What were you doing back then?

warped one · Banned Joined: 25 Dec 2007 Karma :

Well it's almost a year since last summers floods. So what were you doing then?

My recollection is:

The golf course planning on flooding Tetney to save itself, but luckily the valve to do that failed and the golf course got flooded instead, also having to dive into the river to save my pup that jumped in and couldn't get out (Stupid i know but i could bear to watch him suffer more than he was.) And the continuous sweeping of water out of the workshop. Also the bloody flood alarm going ff in Louth (about 15mile away) and shitting myself after watching Silent hill and having to much to smoke.

Cheers

Warped
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Stelmer · World Chat Champion Joined: 31 Dec 2006 Karma :

I was working round North Yorkshire. They were lucky IMO.

It wasn't very severe up there considering the effect on South Yorkshire. things would've been so much worse if York and surrounding areas got most of the rain rather than Sheffield and surrounding areas.

Itchy · Super Spammer Joined: 07 Apr 2005 Karma :

I was handing in my notice or rather I was walking out of my old job with a record time of 0 days notice.

And prepping the CBR for a trip to France.
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ncrn · World Chat Champion Joined: 24 May 2006 Karma :

I was riding my NSR through a few ft of water, it was over my knees. Made a 4x4 driver hang his head in shame as I ploughed in while he sat looking like a coward.

I live in a town that has never flooded, so getting this much water was insane, my mates house flooded so him and his cat came over to stay, which was fun. When the fire brigade pumped the water out of his house they pumped it into an underpass which was full of graffiti and was used for drugs etc, which was weakened so finally got filled in, and a level crossing got put in instead, good result that ^^.
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Madmanx · World Chat Champion Joined: 22 Dec 2007 Karma :

I was in hospital with a ruptured stomach.
Cameras shoved down my throat.
Drips hanging out.

So this years a bonus. Thumbs Up

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Steve H · World Chat Champion Joined: 18 Oct 2003 Karma :

Ichy · World Chat Champion Joined: 15 Jul 2005 Karma :

I was watching a load of people on flood plains paddling while my 1000ft above sea level house stayed nice and dry. I even turned my hose pipe on and ran it into a local stream to help the Trent on it way. Wink

Can't wait for the ice caps to melt.
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10 pence Short · Crazy Courier Joined: 23 Apr 2006 Karma :

Driving from West Bay, Dorset, to Stafford, On the river that was the M5. A 3 hour journey took closer to 9. An Hour after I passed Gloucester, the motorway was closed and people spent the night on the Motorway. Close shave. Rain

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ms51ves3 · Super Spammer Joined: 08 Jun 2007 Karma :

In France where it pissed it down for the 4 days I was there Evil or Very Mad

Cigaro · World Chat Champion Joined: 28 Mar 2007 Karma :

I was gloating that I live up in Lancashire and didn't see anything worse than heavy rainfall.

stinkwheel · Bovine Proctologist Joined: 12 Jul 2004 Karma :

I was in the Orkney Islands getting sunburned and riding my motorcycle on hot, dry roads. Two weeks on the road and never had my oilskins on.

The following picture was taken as I was waiting for the ferry from the Isle of Westray to Orkney mainland. As I recall, this was the day when the worst of the floods happened.
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owdamer · World Chat Champion Joined: 06 Oct 2004 Karma :

I was off work sick, wondering if I was ever going to regain the sight in my eye. A bit of rain was the last thing on my mind.
12 months on, i'm back at work, (and sick of work) and still wondering if I'm going to regain the sight in my eye.
Still not arsed about the rain either.

benjami · Nearly there... Joined: 14 Nov 2007 Karma :

Robby · Dirty Old Man Joined: 16 May 2002 Karma :

I was at work. At the time I worked in Defra, and flood management division were next to me.

They were pretty busy.

DidierD · Brolly Dolly Joined: 16 Nov 2007 Karma :

I was in Sheffield so it was all very exciting Razz

We had a very big puddle in our back yard which threatened to flood our house. Luckily though we realised it was just a blocked drain cover so we freed it up and it went down in about 20 seconds. Scary stuff Very Happy

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