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FLOODS - are you affected?

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EffiePerine · 25/06/2007 13:16

OK, so if the water was coming in you wouldn't be on MN...

Just had a call from my mum as water is coming in through the house - there is severe flooding in Lincolnshire. Thought I'd post in case anyone else had family in the area:

www.bbc.co.uk/lincolnshire/content/articles/2007/06/25/floodwatch_feature.shtml

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Hulababy · 25/06/2007 22:38

PandaG. Poor child; poor family.

joash · 25/06/2007 22:45

God - this is one time when I hate being 350 miles away

PandaG · 25/06/2007 22:46

joash, whereabouts doea your friend live - maybe I could try and contact her?

joash · 25/06/2007 22:49

She's at Firth Park, she's a psychiatric nurse working in the private sector and changed jobs recently. All I an remember is that she now works somewhere in the city itself - I could kick myself for not being able to remember the name of the place she works. I know that there was flooding on the road below hers last week and she had a job getting home. I also know that she works quite late some nights - but I'm sure she was finishing early this week.

PandaG · 25/06/2007 22:54

Firth park not walkable from here, sorry.
town centre is ok, it is the routes out towards meadowhall mainly that seem to be worst affected. DH and I can't think of any private psych places. Hope you hear form her soon.

jajas · 25/06/2007 22:55

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joash · 25/06/2007 22:59

Thanks Panda

edam · 26/06/2007 08:13

My friend's daughter was on a school trip yesterday. Heading back to Chesterfield they were all ordered off the bus by a copper. 30 of them had to trudge through pouring rain, with no idea where they were supposed to go. Ended up in a hotel lobby and then were told to go back to the bus! Soaked to the skin. Still hadn't arrived back at the school when I spoke to her at 8pm.

Still, at least Chesterfield side of Sheffield wasn't as badly affected as Brightside - gather there are now fears that a dam is going to burst in Rotherham.

joash · 26/06/2007 09:49

Got her!!! My friend had to return to work and spend the night there. She just got home and called to say she's fine.

PandaG · 26/06/2007 09:51

pleased to hear it Joash friend's DH drove for 6 hours last night, and ended up almost where he started but in a hotel.

Hope friend's daughter got home ok.

Whoooosh · 26/06/2007 10:13

Our old nanny lives in Rotherham and her Grandma is just being evacuated due to the concern over the resevoir dam breaking.
Her brother managed to get out of Meadowhall last night but has been off today.

Nanny's parents are out of the country so rather worried about her Grandma who is a great lady.

Nanny was also made to go into work today in Rotherham,only to find both parents at home

joash · 26/06/2007 10:18

Probably don't know how to lok after theri own kids!!
THeres no power across much, if not all of the centre of Rotherham. DD2 has no heating or power of any source at home and was told to go into work for 6 this morning (she lives locally and so could walk as there is no public transport). She sat on the bloody doorstep until 8.50 waiting for her stupid boss who insisted that she couldn't enter the building as the alarms had been out all night (due to the power loss). Then the boss decided to cal and tel her to go home!!!

Bouncingturtle · 26/06/2007 10:31

Yep got lots of friends in Sheffield, in Wadsley Bridge, Fir Vale, Walkley, Broad Lane. Did you see the Whicker? An old man weas swept away to his death there. Saw some pictures of Ladybridge just as the Don burst its banks. Terrible. Problem is since the city centre is in a valley there is nowhere for the water to go to, they have to wait until the ground absorbs it - and I've heard there is more rain on the way . My friend who lives near Halifax Road in Wadsley Bridge said it took him hours to get home from Leeds last night - he was stuck on the A61 near Tankersley Manor for an hour and half - he pulled into the car park had a bite then continued on, didn't get home til 11. I rang him this morning and he was still without power, luckily no flooding. Actually last year there was a house in Chapeltown he fell in love with and his dp talked him out of it. Apparently it's now under water - I told him she must have had a pyschic premonition
The ironic thing is the rain yesterday wasn't as heavy as a week last Friday - it's just none of the rives ever subsided after the last torrential downpour.
Very worrying about Ulley reservoir, they are trying to reinforce it but cracks have been seen.
Oh and my friend's dh was sent down as part of the helicopter crew from Boulmer to help rescue people from Brightside!
My thoughts are with all the people who are caught up in this disaster.

bozza · 26/06/2007 10:39

It just looks like an average overcast day in Rotherham now. But in order to get to work today (and my usual 40 min journey took 1 hr 40) I had to abandon my car and set off walking but managed to get a lift through the steel works. Problem is how I get back now, because I am on call so will have to take a rather old, rather heavy lap top with me and it is a goodish long walk.

PandaG · 26/06/2007 10:44

I got told that there was the heaviest rainfall in Sheff yesterday for the day since records began - friend works at the museum where records are collated. Also that JUne has been the wettest month in record, including all the winter months!

Bouncingturtle · 26/06/2007 11:01

well that's global warming for you!

Hulababy · 26/06/2007 11:30

I am back home. Been travelling for 4 hours. Tried to get to work in Doncaster. Spent 2.5 hours trying before work agreed that it was pointless - I was going to be about 2 hours on top of that \i would think. So turned round and took 2 hours to get back, with a 5 minute stop at Asda on the Parkway for the loo and a can of pop!

Nightmare!

PandaG · 26/06/2007 11:32

oh naff Hula. will you bother trying tomorrow?

Hulababy · 26/06/2007 11:37

It is because of the resevior threatening to burst that the Parkway and M1 are closed.

Hulababy · 26/06/2007 11:37

Hoping it will be fine tomorrow. If M1 reopens it shouldn't be a problem.

themoon66 · 26/06/2007 11:44

I'm in Lincolnshire Wolds and our power went out and the phone lines went off at 9pm last night and still are not back on.... am MNing at work.

Just hope I can get DS to his GCSE maths in Market Rasen tomorrow morning.... the road between us and school is still closed.

MrsSpoon · 26/06/2007 12:18

This is a nightmare. Was thinking about you, Hula (as you were the only Mnetter I remembered lived in Sheffield), whilst watching the news last night.

Hope the flood waters start to abate soon. I'll certainly try to stop moaning about how cold it is here in Scotland and think how fortunate we are not to be flooded like you guys.

AlbusPercivalWulfricBrianSun · 26/06/2007 12:26

Dad in Ecclsefield - had to leave car last night and walk home through floods. Took him three hours. Nan and Grandad have no power. Aunty in Rotherham so also cut off by floods. Grandad says he's never known anything like this happen in Sheff. Just glad they're all ok.

UnquietDad · 26/06/2007 13:57

Sheffield's looking drier and sunnier this morning!

Many buses and trams seem to be running, but our station and some roads out of the city are still closed, so we are effectively cut off from the outside world (No change there then. )

DD's school and DW's school and DS's nursery are all closed, so they're all having a jolly time at home together.

I wonder how long it will take the city's economy to recover from this? I imagine the council will have to beg for reparations, especially as we are not as pretty and touristy as Boscastle.

Eeek · 26/06/2007 14:10

sorry to be late on this but there is a theory that it's the other way around with the yew trees. The idea is that they were part of pre-christian religions which (like Xmas) were then incorporated into the new religion. There are apparently many yew trees in church grounds which are much older than the churches, or any churches on that site.