Why is it people in people carriers think they are invincible? Every flood had one stuck in
A good day to be in a Disco
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The A180 in Hull earlier in the day
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29th Jun 2012 1:19 pm
devonchilliman
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Wow ,spoke to a mate of mine this morning who lives in Newcastle ,was working in Liverpool yesterday and couldn't get home last night ....
Btw...love your signature (take note Del ) ,remember reading that description somewhere
Needless to say, I tried every route north in that time, eventually ending up in Burger King at Washington for 20 mins until the A1 started crawling forward.
Tyne Tunnel Shut Both Ways (actually filled up with water)
Newcastle Station closed, queueing north east mianline north and south
Metro Centre Evacuated.
A1 Southbound shut at the Metrocentre due to a swmming pool.
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29th Jun 2012 2:07 pm
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devonchilliman wrote:
Btw...love your signature (take note Del ) ,remember reading that description somewhere
Might have to nick it
What happened to the grey ones then?? They not deserve a mention?
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I though they also did an Orkney one, never mind - senior moment.
29th Jun 2012 2:23 pm
Hairy Dan
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Luckily I was not out driving in the storm as at its peak I had water flooding into the garage and utility room and me, my daughter and a neighbour were frantically trying to clear the water so it didn't get in the house. Luckily we got away with just water ingress into the porch We had thunder, lightening, torrential rain, wind, hailstones and a tsunami to deal with I have never seen anything like it in my lifetime.
I had to go to the airport at 0430 this morning and although there is no water left there is abandoned cars everywhere and the road through Rowlands Gill resembled a dirt track
Here is a link to a video that was shared on facebook last night
Hopefully you don't have to be logged in to see itCheers Ian
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29th Jun 2012 2:35 pm
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Ian glad you did not get water in the house it is a f to say the least. I have been out with the big red lorry on numerous occasions to help people and pump their houses out and it leaves a mess. On a slightly diffrnet note, we can no longer be called out for flooding in a house, the brigade I work for will not come out to flooding, you have to say that the flood water is affecting the electrics to get assistance from us now, might be worth remebering if you ever suffer flooding in the future as many brigades are now following the same patternMY17 D5 1st Edition Namib Orange
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29th Jun 2012 2:48 pm
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I am 1 hour-ish North of Newcastle and spent an hour ferrying old folk into the village.....they all abandoned their cars at the local farm and I did the rest......when I signed up for the local Emergency Action Plan,I assumed I would be needed in the snow........not floods at the end of June "Better to remain silent and be thought a fool,than to speak out and remove all doubt" ?.....what rubbish...
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Well done Euan, commendable... If i had seen anyone in distress I would have got out (but I was in my suit )
In Washington it looked like a traffic police ovolv was stuck in a puddle and the bobby was shin deep in the roundabout...
...a 40' container artic decided to play the pratt and go through the deepest part at about 40 showering people, until aforementioned bobby was spotted and he may have muddied the water a little
All good fun in the Disco, but it must have been terrifying for anyone in a eurobox desperate to get home LR4 HSE 5.0 V8 Alaska White
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29th Jun 2012 3:20 pm
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I was in Loughborough yesterday and I've never ever seen anything like it in the UK ...it was like the end of the world.21 year LR veteran > D2 GS 2003 > D3 S 2006 > D3 HSE 2009 > D4 HSE 2013 > D4 HSE 2015 > D5 HSE 2018 > DS HSE R-Dynamic P300e 2021
Just to really hack everyone off, I was in the office yesterday with the air con on as it was 28º and incredibly humid - absolutely no rain whatsoever 8) AND, this was in the UK mid way between Oxford and London!07MY TDV6 HSE Stornoway Grey + Alpaca
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29th Jun 2012 3:38 pm
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DG wrote:
I was in Loughborough yesterday and I've never ever seen anything like it in the UK ...it was like the end of the world.
Loughboro's like that all the time, nothing to do with the weather.........A common mistake made when trying to come up with a totally foolproof design is to completely underestimate the innate ingenuity of fools. :doh:
29th Jun 2012 3:40 pm
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,remember reading that description somewhere
We had thunder, lightening, torrential rain, wind, hailstones and a tsunami 
to deal with I have never seen anything like it in my lifetime.
