Good people of Britain...........PANIC

[Jolemai]

That's assuming he gets off the work's car park.

 

[Sniffer]

We may just get a drop of the white stuff later (from the sky not Nigella's handbag).

Lets hope that James has prepared for this one.

 

[Langers]

FAO James - click on this link: http://nxbus.co.uk/west-midlands/

Plan ahead. You never know what Armageddon will throw at us.

 

[lemonjelly]

& you had the nerve to call me a bitch!!!!

 

[Wolf Hunting]

I mentioned it on the Stevenage thread, but it really belongs on here.

The Jet Stream that's bringing all this shit weather in is a lot further south than it normally is.
It usually streams at around 200mph but this week it's over 300mph and is set to stay on it's current path for around another 2 months.

So whatever weather you're having, there's another 60 days of it to come.

Basically if the Jet Stream stays where it is and the Atlantic Ocean has water in it, we're gonna get this weather cycle for a good while yet.

And it seems they're coming in as a deep area of Low Pressure every 3 days, that another 20 or so storms of 60 - 80 mph winds, high seas and more rain than we can cope with.
I honestly hope no one on here lives near or has family near a river or the sea. Apart from me.
It really doesn't seem clear how anyone can get in to fix things before the next one rolls in.

Britain's lack of preventative maintenance and council cutbacks is gonna come back now and bite you in the arse.
Years of reducing the budget to maintain the roads is now gonna look like the little country roads will just stay washed out and deeply ridden with potholes, because they don't seem to have the money to fund the big roads, let along the little country lanes.
Bad times!

 

[So Long Architect]

I mentioned it on the Stevenage thread, but it really belongs on here.

The Jet Stream that's bringing all this shit weather in is a lot further south than it normally is.
It usually streams at around 200mph but this week it's over 300mph and is set to stay on it's current path for around another 2 months.

So whatever weather you're having, there's another 60 days of it to come.

Basically if the Jet Stream stays where it is and the Atlantic Ocean has water in it, we're gonna get this weather cycle for a good while yet.

And it seems they're coming in as a deep area of Low Pressure every 3 days, that another 20 or so storms of 60 - 80 mph winds, high seas and more rain than we can cope with.
I honestly hope no one on here lives near or has family near a river or the sea. Apart from me.
It really doesn't seem clear how anyone can get in to fix things before the next one rolls in.

Britain's lack of preventative maintenance and council cutbacks is gonna come back now and bite you in the arse.
Years of reducing the budget to maintain the roads is now gonna look like the little country roads will just stay washed out and deeply ridden with potholes, because they don't seem to have the money to fund the big roads, let along the little country lanes.
Bad times!

Not just the little country roads. The roads round by us (standard suburban area) are just crumbling away. If we get any freeze-thaw-freeze-thaw weather, they'll be little more than tracks. For my commute, I've had to put the road bike away and get on my old mountain bike as the roads are just too rough. Mind you that is in Surrey where the roads have always been famously shit.

 

[FrankMunro-371]

I have just seen the terrible conditions in south west England. Vast areas are under water. It must be terrible for people living in flood hit communities, and the stormy weather is set to continue.

 

[FrankMunro-371]

And now parts of Greater London have been given severe flood warnings. And people have been evacuated from their properties in parts of Wraysbury in Berkshire.

 

[Jolemai]

Snowing in Wrexham earlier. Wales will be getting lots of ice before the storms start again

 

[FrankMunro-371]

Worcester under water, but that happens regularly anyway. Tewkesbury is on stand by as the flood water closes in.

 

[James]

Went past Radford Bank in Stafford this morning and the fields were completed flooded.

 

[So Long Architect]

Guildford was nicely flooded again on Saturday.

Interesting article from someone who with a bit of knowledge - http://www.theguardian.com/commenti...ist-sewage-coastal-defences#start-of-comments
I expect his solutions are a bit too long-term and costly for any government here, who only think in five-year cycles.

 

[MARKakaJIM]

I like him.

 

[FrankMunro-371]

Walton on Thames is being evacuated as flood waters continue to rise.

 

[broughtonwolf]

The floods are affecting Berkshire and Surrey you say... right - time to start taking them seriously.

 

[Tom Hark]

The floods are affecting Berkshire and Surrey you say... right - time to start taking them seriously.

Yup - 'Oi, Somerset, give us our pumps back.'

 

[lemonjelly]

The floods are affecting Berkshire and Surrey you say... right - time to start taking them seriously.

Exactly my thoughts this morning...

 

[So Long Architect]

Oi! We've been flooded once a week since Christmas and Dredging Dave has yet to put in appearance on the banks of the River Wey. Disgusting! Twice last month little Jacintha was late for her cello recital. The Range Rover even got a bit muddy trying to get through.

 

[FrankMunro-371]

More heavy rain in Leicestershire this morning. This weather must change soon.

 

[Penk Wolf]

It's turned into snow here. covered the floor in 2 minutes.