Quick! Somebody build an ark! (Official Weather Thread)

[gaggle64]

Here's a thread about the bleedin' weather, especially since most of the UK seems to be flooding on a daily basis. (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6236348.stm)

Up here in Scotland it's just been straight up grey and depressing for weeks now, with only a couple of days reprieve at all. No flooding though luckily. Mind you, it would at least break the monotony a bit. God it's getting depressing. Where's this summer I hear so much about then, eh?

[Ant-Shimmin]

Liverpool is just wet, damp, cold, windy and pissing down.

Don't worry though we are long over due a heat wave of some sorts so fingers crossed!

[Shorty]

Man I hope the train lines don't get flooded again. Last week I had to get a bus from Sheffield to Doncaster then wait in Donny for 45 minutes for a train. Really don't want to do that again >.<

[Strider]

Rain, rain, rain... i went out today taking pictures of the floods and was pretty shocked. Close to where i live (Called Pleasley Vale if you care) has a lttle stream running through it... not any more. The water has burst the banks and is halfway up trees.

The wooden thing you see is a bridge, on the plus side it looks very green.
http://img516.imageshack.us/img516/5667/dscf2664gn3.jpg

The left side is where the stream was.
http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/952/dscf2670go7.jpg

http://img444.imageshack.us/img444/386/dscf2677dp4.jpg

Copied it from Meeningless post. Don't want to write a new one.

[Letty]

Its a lovely summer's day here, with no wind or rain whatsoever. Mmmmmmm...God I love living here.

[Slaggis]

Part of my towns flooded, its been raining now for almost 16 hours. Bluddy Britain.

[MunKy]

I'd rather this continued than a heat wave. Or if a heat wave does happen, I hope I'm at sea. I can't stand being too hot. Bring on the autumn/winter!

[gaggle64]

Hull has declared a State of Emergency. (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/humber/6237308.stm) That's not something you're going to hear often.

[Slaggis]

Hull has declared a State of Emergency. (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/humber/6237308.stm) That's not something you're going to hear often.

State of emergency? Its makes it sound like there's some sort of nuclear war.

[Fierce_LiNk]

It's pissing down here in "sunny" Brighton. I was carrying a suitcase in the rain from one house to the other yesterday, and got drenched.

[Strider]

A Humberside Fire Service spokesman said the man was trapped by his foot amid rising water levels.

That must be the most scariest way to die.

[gaggle64]

Yeah, poor bugger. Hope they can free him quickly.

[Retro_Link]

Yep sum flooding here aswell 2day! Rained so much last night!

[conzer16]

Here in the Sunny South East of Ireland it has finally stopped raining for the first day in about 6!!! :eek:

We got pummelled by rain this past week but i live on a hill so no flooding near me. As far as i know the rivers around are swelled to breaking point so thank god for the lull in the precipitation!!

[KKOB]

Birmingham's alright ^_^ no floods round me and no rain so far today.

[EEVILMURRAY]

Best time to break out the Lilos and get your money's worth. Imagine that, floating past your neighbours house, cocktail in hand.

"Y'alright Keith?"

Awesome. If only it was that flooded here.

[gaggle64]

Shit. The man trapped in the drain didn't make it. Poor sod. :(

[Strider]

I bet we wouldn't be complaining if it was winter and this was snow... well i wouldn't be anyway.

[Roostophe]

Birmingham's alright ^_^ no floods round me and no rain so far today.

Good ol' Brummagem never gets flooded, the canal never bursts its banks, we're always okay. :smile:

[Shorty]

Damnit I spoke to soon >.< the trains are down to Sheffield. I hate buses! At least I have my new video iPod for teh journey....

Edit: ooh the forcast does say 'sunny intervals' for tomorrow though, my day of travel. *Crosses fingers*.

[Jordan]

Its been pissing it down all day here, really bad wind too.

Upside is, we live in a valley with alot of untouched land, so we never get floods because the water just soaks into the soil.

