On Mon, 11 Dec 2006 13:42:20 -0000, Paul Crabtree wrote:

Local chap from the Environment Agency reported on radio Cumbria this
morning that 180mm of rain had fallen at Honister Pass in the central
lakes area of Cumbria,

Oof, that's a lot. We have had 20mm since midnight and all but 1 (one) mm
of that fell from midnight to 0400, peak rate 8mm/hr just at the end.

That brings this month to about 150mm (6") on top of the 6" from the 10th
November.

Rivers Eden and Eamont have burst there banks but only low lying land
affected at the moment, I wonder how much more we can take

Not much I would have thought, the ground up here is saturated any fresh
rain just runs off instead of soaking into the "sponge" like it normally
does. Have the new flood defenses around Warwick Road in Carlisle been
finished yet? They could be about to be tested...

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Cheers
Dave. pam is missing e-mail