My town. population 12k shut off because of rain

[mack]

Amazingly all it takes is 24 hrs of heavy rain to close all roads in and out. There are 5 roads in and out and at this time none are passable. It never used to happen, now flooding is pretty much a regular thing.

Thankfuly I live on top of a hill, so I can just sit and warch the long lines of frustrated motorists.

Wonder if Blockbuster will wave my late fee lol.

Mack.

[BeeDeeDubbleU]

Mack, I know what you are suffering but like you I live near a river (the Leven) that takes it all away. It has not stopped all day but when I came back from the pub at 19.30 it had eased up enough that I didn't have to use my brolly. ;)

Looking out of the window now, an hour later, it is chucking it down again. :(

[creeking]

might be a good time to review your disaster preps. :)

[mack]

Not really a disaster, well apart from a potential late fee.. It's really more of an inconvenient. There is a road that's passable but its closed due to a serious accident, and not a result of flooding.

People might moan about being stuck in a jam, but they should be thankful there not the reason for it!

BDW I recon our weather systems must only be a few mins apart. (I'm just over the river Clyde) and right now its chucking it down.

Mack.

[LifeinAsia]

Can you send some of that rain to California? We'd be glad to issue an IOU for it. :)

[mack]

Ohhh we get plenty in Scotland. How much do you need. I'm sure I can ship it over for a reasonable fee. Just remember, its an exclusive deal. You better not be a reseller, or affiliate. Lol

Mack.

[LifeinAsia]

How much do you need.

Three year's worth to start. :(

[inbound]

Well, living in Edinburgh, I'm thankful that Mack and BDW are "taking one for the team" - quite wet here but most of the rain seems to have fallen on the West coast (or in Cumbria in Englandshire).

[kaled]

Why are people complaining about rain and floods when the solution is blindingly obvious... Write to Gordon Brown and insist that he passes a law that forbids excess rain - that'll sort it!

Of course, it's too late to fit it in the Queen's Speech but he could make it a manifesto commitment for the election. It's a clear vote winner because there's no way those uncaring Conservatives will go along with it - after all they believe that governments should not interfere with such things.

Kaled.

[wyweb]

I lived in Thermopolis, Wyoming for 3 years. Two roads in, Two roads out. In bad winters two or three feet of snowfall wasn't uncommon in a single night. We would essentially be cut off from the "outside" world until they cleared the roads (which could take a week or longer.)

I sort of liked it like that... it's romantic...

[engine]

Nice one Kaled! :)

We've been lucky, just lots of rain, no flooding.

It seems to me that the rain is getting more regional and heavier, too, when it falls.

I live very close to where two rivers meet, and we often see them just on the point of breaking their banks. When they did break their banks, not so long ago, our house was about three foot above the flood. Others were not so lucky. Even so, we were cut off to all but a land rover or a boat. As I don't possess either, I had a day at home helping the unfortunate neighbours.

Good luck with the late fee, Mack!

[bwnbwn]

[foxnews.com...]

Looks like it is worse than most think and is really pretty nasty.

[BeeDeeDubbleU]

I sort of liked it like that... it's romantic...

I can see why, snow can be nice but having flood water lapping around the top of the dining room table is anything but romantic. :(

Things are really bad in SW Scotland and NE England. Fortunately I live about thirty or forty feet above the normal level of the local river. If we ever get flooded here that would be a really major disaster.