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Community => Coffee Lounge => Topic started by: mojocafa on December 05, 2015, 08:05:46 pm
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Stay safe everyone, this weather is horrendous.
I have to admit, am a tad anxious my house appears to be moving, lots of creaking,
:sofa:
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I wouldn't mind normally, but being blown about by some chap called "Desmond" seems like the ultimate in wuss!
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I knew there was a reason I didn't stick at weight watchers. Less chance of getting blown over
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We had a trip to the Swedish household store ( ;)) today in Glasgow.
I'm glad to be home now though :relief:
Rain, flooding, winds - Desmond is a good one.
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Scientists certainly never predicted this winter did they? Cold indeed, more like the most slippery, muddy, disgusting weather ever experienced by the UK in a long, long time. Never known so many storms in the space of a month, got flooded meself two days ago.
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We had a trip to the Swedish household store ( ;)) today in Glasgow.
I'm glad to be home now though :relief:
Yes, it looks as though it was quite a trip for you! ;D
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CVZVhMJXAAUFwx_.jpg)
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I may be tempting fate but it's not been too bad here yet, no worse than usual anyway! Thinking of all those people suffering from flooding etc. elsewhere though, awful business. :gloomy:
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This morning the chickens were asking for scuba gear...
Or heaters they were prepared to negotiate...
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Victorian farmer has been spot on with his forecasts... :thumbsup:
not been to bad down here,plenty of wind, but nothing like you guys up north,
we did have a sheep shelter go over, so not much to complain about really, just want the rain to stop for a week...
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Awful indeed, we've got off comparatively lightly here, just horrendous gales, the roof of the ponies shelter looks like it may take flight and bits and pieces blown all over the place.
My thoughts are with those of you in the North suffering the worst of it, I hope you all survive relatively unscathed :) .
I'm planning to build a new pig ark - one that has a bow and a stern and floats - just call me Noah! :roflanim: .
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The valley has disappeared behind drizzle and we've had very high winds for a couple of days but two months of dry (although not hot) weather over Summer means it's not been too bad in the Marches.
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Cumbria has been hit hard. Bridges have been washed away and roads left in shreds. There are still roads closed due to flooding and lots of communities hit by house floods, loss of power and wind damage to their properties. I hope all our accidental smallholder members from around Cumbria and beyond are OK as much farmland is under water.
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We lost our garage roof with the last storm but everything stayed put this time apart from things like garden chairs and the water butt lid going for a trip round the garden. Still waiting for the insurance to get back to us re the roof. As I use it for the goats' hay and straw I'd like to get a new roof on soonest. At least the tarp is staying put.
Really feel for the people up north who are really suffering from Desmond.
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Hope everyone comes through OK, looks bad round Carlisle on the news.
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Carlisle itself is a disaster area. Keswick, Kendal, Cockermouth, Appleby, Corbridge have also suffered a lot of damage, many flooded properties, cars washed away, businesses flooded. Many roads and bridges across the region severely damaged. No trains north of Preston for at least another couple of days. Thousands of homes in Lancaster have been without power and will be until Tuesday. Power cuts elsewhere - Weardale, Co Durham - now coming back online.
Newcastleton, Hawick, Dumfries are also affected; I'm not sure how widespread and how devastatingly other areas in Southern Scotland have been hit.
I have heard from some - but not all - of the sheepkeepers we know in Cumbria and Northumberland and no losses reported so far, although there are a lot of flooded fields and people may be stranded for another day or two.
I haven't heard from anyone west of Carlisle.
There are some heartwrenching stories and pictures now getting posted of dogs and ponies that were washed away. And lots of people in Carlisle who've been evacuated / rescued very worried about cats they've had to leave behind - the emergency services have asked people to not try to get back to their houses yet as the water is still too deep and full of hazards.
So far, there seems to have been no loss of human life, for which we must be very grateful and thank the rescue teams, service personnel and emergency services folks not just from our own region but from all over the country - there was a team from Weston-Super-Mare helping in Carlisle, and many from Manchester, Cheshire, the Peak District etc helping our own local teams.
