chelsea Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 (edited) after several hours on the road from 7am this morning, I never made it to work! A journey that normally takes me down the M5 to the airport has taken me on a detour all over the country lanes of Devon . Work have told me to come home because I cant get there (and I nearly didnt get home), we've had severe flooding here, and hailstorms. One poor chap has lost 500 sheep overnight in the flash flooding. Loads of accidents and every road I went down this morning ended in a flood. I can sort of laugh about it now, but I was freaking out. It was like something out of a film...every road was a dead end. I felt like highway patrol, I've been flagging down every vehicle I saw to tell them the roads were impassable. Edited October 30, 2008 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaronmusgrove123 Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 (edited) hi ooops for my last post i had'nt read it proberly that is awful 500 sheep that sounds awful how bad are the floods Edited October 31, 2008 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karen & co. Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 Gosh glad you got home safely. I hope the farmer can get some of his sheep back Karen x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 How horrible for you Chelsea. Glad you are home and safe now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chelsea Posted October 30, 2008 Author Share Posted October 30, 2008 thanks Im just hoping work dont ring and ask me to attempt again! in me jim jams again now. Sadly Karen, all his sheep perished. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubereglu Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 I'm glad you're ok though and you made it back home safely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omletina Kyckling Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 Oh gosh, that sounds frightening! You poor thing. I'm glad you're home safe and sound though.....I read about it on the 'net and wondered if anybody was stuck down there.... That's awful news about the sheep. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chelsea Posted October 30, 2008 Author Share Posted October 30, 2008 this is a village in East Devon. this isnt snow or rain around these cars.....its a hail drift! there was no warning from the met office. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keyhole kate Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 Thats just awful I am so glad you got home safely it must have been very frightning it is just terrible to hear when poor animals are killed by thing like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jules. Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 Woah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paola Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 Glad you are home safely Chelsea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joojoo Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 How horrible for you Glad you are back home safe and sound. xx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhapsody Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 Its because my MIL was down your way. She is the Rain and Bad Weather Goddess, we should ship her out to Ethiopia to end the drought. Once she went to Surfer's Paradise and made it snow in their summer for the first time ever recorded. And in Hawaii they had the worst weather for 50 years. She's back in Hampshire now (thats why its freezing in the South East) so your weather should improve. Hope you're ok x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chelsea Posted October 30, 2008 Author Share Posted October 30, 2008 look at this hail....its like something off the moon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chelsea Posted October 30, 2008 Author Share Posted October 30, 2008 lol @ Rhapsody ! Phew, glad she's left Devon. Im fine now im home, thanks very much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faye&Ant Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 Glad your safe x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackrocksrock Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 omg it looks horrible and glad you are back home safely - the poor farmer to lose so many sheep - its dreadful.The weather is so bad - we were sliding all over the place this morning as we had had frost on top of snow or vice versa and the underfoot was lethal and loads of accidents around this area to-day. Its now raining/sleety stuff and miserable and the ground is so wet and my girls have been let out of the large run as they want to shelter under the trees at the back door after their hot porridge with sweetcorn and spinach and potato oats and bread all mixed up with hot water. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowy Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 Looks awful! Glad you are OK Chelsea - sit tight until it's safer! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClaireG Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 Im glad your ok Chelsea the poor farmer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisa Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 Glad you made it home safely Chelsea! We have had loads of rain and hail yesterday down in Exeter but it is nothing like what you have shown on here! I hope all is OK as I have to get to Tiverton on Monday!! I don't fancy weather like that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 Good Lord! What a morning you have had. Am glad you are safe and sound. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chelsea Posted October 30, 2008 Author Share Posted October 30, 2008 aww thanks it was just on ITV news. Just aswell its half term for you Lisa, I met several cars on the back flooded country lanes trying to find their way to Blundells school, but there was no way through in any direction....they turned around and went home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jules. Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 A work colleague is planning on going to visit her family in Devon for a long weekend tomorrow- i wonder if she will change her plans? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jules. Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 Every cloud has a silver lining Chelsea- you could be at work & you're on here instead Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 OMG - didn't realise it was so bad there! Glad you're OK. My mum has been staying in Warminster this week and she phoned to say they had really bad hail. We had nothing here at all, in fact it was quite nice until dusk and then the clouds gathered. We didn't get hail as far as I know, just the snow. It rained heavily this morning but it is sunny now. I think we are quite lucky here. Perhaps I'll have to cross Devon off my places to move to list! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
