Storm Frank

Grotesque - rather how I find this naming of storms lark.

Grim rainfall last night in Glasgow. Lots of flooding in local area and under our house currently flooded - with burn at bottom of garden now well above garden level and only being held back by banks my father built up many years ago.
 
Three houses in the village flooded but the good news is that the pub has just escaped.
Burn/river level dropped by a foot in the last hour.
Worst flooding here in 50 years.
Taking to the retained firemen who say things are bad in the Doon valley.
 
Down here in the soft sarf of England, Frank just seems to have a bad case of wind! It was brutal out on the course today. I was quite pleased to have scored 26 points! At least all the wind is starting to dry our course out, as it had been getting a bit boggy lately. :)
 
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We've had strong winds for most of the Day in Lancs but the forecasted heavy rain hasn't occurred as Yet.
Again the forecast is saying heavy rain from 9:00pm this evening. Just hope they've got it wrong again.
Croston is about 7-8 miles away, fingers crossed they can get though the night without further damage.
 
really bloody windy down my way,


it blew my bin over.im traumatized.

really feel for the folk who really are suffering,perhaps the govt and local councils will now take heed and rather fill there own pockets with bribes soz favours they will actually think about where the hell they allow planning consent and what the knock on effects further down the line.
was listening the radio the other day and a chap was saying his area flooded about 10 years ago(experts reckoned it was a 100 year thing)and his area is flooded again,apparently the govt gave 10 million to sort out the drainage,and the water board spent 3 ,illion on a computer simulation to work out affected areas,NOTHING else was done.so what happened to the rest of the money?and what was actually done to alleviate the problem for the future?.not a lot by the sound of it.
 
A bit of light rain has recently arrived in the London area, but nothing like they are getting up North and in Scotland! I feel desperately sorry for those who have been flooded out. George Osbourne's budget cuts in the Coalition and Tory governments are now coming home to roost! :(
 
I understand that upland farmers are given a subsidy for keeping their land clear of trees and vegetation. The nett result of this is that upland areas are looking like deserts, and the surface water run-off and soil erosion is greatly increased. This increases the amount of water in rivers and streams, and also silts up the lower reaches of rivers and estuaries. No wonder we are having flooding problems. Farmers should be subsidised to grow trees and other crops on their land!
 
Gusty winds all day but only in the last few hours have we had heavy, significant rain. Fortunately we're nowhere near water systems so all good, but I can imagine the course in danger of being closed tomorrow. Feel desperately sorry though for everyone from Scotland down through England that have had a miserable Christmas, some more than once.

Without turning the thread into a political football, it does beg the question why our government insists on sending millions in overseas aid, when spending on UK flood defences seems woefully short and we still seem ill prepared so often
 
Golf course under 6' of water. The river has gone down but the water can't escape because of the flood bank.
The road bridge connecting the east and west of Tadcaster (3 miles downstream from me) was washed away yesterday. a 16m journey to get round. My tennis club was under 6' of water. 3' higher than ever before. I have an allotment on a spare bit of land on the bank by the courts and my tool shed was washed away. Floating out to sea by now.
 
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We rely on drainage ditches or Pows to drain water off our farm. So far today I have removed a tumble drier, washing machine and TV from the one that runs along our boundary, also countless plastic bottles and packaging which is thrown from passing cars and end up blocking pipes where the water has to pass under roads causing flooding.
 
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