They've rescued livestock where they've come across them, too. Heroes.
Local commentators have been describing it as 'all the extreme weather events we've had in the region over the last decade, all rolled up into one and happening over one night.'
There's more rain forecast for tomorrow and Thursday - not major quantities this time, but coming on top of uncleared existing floods, could cause further misery.
Hoping all in the affected areas are safe and warm, and their livestock safe also. :fc:
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Carlisle itself is a disaster area. Keswick, Kendal, Cockermouth, Appleby, Corbridge have also suffered a lot of damage, many flooded properties, cars washed away, businesses flooded. Many roads and bridges across the region severely damaged. No trains north of Preston for at least another couple of days. Thousands of homes in Lancaster have been without power and will be until Tuesday. Power cuts elsewhere - Weardale, Co Durham - now coming back online.
Seems I picked a good time to move to Carlisle :o :D
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Isn't it ironic that British people are said by other countries to be always talking about the weather and here we all are :roflanim: The weather seems to have brightened up today, it was horrible weather over the weekend, but today is really sunny a little warm and very windy, perfect for hanging out washing :excited:
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If you have animals or crops the weather is such an important factor. It affects other businesses too. Yes the sun is shining here also but little consolation to the people of Kendal, Keswick, Carlisle and elsewhere trying to pick up the pieces of the flooding. However, they have faced the situation before and they will pick up the pieces and move forward.
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Anyone wanting to help, there's a fund been set up.
More info on the Cumbria Community Foundation page (http://www.cumbriafoundation.org/). You can text up to £10 by texting 'FLUD15 £10' (or other amount) to 70070, or they have a Just Giving page (http://campaign.justgiving.com/charity/cumbriafoundation/cumbriafloodappeal2015), or you can send a cheque made payable to Cumbria Community Foundation to CCF, Dovenby Hall, Cockermouth, Cumbria, CA13 0PN.
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If you have animals or crops the weather is such an important factor. It affects other businesses too. Yes the sun is shining here also but little consolation to the people of Kendal, Keswick, Carlisle and elsewhere trying to pick up the pieces of the flooding. However, they have faced the situation before and they will pick up the pieces and move forward.
I do feel for people who have had a real rough time of things and I hope the weather picks up well for them soon, so that everything can get back to normal. I saw on the news what is happening in Cumbria, being an ex Cumbrian myself it was horrible to see such a lovely landscape and lives torn apart by these storms, I can only hope that everything gets better for them. I'll have a good look at the link and see what I can do. It is only right that we, being in the dryer areas, should donate to people who have lost their homes and some of them their lives. I was reading on the news that a 90 year old man was blown into the pathway of a bus and was killed, in Cumbria, when storm Desmond hit; That was so very upsetting to read. All I can say to everyone on this forum who is having a rough time of it..... Hang in there, keep doing what you're doing and hopefully soon the storm will go. :hug:
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The man was blown into a bus in London I think but an elderly man has lost his life in Cumbria when he fell into a river. Only recently another elderly man died in Kendal when his car ended up in a flooded river. One of the lessons must be to check on our elderly neighbours and do what we can to stop them making these journeys in extreme conditions.
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Anyone wanting to help, there's a fund been set up.
More info on the Cumbria Community Foundation page (http://www.cumbriafoundation.org/). You can text up to £10 by texting 'FLUD15 £10' (or other amount) to 70070, or they have a Just Giving page (http://campaign.justgiving.com/charity/cumbriafoundation/cumbriafloodappeal2015), or you can send a cheque made payable to Cumbria Community Foundation to CCF, Dovenby Hall, Cockermouth, Cumbria, CA13 0PN.
And for a different way to donate... my friend the wonderfully talented Kate Rayson is donating one of her beautifully decorated Christmas cakes to be sold in aid of the Cumbria Flood Appeal. linky (https://www.facebook.com/katherine.english61/posts/10153806198113421)
I have placed a bid, please feel free to outbid me :D
Please note, the cake will be for collection only, from Carlisle or 5 mile radius. I would help by couriering to anywhere I might have a reason to be ;)