General Chat

We're still amazed that we don't have any flooding caused by run-off. The road to the village runs along a valley bottom with fields on one side and housing and a couple of schools + playing fields on the other. Presumable the water is still able to permeate through the chalk.

In the other direction on a gentle incline from the top of a hill, the duck pond does over flow but drains off the road fairly quickly and there are sheets of water, when its raining, from off the fields.

The only thing we have to worry about is trying to remember which puddles are puddles, and which are water filled pot holes! :-)

Not seen anything much in this part of North Wales.
Had showers and sunshine.Had warnings yesterday and was a bit hesitant about going down the Conwy valley to Betws y Coed last night to our band venue with 2 men and a lady.I pick them up and drop them off and come back on myself,doing a 60mile round trip....so get home at midnight....but it was as calm as anything and the estuary looked like a mill pond .
Hope we don't get our share this weekend..
Feel sorry for all the poor people who have been affected and the devastation in the South. <3

could I say that if there is anyone on Genes who has been flooded out and needs somewhere to live, I have plenty of room and would welcome anyone

A bit like Sheila, not directly affected but some roads flooded, fields under water, lots of warnings in place in surrounding areas. river Severn is high and expected to cause problems over the weekend. So pleased we didn't buy a house near the river.

Feel so sorry for those people in Somerset and in some of Gloucester which are flooded.

OK in this part of Kent, although the ground is saturated and fields west of here have alot of water that has collected in places, but not totally flooded.
No rivers near me, so unless the tide comes this far inland, - unlikely, we should be OK.

Gwyn

We can't get out the end of our road so we have to go round the other way.

I am on a higher bit here so I don't care!

It's a bit hairy down the harbour (the posh bit)when the wind gets behind a big tide.

think we're quite fortunate here in Cardiff

Not directly but we have problems locally, including a rain-induced landslide which has closed a fairly major road (took me an hour to get to Bath this morning, normally takes 20 mins). We are quite a way from all the misery on the Levels, but it is on our local news.

all ok in Essex so far. :-)

Nobody has said much but is anybody on here affected?

Could be they are too busy to tell us.