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Comment from: sarah_james [Member] 
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I hope they are ok. We live between junction 5 and 6 on the M5 and it's pretty bad here!
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21/07/07 @ 15:22
Comment from: Mater [Visitor] · http://www.freewebs.com/annareiers
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They are finally back with my daughter. Her partner got to where they had finally found a B&B (where they were looked after by a nice old lady) and drove ahead of them all the way back. Some hairy moments due to the water, but they made it, thank goodness.
I hope that conditions ease for you soon, where you are.
I hope that conditions ease for you soon, where you are.
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21/07/07 @ 16:23
Comment from: sarah_james [Member] · http://www.milltech-systems.co.uk
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Yeah, I think it's calming now, though my husband says there's more forecast for Monday!
Glad they got home fine, I bet they'll be taking it easy the rest of the weekend!
Glad they got home fine, I bet they'll be taking it easy the rest of the weekend!
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21/07/07 @ 19:33
Comment from: marilyn [Member] · http://www.writelink.co.uk/blogs/marilyn
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Hello Mater, this all sounds horrendous to me because as a mother I immediately thought of my two daughters and grandson being in the same situation and can therefore empathise with how you must have/are feeling.
What run through my mind is that my grandson is insulin dependent and supposing, which is unlikely (oh it doesn't bare thinking about)that emergency services couldn't get to him! That's just one worry but what of those people who have more to worry about?
What run through my mind is that my grandson is insulin dependent and supposing, which is unlikely (oh it doesn't bare thinking about)that emergency services couldn't get to him! That's just one worry but what of those people who have more to worry about?
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21/07/07 @ 23:03
Comment from: mater [Member] · http://www.freewebs.com/theapprenticewriter/
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Hello Marilyn,
I dread to think about what some of those poor souls caught up in the floods have to contend with. It must be heart breaking, and even worse when ill health is involved. We can't help to think how it would affect our own, can we? But that is how we are able to emphatise, I suppose. I admit to having wept at some of the scenes on TV, and giving thanks that my own are all safe.
I dread to think about what some of those poor souls caught up in the floods have to contend with. It must be heart breaking, and even worse when ill health is involved. We can't help to think how it would affect our own, can we? But that is how we are able to emphatise, I suppose. I admit to having wept at some of the scenes on TV, and giving thanks that my own are all safe.
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22/07/07 @ 11:38
Comment from: dids blog [Member]
I've experienced being in a flash flood caused by two storms from opposite directions meeting overhead, and it was pretty scary.
We were lucky though. In our little cluster of homes, mine was the only one, due to my raising the level of our front garden that didn't suffer water indoors although it was lapping at the doorstep.
In five homes on a slight dip across from us, they had five foot of water sweep through the house and into their back gardens.
I ended up dishing out dry towels,and endless cups of tea and sympathy to all my stranded neighbours, their children and pets. We'd only just moved in, so it was a great ice breaker.
The flood was so rapid they didn't have time to bring any possessions with them; except that is for my next door neighbour who came in clutching a bottle of gin...A woman after my own heart!
We were lucky though. In our little cluster of homes, mine was the only one, due to my raising the level of our front garden that didn't suffer water indoors although it was lapping at the doorstep.
In five homes on a slight dip across from us, they had five foot of water sweep through the house and into their back gardens.
I ended up dishing out dry towels,and endless cups of tea and sympathy to all my stranded neighbours, their children and pets. We'd only just moved in, so it was a great ice breaker.
The flood was so rapid they didn't have time to bring any possessions with them; except that is for my next door neighbour who came in clutching a bottle of gin...A woman after my own heart!
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22/07/07 @ 14:29
Comment from: mater [Member] · http://www.freewebs.com/theapprenticewriter/
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That was either a very wise move - or a very lucky one! Either way, what a blessing! For you and your neighbours.
We got caught in flashflooding a month or so ago, on our way back from Shrewsbury to South Wales, coupled with scary lightning. A two hour journey became three and a half as we had to get through flooded roads and landslides, but that was nothing to what people have had to endure this time around.
I'm glad my daughter's partner got his mum and his daughter out from Tewkesbury yesterday. Today that would have been impossible, as the situation is even worse.
Building on flood plains? They can't possibly go ahead with such foolhardy ideas, can they? It's time to start from scratch and take global warming, rising river and sea levels etc. into consideration when planning new-builds - something they should have done long ago.
We got caught in flashflooding a month or so ago, on our way back from Shrewsbury to South Wales, coupled with scary lightning. A two hour journey became three and a half as we had to get through flooded roads and landslides, but that was nothing to what people have had to endure this time around.
I'm glad my daughter's partner got his mum and his daughter out from Tewkesbury yesterday. Today that would have been impossible, as the situation is even worse.
Building on flood plains? They can't possibly go ahead with such foolhardy ideas, can they? It's time to start from scratch and take global warming, rising river and sea levels etc. into consideration when planning new-builds - something they should have done long ago.
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22/07/07 @ 20:28