ditchman Posted August 13, 2022 Report Share Posted August 13, 2022 I would not like to be living on a development that has been built on old flood meadows at this moment in time......the land has totally dried out all the moisture has evapourated off in to the sky....i can see there are going to be some humoungous down pours soon...and it will all run off and find all the low spots..... a few years ago i watched a downpour happen in Norwich...(a one in a 100 year downpour) it lasted only 15-20 mins.....i saw manhole covers blown off 2ft wide water spouts 8ft high....every road in Norwich became a river....it was breathtaking.................and i think we will see shortly something more extreme than that.....i think flash floods will be the order of the day..........if i was in a risky area i would remove all my valuables....guns/ammo/papers/special bits/persian rugs..etc onto the 2nd floor... just have a feeling of impending doom....i rekon there are billions of tons of moisture locked up in the sky and when it precipitates its really going to drop out...... am i wrong ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted August 13, 2022 Report Share Posted August 13, 2022 (edited) No, you're not wrong, it starts on Monday apparently! Edited August 13, 2022 by TIGHTCHOKE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ninjaferret Posted August 13, 2022 Report Share Posted August 13, 2022 I can't wait, but i live on a hill. It will be good to fill the duck ponds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
millrace Posted August 13, 2022 Report Share Posted August 13, 2022 Send it down.....ive salmon to catch!!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob85 Posted August 13, 2022 Report Share Posted August 13, 2022 36 minutes ago, millrace said: Send it down.....ive salmon to catch!!!!!!!!!! I've been waiting for the rains to fill my local river up to get the trout moving again. Seen a few guys at the Bush the other week there, didn't seem to be much moving Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
millrace Posted August 13, 2022 Report Share Posted August 13, 2022 Havent fished bush in prob 10yrs....its alright just dont like being told you "cant" keep a fish yet they chap them on the head....lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scully Posted August 13, 2022 Report Share Posted August 13, 2022 Can’t wait! If we’re flooded the rest of you are fish bait! 🙂👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old man Posted August 13, 2022 Report Share Posted August 13, 2022 No ditchy, wrong is not you. I'm thankful of my elevation too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShootingEgg Posted August 13, 2022 Report Share Posted August 13, 2022 4 hours ago, ninjaferret said: I can't wait, but i live on a hill. It will be good to fill the duck ponds. The ponds need it, a mate put 4 new ponds in last year, right this minute they are just 4 bowls in the ground Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mossy835 Posted August 13, 2022 Report Share Posted August 13, 2022 Quote my pond is all dryed up, bring on the rain, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dead eye alan Posted August 13, 2022 Report Share Posted August 13, 2022 Its ok ditchy yore not wrong its an Absolut cert floods will be bbc main news on Monday, have you been doing a rain dance? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted August 13, 2022 Author Report Share Posted August 13, 2022 6 minutes ago, dead eye alan said: Its ok ditchy yore not wrong its an Absolut cert floods will be bbc main news on Monday, have you been doing a rain dance? i did the rain dance 4 weeks ago...................thats what caused the drought... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mel b3 Posted August 13, 2022 Report Share Posted August 13, 2022 I seem to remember a bible story . It was something about ditchman doing a naked rain dance , and god cried for 40 days and 40 nights 🤭. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted August 13, 2022 Author Report Share Posted August 13, 2022 28 minutes ago, mel b3 said: I seem to remember a bible story . It was something about ditchman doing a naked rain dance , and god cried for 40 days and 40 nights 🤭. yeah laughing his bedowin socks off...........like a biblical dad dance it was Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adzyvilla Posted August 13, 2022 Report Share Posted August 13, 2022 Just down the road from you ditchy, I work in Wymondham. I have watched nearly 1000 houses built there in the last 7 years, many on low lying land that would be damp at best for 6 months of the year. Speaking to one of the builders one time, he said some of the phase 1 houses on this particular development had inch wide settlement cracks in them after a year. I think that developer sold those houses with a 10 year no quibble guarantee. Would not like to be a shareholder if your premonition comes true. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruno22rf Posted August 13, 2022 Report Share Posted August 13, 2022 I recall that disaster Ditchy, from memory damage came to nearly forty pounds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted August 13, 2022 Author Report Share Posted August 13, 2022 11 minutes ago, adzyvilla said: Just down the road from you ditchy, I work in Wymondham. I have watched nearly 1000 houses built there in the last 7 years, many on low lying land that would be damp at best for 6 months of the year. Speaking to one of the builders one time, he said some of the phase 1 houses on this particular development had inch wide settlement cracks in them after a year. I think that developer sold those houses with a 10 year no quibble guarantee. Would not like to be a shareholder if your premonition comes true. are those the ones next to the bypass ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smokersmith Posted August 13, 2022 Report Share Posted August 13, 2022 No need for your water wings yet I think … Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adzyvilla Posted August 13, 2022 Report Share Posted August 13, 2022 1 hour ago, ditchman said: are those the ones next to the bypass ? Yes, between the a11 and the Hethersett Road. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldypigeonpopper Posted August 14, 2022 Report Share Posted August 14, 2022 (edited) Hello, I seem to remember going back some years news reports of mud slides after heavy rain , top soil came off many fields and filled local roads, gone are the days of yearly weather patterns of spring, summer, autumn , winter , I've noticed a change in the weather and feel the rain storms will arrive soon🤔🌧️ Edited August 14, 2022 by oldypigeonpopper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted August 14, 2022 Report Share Posted August 14, 2022 All moved back from Monday to Tuesday in the majority of the country that so needs some rainfall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walker570 Posted August 14, 2022 Report Share Posted August 14, 2022 If it gets really bad I am not the least worried because if it starts lapping at my front door I expect to see a big bloke with a bushy white beard and a load of animals in a boat as we are some 400ft above sea level. Joking apart we need some rain very soon or dairy farmers are going to run out of food very quickly this autumn. I saw fields of maize this morning already going to seed and only 3ft high and grass fields cut for sialge three weeks ago with no growth and brown, when normally they would be looking for a second cut. Luckily most of the cereals have come off pretty good. We need two weeks steady rain to get back to normal. In the winter of '76 it never stopped and tractors where bogged in fields in January after the very hot summer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted August 14, 2022 Author Report Share Posted August 14, 2022 watched on the news a farmer part of his daily routine is filling up 70 small watering points over his farm for all the wildlife...he put some trail cams out and all fauna are using it ...deer-hares - rabbits - birds.insects...etc nice thoughtful touch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted August 14, 2022 Report Share Posted August 14, 2022 Just now, ditchman said: watched on the news a farmer part of his daily routine is filling up 70 small watering points over his farm for all the wildlife...he put some trail cams out and all fauna are using it ...deer-hares - rabbits - birds.insects...etc nice thoughtful touch Yes, that was the most worthwhile 2 minutes of the entire BBC output this weekend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minky Posted August 14, 2022 Report Share Posted August 14, 2022 Well it ain't raining but in the last hour the temp has fallen a LOT. DOWN SOUTH. There is a very nice cool breeze blowing through the house and the Mrs has gone out back to sit on her lounger and read a book for a while whilst there is still light. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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