OT: Flooding
Jun 15, 2007, 4:07 pm
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OT: Flooding
Anyone else been badly hit by todays weather? I woke up this morning to find water slowly seeping into my bedroom. By the time I got everything up to a higher level of the house my entire floor was covered in water. 
Thankfully I'm down at my parents this weekend, probably now for a very long weekend!
Lots of the trains seem messed up (took me almost three hours to get from my area of Leeds to Manchester Airport) but the weather hasn't had any noticeable impact on any of the flights today I don't think?
Luckily I had a stunningly attractive assortment of crew on my Gatwick Shuttle this evening, so I'm in a much better mood now
Thankfully I'm down at my parents this weekend, probably now for a very long weekend!
Lots of the trains seem messed up (took me almost three hours to get from my area of Leeds to Manchester Airport) but the weather hasn't had any noticeable impact on any of the flights today I don't think?
Luckily I had a stunningly attractive assortment of crew on my Gatwick Shuttle this evening, so I'm in a much better mood now
. But no flooding as yet ^.
Jun 25, 2007, 9:52 am
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Seems to be a lot worse here today than it was the other week. Basement flooded again, and for some bizzarre reason the boiler has packed up too, so no hot water just to top things off! 
The weather itself rather than the flooding seems to be messing operations up again though. Leeds/Bradford is having all sorts of trouble this afternoon.
At least BA can blame all their operational deficiencies on the rain today!
The weather itself rather than the flooding seems to be messing operations up again though. Leeds/Bradford is having all sorts of trouble this afternoon.
At least BA can blame all their operational deficiencies on the rain today!
Jun 25, 2007, 11:35 am
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Parts of the A701 were flooded this morning, and to top it off it was closed at Tweedsmuir 15 miles north of Moffat for resurfacing, had to take a not so nice 35miles detour on single track road to get to the A708 wasted 1h30m 
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Jun 25, 2007, 12:11 pm
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Originally Posted by HIDDY
Still dry up here in Scotland.
Jun 25, 2007, 1:02 pm
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Big storm here at MCO for the past 90 minutes. Storms are far better in the US 
Airport was closed for about an hour.
Hopefully should have gone by the time my flight to LGW is due (17:20).
Cheers,
Rick
Airport was closed for about an hour.Hopefully should have gone by the time my flight to LGW is due (17:20).
Cheers,
Rick
Jun 25, 2007, 1:50 pm
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We did have lots of rain in Falkirk at the weekend and GLasgow-Edinburgh rail line has been affected by flooding and landsides.
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Jun 25, 2007, 2:10 pm
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We'd love to see some rain in Northern California. There's a forest fire up at Lake Tahoe that has already burned down 200+ homes, and additional fire engines are being rushed up there from the Bay Area to protect structures.
State Of Emergency Declared In Tahoe Fire Area
State Of Emergency Declared In Tahoe Fire Area
Jun 25, 2007, 2:17 pm
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You can also pick out my Granny's house on Craigielea Crescent on approach to GLA if sat in F.
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Jun 25, 2007, 2:23 pm
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Actually, it's part of a tropical wave that's hovering in the area over the next couple of days, though South Florida is due to be hit harder than Central FLA.