[Coolness Bears]

It hasn't been raining that much where i am only a few drizzles of rain through out the day, nothing torrential like some of you a are experiencing. It hasn't even been that windy but is colder than usual.

[Stefkov]

It started raining around 3 this morning and didn't stop until 3 this afternoon.
Then the wind blowing now is making the tress move quite a lot.

[DomJcg]

its sunny nows!! twas raining abit yesterday, but a couple weeks ago it really poured for like 3 days and the river flooded (basically looked like the pictures in this thread)

[Cube]

Dull weather. Much, much better than a boiling hot day.

I hate the heat.

[UK]

Its a lovely summer's day here, with no wind or rain whatsoever. Mmmmmmm...God I love living here.

Where is hjaltland? Is it Scandinavian?

I wish I lived in the States. So many different climates, geography and peoples. And they get most games before us.
I wouldn't mind moving to Aussie land or New Zealand, either. Three most beautiful countries in the world and they all speak English.

And yeah, raining here. I hate cloudy days, you can never see the stars at night...

[Jordan]

Where is hjaltland? Is it Scandinavian?



Its Shetlandic for Shetland.

[Gaijin von Snikbah]

Shit, somebody take this bright shining sun away from us! ITS BURNING MY SKIIIN.

[ShadowV7]

No rain or wind up here.Funny saying that about Scotland and England has worse weather.

Just seen it on the news aswell,some guy went on a car and that is damn fast crazy flooding.

[UK]

Shit, somebody take this bright shining sun away from us! ITS BURNING MY SKIIIN.

Is it always dark in Norway in winter where you come live?

You make it sound Mediteranean. (Did I spell that right?)

[AshMat]

Pissed it down non stop all day, but no proper flooding.

[Gaijin von Snikbah]

Is it always dark in Norway in winter where you come live?

You make it sound Mediteranean. (Did I spell that right?)

There is about 6 hours of daylight midwinter, plus minus, at its darkest. Today it is pretty mediterranean. Theres not a cloud in the sky.

[Hellfire]

Quick! To the Petercopter!

[UK]

There is about 6 hours of daylight midwinter, plus minus, at its darkest. Today it is pretty mediterranean. Theres not a cloud in the sky.

Whenever I think of a Scandinavian country I always think cold, terrible weather. But I live in the United Kingdom, so I can't talk...

[Gaijin von Snikbah]

Whenever I think of a Scandinavian country I always think cold, terrible weather. But I live in the United Kingdom, so I can't talk...

There is alot of weather allright. A fair share of it all. But this summer has seen little rain.

http://images.wikia.com/familyguy/images/e/ed/Petercopter.gif

[Coolness Bears]

Quick! To the Petercopter!


No to the Hindenpeter!!! :heh:

[Jordan]

No to the Hindenpeter!!! :heh:

How can you afford all this stuff?!

[harribo]

Pissed it down all day. Quite a bit of flooding one things for sure you are not going to get into Sheffield any time soon.

[ThePigMarcher]

Have escaped the worst of it so far and today has just been cool and overcast (ideal summer weather).

The skies are darkening at an alarming rate at the moment so I wouldn't be surprised if some epic downpour begins shortly.

[Zell]

Hasn't rained where I live, it's been typically murky.

[hobbzinio]

Some bloke got trapped in a drain, after trying to unblock some pipes - poor sod drowned. Rescue teams tried to get him out, but the water was too deep.

Bloody rain

[Sprout]

We just had a blackout over here. My town has become an island. Help, I can't swim very well! :shakehead

[Blackfox]

Manchester is pretty flood free. Its alright being on top of a giant hill.

Hull is pretty submerged by all accounts according to friends there. One#s house is flooded by water, and the other is about 6" away from being flooded.. Another friend can't get back in since all the roads are flooded!

[weeyellowbloke]

I've been living in a tent for the past five days in Somerset. I am pretty soaked. Last night I had to spend half an hour pushing a car through mud while it horsed down with rain. However half an hour before that I was watching Bill Bailey and the Chemical Brothers which kind of evens it all out.

