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Flooding

Has anybody here at LJN been affected by the recent flooding in the north of England ? I live about two miles from the river Wharfe which has burst its banks in spectacular fashion cutting off villages and Hamlets. I have not seen anything like this since 1982 when i was a small boy. Road closures all over the place are making travelling very slow. I went to visit relatives in York yesterday and they have had it even worse. The racecourse at York which i went past was completely submerged. None of my gardens will have been hit but then i am not working this week thankfully.

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    I live in east Anglia and have, thankfully not been affected (or is it effected) I send my sympathy to those that have and wish them all the luck and speed in recovering from such a horrendous experience.
  • I think we got lucky here in Sheffield, if the rain had been a few miles east we would have had 2007 all over again.

  • I am about 8 miles further up river from you Stuart  part of the bridge at tadcaster has collapsed  I have one garden that will be under water from the river another three are close to the river but are high up supposed to be at the coach and horses later today for a family meal but I don't think it will happen  

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    Having seen the news i have watched Tadcaster bridge collapse, it even made national news. A gas pipe has now ruptured causing evacuations.

    Also a bridge at Collingham over the Wharfe has subsided. Unlikely to be reopened for many months i believe. Such a shame, these bridges are vital connections and historical having being built in the 1700's.

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    I'm based near Lancaster in the North West by the river Lune which flooded extensively during the floods of the 5th and 6th of December.  One of the gardens I look after was completely flooded.  The bottom lawn terrace is currently under 6 inches of sand and silt, which is going to have to be scraped off and returned to the river bed, then we will have to decide what to do with this area (approx 80m2).  It occasionally floods on this terrace, but it's never left river bed deposits on it before, just top floating debris.  We were also affected by the flooded electricity substation.  Made for an interesting week.

    Luckily we haven't had any further flooding even with all the additional rain.

  • The bridge at collingham / Linton is causing me a mild headache as its the main bridge I use between home and my farm - does not help the local 4x4 brigade moved the barriers and continued driving over it!
    Radio was saying at least 3-4 months closure as the foundations were washed under.

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      Have you got to go a long route now David
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    Not a problem for us this year in the thames valley. 2 yrs ago our garden was flooded & under water for approx 10 weeks. For the lawn had to spring scarify and aerate to break up and spread the silt layer. Plus lawn and flower beds had lots of new weeds (especially nettles) the following season and beyond. Finally, only just about got on top of the weeds this autumn.

    For those that homes have been flooded, my heart goes out to them; lots of problems to be faced going forwards from clearup to future mortgage/insurance issues. Nightmare.

  • I ran a bit of a collection for flood victims in York & Tadcaster her in Grimsby and ran several large van loads of cleaning supplies, bedding, clothing and food to these areas which were badly hit. Incredible sights and what an enormous task they have ahead of them. Ironically, my company was working on a flood prevention and recovery product a few years back and we always had the availability of the products to defend against the rising waters, but at the time it was deemed too expensive and the development was shelved. Still have access to the technology which has many benefits and is quite ingenious, just wish I could have found a way to make it work and then maybe so many people wouldn't have faced such devastation :(

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    The aftermath of the floods are still causing travel problems near here in the Tadcaster area, North Yorkshire. Tadcaster bridge collapse is the main one but roads are still closed near Cawood and other places as the flood water is still hanging around.

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