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Old 20 July 2007, 00:04   #1
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6907316.stm

Just for a change

Parts of the UK are braced for a prolonged period of heavy and thundery rain expected to move in on Friday.
Forecasters said the band of severe weather would hit southern parts of England and Wales first before moving into central areas in the afternoon.

In other words the West Coast gets it 1st - as usual........
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Old 20 July 2007, 09:22   #2
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it's disgusting

I let the chickens out this morning. The ones with windows in their houses didn't move and inch (they normally bundle through the door), the ones without windows came out and then went straight back in. meanwhile I got soaked the rain was so heavy.
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Well we have the thunder and lightening here big style.
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There's a serious situation developing at the back of our office, and if the victim doesn't survive, he or she could be up for a Darwin award!

A Ford Fiesta (or Fusion?) has driven down a flooded road, and stopped under a bridge where the water's deepest.... up to the bottom of the windows. The fire brigade are there now trying to evacuate the driver right now, but of course the door won't open!
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There's a serious situation developing at the back of our office, and if the victim doesn't survive, he or she could be up for a Darwin award!

A Ford Fiesta (or Fusion?) has driven down a flooded road, and stopped under a bridge where the water's deepest.... up to the bottom of the windows. The fire brigade are there now trying to evacuate the driver right now, but of course the door won't open!
The driver hasn't been watching those Survival programmes then. If they had they'd know to open the window first to equalise the pressure. Then you've got to let the car fill up with water, push the door open and then swim out.

Hope they get out okay.

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I've just checked my boat as its stopped raining, for now. The well at the transom is completely full of water. Seeing as the boat has an all over cover that doesn't leak but has a small gap around the A Frame thats 12 inches of rain that fell overnight and during the morning.
I emptied the well yesterday.
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A Ford Fiesta (or Fusion?) has driven down a flooded road, and stopped under a bridge where the water's deepest.... up to the bottom of the windows. The fire brigade are there now trying to evacuate the driver right now, but of course the door won't open!


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I currently have a bilge pump clearing my garden so my garage doesn't flood. It's only just keeping up
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We get so much rain here this is the norm - no flooding for us!!!
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Very Novel. Hope its drying out now. We've had an hour or so of sun now and all is dry.

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I hope you were well insulated when you set that there battery up?!?
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Looking at the forecast it aint gonna get any better either, rain for the next week ahead just for a change have been wearing my wet suit out on the rib and have done plenty of snorkeling, with a decent wetsuit on the sea is nice and warm at least, don't hold up much hope for the sun tan this year though
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According to the radio the middle of England is now getting it.

More floods for the poor people who got it last month.

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tis great down here, no rain for 48 hrs and hot!
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I hope you were well insulated when you set that there battery up?!?

LOL no, I was paddling-and I got a few tingles off it! The battery is plugged into a charger too (which is tucked up in the dry with a powerbreaker on)

It's worked though-I only ended up with about half a gallon of water in the garage.
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Are you sure thats not last summer or the south of France There in the pic? People sunbathing by an open air swimming pool enjoying their hols in the sun anywhere in Britain at the mo is very hard to believe
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Are you sure thats not last summer or the south of France There in the pic? People sunbathing by an open air swimming pool enjoying their hols in the sun anywhere in Britain at the mo is very hard to believe
yep scouts honour! Took it at about 2.10 this afternoon.
I've had a few calls from people coming down tomorrow wanting to know if we're flooded out, they don't believe me either !
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It's 25C, sunny and a 10-15 knot breeze, and supposed to stay like this until Tuesday. We're heading out this evening to grill a salmon on one of our islands, with a nice Pinot Noir!
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To-Day the sun came out and stopped out all day may be you showed move to the South West
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