[gaggle64]

This is the A63 outside Hull:
http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/42422000/jpg/_42422672_james_abbey.jpg

[The fish]

This is the A63 outside Hull:
http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/42422000/jpg/_42422672_james_abbey.jpg

A63 is an odd name for a river...:blank:

[harribo]

Sheffield on Sky News they have a helicopter.

[Ashley]

It was rainy when I was going to and from work, and alright at parts during the day. But I don't mind walking around in the rain really. (Although I did get to work and put my coat on a gondola and don't know if I ever moved it, someone may have stolen it. But thats a different story.)

The weather is reflecting my mood for now. And I know theres a word for that (weather reflecting the mood - used in media) but I can't think what it is. Any help?

[harribo]

13 year old boy swept into river Sheaf in Sheffield. Sounds likes there's hundreds of people trapped and Meadowhall 2 foot under water.

[weeyellowbloke]

;486596"]
The weather is reflecting my mood for now. And I know theres a word for that (weather reflecting the mood - used in media) but I can't think what it is. Any help?

I sure there's a specific word for that as well. Like the storms in King Lear and Macbeth reflecting madness. The closest thing I can think of though is pathetic fallacy where human traits and emotions are given to things in nature and inanimate objects, but that doesn't quite fit. Hmmm, I think some searching on google is needed.

Back on topic, it's pissing it down at the moment in Oxford.

[Strider]

13 year old boy swept into river Sheaf in Sheffield. Sounds likes there's hundreds of people trapped and Meadowhall 2 foot under water.

It's on BBC news too. Looks pretty bad. I tell you in a month they'll be complaining of water shortages.

[Emasher]

we've had thunderstorms and tornado warnings recently where i live

[Excelle]

I'm worried that our greenhouse might get washed away by the raging puddle. Well, when I say raging, it's a bit sleepy at the minute ;)

[The fish]

;486596"]It was rainy when I was going to and from work, and alright at parts during the day. But I don't mind walking around in the rain really. (Although I did get to work and put my coat on a gondola and don't know if I ever moved it, someone may have stolen it. But thats a different story.)

The weather is reflecting my mood for now. And I know theres a word for that (weather reflecting the mood - used in media) but I can't think what it is. Any help?

I'll have you know it's pathetic fallacy, dear boy!

[gaggle64]

Did I hear that 20 people had to be airlifted from a building in Sheffield?

[Slaggis]

I'll have you know it's pathetic fallacy, dear boy!

Don't remind me about pathetic fallacy! I ended up making a complaint about my teacher because of it.:(

[Shorty]

Man I thought Sheffield would be safe. And I'm heading back there tomorrow. Oh well, a little fear of death ain't stopping me!

*makes a note to go nowhere near the river or city centre*

[Hellfire]

How can you afford all this stuff?!

I'm glad you guys picked it up :D

[Ginger_Chris]

Oxford been fairly sunny for weeks. Maybe two days of rain. However I'm going back to scunthorpe soon (it's between Sheffield and hull), so I might possibly see this flooding everyones talking about.

Its nice to see meadowhell is underwater. I bet its ruining all the chav's trainers.

[Emasher]

i'm sure it was no where near as bad as the red river flood of 97'

i remember my family having to bring all our stuff from our basement upstairs

fortunatly we were never evacuated

[Letty]

Last time there was bad rain here, there were some ridiculously huge scale landslides which cut off the entire south end's water supply for weeks, and blocked all the roads :(

http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Img/55971/0014663.jpg

I mean, look how tiny the road looks!

[The fish]

Hundreds flee homes in fear of dam bursting. (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/south_yorkshire/6239782.stm)

Hundreds of people have fled their homes in three villages in South Yorkshire amid fears a dam is about to burst after torrential rain.

Engineers are trying to reinforce the wall holding back the Ulley reservoir near Rotherham after cracks appeared.

[gaggle64]

I think what's most sobering about this is that compared to the flooding they get in more tropical zones like Africa and Asia it's like a drop in the bucket. Global warming is going to be a barrel of fun.

