colleague's house, not knowing the number, just the street and the car she drove. On arrival he found FOUR other colleagues also camping out having done the same thing!
The amount of damage and personal loss of property and crops is really quite catastrophic, and the still pictures and news items really do not get it across as effectively as seeing the Sky News helicopter video shots of acres and acres and ACRES of flooded property and fields, homes, shops, business and petrol stations feet deep in water.
mirien's recent write up of her own personal experience of helping out with flooded cottages and road is an even better account, but just for those of you interested...http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6907316.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6909198.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/gloucestershire/6909575.stm
We have a number of towns and villages cut off, one of which has the water purification plant under water. A friend we know was unable to leave where they worked in Tewkesbury and drove around looking for a work colleague's house, not knowing the number, just the street and the car she drove. On arrival he found FOUR other colleagues also camping out having done the same thing!
The amount of damage and personal loss of property and crops is really quite catastrophic, and the still pictures and news items really do not get it across as effectively as seeing the Sky News helicopter video shots of acres and acres and ACRES of flooded property and fields, homes, shops, business and petrol stations feet deep in water.
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This is going to send a number of insurance companies bankrupt, if it hasn't already. Not to mention all the people who will be pretty much homeless even after the floodwater has gone down.
I'm really glad you and
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And yes, the insurance companies are going to be hit hard. While some people pay higher insurance if they live near rivers-likely-to-flood etc, like the Severn in particular, these floods over miles of square miles have affected people who have never, ever been flooded before. It's dire really.
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What are they saying about the weather? Is there any break in sight?...and historically how does this rank, are these villages on floodplains or is this something that hasn't happened in centuries?
:(
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I think what IS extreme is that the current floods are in places that normally wouldn't have been affected, beyond the flood plains. Certainly I've never seen such extensive flooding and this is on top of the North East of England which got hit badly a couple of weeks ago, and some people there are STILL unable to get back to their homes.
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And, I was looking at your profile to see if I could find your e-mail addy, but sadly no... because I wanted to send you an immediate thank you for the lovely gift of 6 months of paid lj account time! Sweet, that is SOOOO lovely of you! Thank you very much! *hugs and smooches Sil*
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Awww, it's a pleasure, I hope you have a nice birthday! And actually sildil@livejournal.com always gets to me, but I can send you my other addy on IM if you want it :)
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