Jul 22 2007

Britain Suffers From Flooding

Category: Friends,Personal,Weather — ChrisM @ 1:13 am

No, not a general warning to all travellers thinking of visiting the UK, but I am instead referring to the current problems afflicting many areas in England and Wales (not sure on Scotland). Although Mum in Wales is in an area that is marked as effected by some maps I’ve seen, they live quite high up, so unless there is a river close to them that bursts its banks, they should be OK. I tried calling Dad at home, as his area has problems with all the rain, but as the phone was ringing, it can’t be too local too him, as the phone lines are working, and considering his answer phone kicked in, I can safely assume that the mains electricity has not been cut off; anyway I hope his and Jan’s houses are OK. I’ve spoken to Alex today, who said parts of the Forest of Dean were cut off, and that other places more local were effected, but that she was ok, and that just leaves Nick (in Falmouth) – if you ever get round to reading this Nick, and have not yet e-mailed, leave me a comment so I know you are not needing to take a dinghy into Uni 😉

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3 Responses to “Britain Suffers From Flooding”

  1. Chris Merriman says:
    July 22nd, 2007 2:15 am

    Update: Just saw a TV news item on this; they only mentioned Gloucester, Evesham and Tewksbury; but as I have friends and family in two of those three, I hope everyone is in fact OK…

  2. Adam says:
    July 22nd, 2007 10:10 pm

    It was quite bad in nearby Stratford-upon-Avon and Leamington Spa. Some houses were evacuated as well.

  3. Chris Merriman says:
    July 23rd, 2007 1:25 am

    There is a fair summary over at http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30000-1276433,00.html.

    I’ve added a personal update over here.