[Slaggis]

My town was hit badly last night. Pickering beck burst its banks, all the drains overflowed and people were trapped in thier houses and rescue has to evacuate my market place and take people to my college over night. ITV news has been here since 4 this morning and there's police everywhere

http://www.bbc.co.uk/northyorkshire/content/images/2007/06/26/floods_pickering_rescue_400_400x300.jpg
http://www.bbc.co.uk/northyorkshire/content/images/2007/06/26/ryedale_travel_flooded_pickering_400_400x300.jpg
http://www.bbc.co.uk/northyorkshire/content/images/2007/06/26/pickering_sandbag_lcoverdal_400x300.jpg
http://www.bbc.co.uk/northyorkshire/content/images/2007/06/26/rose_pub_pick_lcoverdale_400x300.jpg

[Shorty]

Damn, I couldn't go back to Sheffield. Not only are the train services still out, but parts of the M1 have been closed, so I can't even get a bus!

[Strider]

My town was hit badly last night. Pickering beck burst its banks, all the drains overflowed and people were trapped in thier houses and rescue has to evacuate my market place and take people to my college over night. ITV news has been here since 4 this morning and there's police everywhere


Well they beat my photos.

It hasn't rained at all today, yay. Although it is far from blue skies.

Damn, I couldn't go back to Sheffield. Not only are the train services still out, but parts of the M1 have been closed, so I can't even get a bus!

I saw on the news that it was saying 5 hour queues to get into sheffield, and that was last night.

[Slaggis]

Well they beat my photos.

It hasn't rained at all today, yay. Although it is far from blue skies.



I saw on the news that it was saying 5 hour queues to get into sheffield, and that was last night.

If you want to travel to anywhere from york southwards don't bother, the lines flooded between their and doncaster. The weather is ridiculous, it was the dryest ever April this year and now its the wettest ever June.

There was a little girl trapped last night in my town, the house was filling with water slowly and no-one could get to her, she was only 2 and a half. She was recued eventually though.

There's more bluddy rain tomorrow aswell.

[Cube]

Sheffield:
Teenage boy and a 68-year-old man swept to their deaths by floodwater
900 people evacuated to emergency shelters
Officials estimate "significant damage" to the city
Severe disruption to road and rail transport

I never expected that sort of thing in Sheffield...

[gaggle64]

Watching a news report, an aerial camera shot showed that someone had the for fought to scrawl all over the roof of their business in white paint before leaving it: "This shop is still alarmed!"

[uəʌəsʎɐɾ]

my mum called me, my girlfriend and my sister in an attempt to make sure it wasn't me a) floating down the Sheaf or b) being air-lifted off of tescos.

At freaking 6 in the morning! Silly mums.

Wish the flood had run down the street outside so i could have seen some of it.

And ShroomTy Shortster - if you can't get in for the results, i'll try get them for you with words of power.

[McPhee]

Another day or 2 of heavy rain and the West Coast Mainline will be under water about a mile from my house! It's about 1/2 meter above the water level at the moment

Same goes for my work. We were open today but the whole car park was flooded and it won't be long until the shop floor follows suit! Come on rain! I want a few days off with pay :p

[Ginger_Chris]

Whats the situation in sheffield? When will it be sorted by do you know? I've got to somehow get to Scunthorpe from Oxford on Friday, are they putting on busses instead do you know? sigh.

[Shorty]

Ginger_Chris all I know is there's still no trains between Scunthorpe and Sheffield. I have to get a bus from Scunny to Donny then another on to Sheff. Check the nationalrail.co.uk site or the site of your train company for the latest updates :)
And ShroomTy Shortster - if you can't get in for the results, i'll try get them for you with words of power.I... don't get this at all.

[ViPeR]

I live on a huuuuge hill so we would never get flooded. Though i'm also not far from the cliffs so a tidal wave might bugger things up...

[EEVILMURRAY]

I love how the news use the term "River Shabba has burst its banks" as if it's some sort of surprise.