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UK Floods and those affected.
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Cliffwinds
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If you have seen the news footage about the rain causing floods.
It is happening up and down the country. Are any of you guys &
girls affected buy this?
Please post and share photos if you can. I'm not gloating on this,
but by posting you will let all of us know whats happening that
is not in the news but will have a knock on effect to the rest of
us.
Thanks
It is happening up and down the country. Are any of you guys &
girls affected buy this?
Please post and share photos if you can. I'm not gloating on this,
but by posting you will let all of us know whats happening that
is not in the news but will have a knock on effect to the rest of
us.
Thanks
Cliffwinds
Lurker
If the government had gotten it's act together decades ago when they seen the s**t hit
the fan during the 76 drought they would have done the national grid of reservoirs.
In doing the grid they could have diverted water from rivers that were at risk of causing
serious flooding and filled the bloody reservoirs or divert it where it could do no harm!
As I sat in my fathers Landrover discovery suffering with a migraine caused by the
atmospheric pressures, I was thinking this. When it did start to rain and thunder and
lightening, as I watched the car park flood as the drains could not cope with the rain
bouncing to waste hight, my migraine had gone but the lightening was hitting the hospital
it's self!
All those lightening strikes affected the power supply and telephone lines in Hartlepool,
Stockton-on-Tees, Billingham, and my village too.
I came home to find there must have been a surge, and although protected one way the
house had not been protected another! The modem and the wifi switches on the property
had acted as alternative surge protectors protecting the pc's and laptops.
I have a spare modem and had to use connectors and bypass the wifi switches, in order
to get back online.
More expense but could have been a lot worse! :roll:
the fan during the 76 drought they would have done the national grid of reservoirs.
In doing the grid they could have diverted water from rivers that were at risk of causing
serious flooding and filled the bloody reservoirs or divert it where it could do no harm!
As I sat in my fathers Landrover discovery suffering with a migraine caused by the
atmospheric pressures, I was thinking this. When it did start to rain and thunder and
lightening, as I watched the car park flood as the drains could not cope with the rain
bouncing to waste hight, my migraine had gone but the lightening was hitting the hospital
it's self!
All those lightening strikes affected the power supply and telephone lines in Hartlepool,
Stockton-on-Tees, Billingham, and my village too.
I came home to find there must have been a surge, and although protected one way the
house had not been protected another! The modem and the wifi switches on the property
had acted as alternative surge protectors protecting the pc's and laptops.
I have a spare modem and had to use connectors and bypass the wifi switches, in order
to get back online.
More expense but could have been a lot worse! :roll:
Bummer! So sorry. Floods are so devastating. Though the US has attempted to control flood waters it's a near impossible task when mother nature rears her ugly head.
We've had lots of rain and big thunderstorms all week, but it's good for the grass, plants and trees, and very refreshing I find, especially in a place that doesn't get much rain at all.