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19 minutes ago, islandgun said:

Wondered how you ole Norfolk/ Southern boys are getting on, given the big tides wind and rain. just read the news and they are talking about yellow rain, which sounds a bit ominous

Yellow rain, what's that ?

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3 hours ago, islandgun said:

Wondered how you ole Norfolk/ Southern boys are getting on, given the big tides wind and rain. just read the news and they are talking about yellow rain, which sounds a bit ominous

No problem whatsoever , a case of prevention is better than cure , the flood barriers were going to be put up around Wells but with the wind dropping I don,t think it will come to nothing , although they were talking about an evacuation notice for the caravan camps around Kings Lynn and along the West Norfolk coast. more about the high tides than the heavy rain being forecast .  

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1 hour ago, marsh man said:

No problem whatsoever , a case of prevention is better than cure , the flood barriers were going to be put up around Wells but with the wind dropping I don,t think it will come to nothing , although they were talking about an evacuation notice for the caravan camps around Kings Lynn and along the West Norfolk coast. more about the high tides than the heavy rain being forecast .  

In 1953 over 300 people drowned in one night (100 in Norfolk)  as a massive tidal surge hit the East Coast. They are right to take the risk very seriously.

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1 minute ago, Vince Green said:

In 1953 over 300 people drowned in one night (100 in Norfolk)  as a massive tidal surge hit the East Coast. They are right to take the risk very seriously.

I quite agree , we were in the 53 floods and had five foot of muddy water in our house when the banks of the estuary burst , but we have had bigger tides since 53 with no problems thanks to the updated flood defences , now we get Yellow weather warnings every time they forecast heavy rain and strong winds .

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The flood risk along the Nth / Norfolk passed this morning with a lower tide than predicted due to a shift in the wind direction , so at the moment all is safe , one thing on the local news tonight was a huge amount of sand that have only been pumped on the beach costing millions have been washed away overnight due to the winds and tide , it makes you wonder if it was worth doing in the first place , if the sea is angry , it will win every time. 

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13 hours ago, marsh man said:

The flood risk along the Nth / Norfolk passed this morning with a lower tide than predicted due to a shift in the wind direction , so at the moment all is safe , one thing on the local news tonight was a huge amount of sand that have only been pumped on the beach costing millions have been washed away overnight due to the winds and tide , it makes you wonder if it was worth doing in the first place , if the sea is angry , it will win every time. 

We had thunder and lightning for a bit while it was still light, then steady rain till about 7.00 at which point the storm passed and the power went out 😂

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4 hours ago, ShootingEgg said:

Parts of Bristol flooded Monday evening, but nothing major.. 

Still think we don't take care of the rivers like we used to, at low tide Bristol River bed is a v shape, loads of silt that could be removed to allow for the water that escaped Monday evening 

This is how stupid things are these days, our little river the Lostock feeds the Douglas which feeds the Ribble, it was the Douglas which flooded Croston and as a knock on some houses on our street.

The Environmental folk said it's good if you get flooded because then money is made available??

little prevention these days.

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