munkee1965 Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 Very heavy rain overnight with thunder and lightening. Poured down all day . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjmack Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 It is dire! Hasn't stopped raining all day, and we are supposed to be camping tonight - so if any one is in the South Cerney area and can tell me if its raining too that would be great!! OH and I argue constantly when putting the tent up usually, so add rain into the mix and it won't be pretty!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted July 6, 2012 Author Share Posted July 6, 2012 Methinks it will be extreme camping! I'd book into a B&B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lillybettybabs Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 A lady in Pilates kindly told me that it was going to be like this for the next 6 months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted July 6, 2012 Author Share Posted July 6, 2012 Nooooooo! surely she is joking.... Wimbledon ends soon and it usually improves then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 I live only about 15 miles from South Cerney and it is tipping it down and has been doing so all day with no sign of a let up I'm afraid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted July 6, 2012 Author Share Posted July 6, 2012 Really dark here; cars with lights on. Non-stop rain all day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groovychook Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 A lady in Pilates kindly told me that it was going to be like this for the next 6 months. I'm banking on Dogmother's friend's forecast! Still no rain here but it's cloudy and humid. I think it's on it's way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 A lady in Pilates kindly told me that it was going to be like this for the next 6 months. What,& then we get a heatwave in January I suppose? Honestly,some people are such harbingers of doom when it comes to the weather. Its raining,it will stop,then the sun will come out - you mark my words Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angie Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 we have a flood warning, the rain hasn't let up all day . There have been four really nasty thunder storms today , with torrential rain almost every hour on the hour. Went and looked at the beck and it is struggling to get under the bridge, it is creeping up the banks, the council have been out with the sandbags at the flood points and i have my fingers crossed , i know all the rain from the tops has to come down the hills too, It never gets to me but i do feel sorry for the ones that do get flooded and the mess takes weeks to clean up. What makes it all the worse is that they are working on our new flood defenses and all their work is being washed away on a weekly basis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted July 6, 2012 Author Share Posted July 6, 2012 We had work going on for about 18 months to put in flood defences after a series of bad floods devastated large area of the town centre; most of that part of town is between the river and the canal, which is historically flood plain. Can't imagine why they built on it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 Amber weather warning here. There has been no let up all day. Water was pouring through the roof at the supermarket this morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted July 6, 2012 Author Share Posted July 6, 2012 I might walk aroudn the reservoir this evening - if I can get down there - the river is usually fun to watch when it's like this. The rain has eased off now and the sky is slightly brighter. ETA, I see they have sunshine in London for the men's semi-final Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 There is some brightness to the North of us but it is still raining. We know two people who are having barbeques this evening for birthdays. ED is at one you think you are safe with a summer birthday party outdoors, we did better at the end of September last year for ED's 18th Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted July 6, 2012 Author Share Posted July 6, 2012 Would you believe that we've had sunshine and blue skies for about an hour now? It's actually lighter now than it was at 3pm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gertie Posted July 7, 2012 Share Posted July 7, 2012 Torrential here in Bath. Cleaning Eglus in the rain!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted July 7, 2012 Share Posted July 7, 2012 Almost to the year since it happened last, there's been flooding in Edinburgh again . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LolaLayla Posted July 7, 2012 Share Posted July 7, 2012 Oh no ANH not again! How bad is it? We have been so lucky here, just raining on and off, usual sort of weather for this time of year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted July 7, 2012 Share Posted July 7, 2012 I don't suppose its as bad as down south, but where the water runs down hills (which there are a lot of here ), there's been quite a lot of flooding. I'm quite glad we live at the high point of the City - we get lots of snow but no danger of flooding! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted July 7, 2012 Author Share Posted July 7, 2012 We've had some very heavy cloudbursts today, black skies but no thunder. Managed to dodge the showers to get the animals cleaned out while the helicopters going into Silverstone buzzed overhead. I have just heard that they turned people away today as the parking and trackside areas were like a quagmire; echoes of a few years ago when we had similar weather and were driving past Silverstone the day after the Grand Prix and they were still using tractors to tow vehicles out of the parking areas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angie Posted July 10, 2012 Share Posted July 10, 2012 I am on the Calder river so the water is really high and i just don't want to think about it. The beck is dangerously high but surprisingly holding. With all this water and damp air i am going to put the heating on to keep the house from getting damp. I know what time of year it is ! but those hidden corners will soon show signs of damp .So i am going to brave a mini heat wave for a few hours and pretend it is really a very hot day and pretend i am in the garden with a long cool drink soaking up the sun..... I have a brill imagination. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted July 10, 2012 Author Share Posted July 10, 2012 I have friends living near Hebden Bridge, this is what they said about the floods..... ****'s road was a terrifying river yesterday, **** got wet wading home through the park, I had to turn back when trying to get home because or the water pouring off the hill onto the top road then got stuck between two floods on the valley road so home very late and Polarhan, **** spent much of the afternoon bailing out a cellar. When I finally managed to drive home it was over rubble because half the hill has come down with the water, the tarmac has been lifted and ripped up on parts of the road and the sides have been washed away. There are homes under water yet again too, I can't imagine how awful it is for those people. This time, although the river did burst it's banks in a couple of places and a culvert backed up, most of the damage was caused by water pouring off the saturated hills and the drains not coping. Don't think we're done yet somehow, either! BBC video here Nice enough here at the moment; grey and mild but I understand that we're due storms and torrential rain coming up from the Bristol area and across the country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted July 10, 2012 Share Posted July 10, 2012 We have had some very dark clouds and it got really dark at about 11am, but it is a bit better now, but has a threatening atmosphere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted July 10, 2012 Author Share Posted July 10, 2012 It went black at about 12.40pm while I was at home having lunch, terrific downpour and now back to clouds and sunshine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted July 10, 2012 Share Posted July 10, 2012 It seems to be passing us by today, I have got a load of washing dry and another is out there now, I keep thinking that it will rain but it doesn't and we have seen the sun a couple of times too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...