I don't really want to sound too melodramatic but its been a day and a
half here as I am sure it has been throughout Scotland.

Our wee burn is now a 10 foot wide brown snarling monster and the mill
lade is ferocious. Roads are again under water and i have been bailing
out the back garden sporadically all day. Sepa have been steadily
increasing the warnings all day and now we are "Severe". The schools
were let out early and are suspected to be closed tomorrow.

We have had over an inch since 0900 but I think, I think we are over the
worst, i am fed up to the back teeth of weatheronline radar as I feel
I have been living on that site since the start of November (it is great
really).

The water from the village runs right around out property in a little
river that forms on the dirt track, we have the mill lade on one side
and the burn on the other - we are marooned I tells ya, MAROONED. Every
time I open the door and paddle across the back patio all I can hear is
a mighty roar of water. I am fed up with it. Roll on pressure in 4 figures.

brian
aberfeldy

ps, in the end it is interesting, dont get me wrong, just not today.

Brian. Sorry to hear what you are going through Can very much appreciate the
stress as I experienced the same when I used to be in London and had a nice
little stream at the bottom of my garden which became a roaring torrent
after extended periods of heavy rain. Whilst it never got in the house it
was within about a cm or 2 a few times and can recall the feelings of
total helplessness.
When I moved to Skye four years ago I made sure I was on a hillside some 50m
or so above the loch.. which as just as well as we have had 32.8m so far
today and 253mm since the 1st Dec. Only have to worry about the stormforce
winds from time to time!
Hope all goes well for you.
Alan
www.carbostweather.co.uk


"Brian Blair" wrote in message
...
I don't really want to sound too melodramatic but its been a day and a half
here as I am sure it has been throughout Scotland.

Our wee burn is now a 10 foot wide brown snarling monster and the mill
lade is ferocious. Roads are again under water and i have been bailing out
the back garden sporadically all day. Sepa have been steadily increasing
the warnings all day and now we are "Severe". The schools were let out
early and are suspected to be closed tomorrow.

We have had over an inch since 0900 but I think, I think we are over the
worst, i am fed up to the back teeth of weatheronline radar as I feel I
have been living on that site since the start of November (it is great
really).

The water from the village runs right around out property in a little
river that forms on the dirt track, we have the mill lade on one side and
the burn on the other - we are marooned I tells ya, MAROONED. Every time I
open the door and paddle across the back patio all I can hear is a mighty
roar of water. I am fed up with it. Roll on pressure in 4 figures.

brian
aberfeldy

ps, in the end it is interesting, dont get me wrong, just not today.

Cheers Alan.

I seem to have upset the radar Gods when I postulated that the end was in
sight so they have sent some dark blues and pinks right back up the valley.
damn their eyes.



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Alan" wrote in message
...
Brian. Sorry to hear what you are going through Can very much appreciate
the stress as I experienced the same when I used to be in London and had
a nice little stream at the bottom of my garden which became a roaring
torrent after extended periods of heavy rain. Whilst it never got in the
house it was within about a cm or 2 a few times and can recall the
feelings of total helplessness.
When I moved to Skye four years ago I made sure I was on a hillside some
50m or so above the loch.. which as just as well as we have had 32.8m so
far today and 253mm since the 1st Dec. Only have to worry about the
stormforce winds from time to time!
Hope all goes well for you.
Alan
www.carbostweather.co.uk


"Brian Blair" wrote in message
...
I don't really want to sound too melodramatic but its been a day and a
half here as I am sure it has been throughout Scotland.

Our wee burn is now a 10 foot wide brown snarling monster and the mill
lade is ferocious. Roads are again under water and i have been bailing
out the back garden sporadically all day. Sepa have been steadily
increasing the warnings all day and now we are "Severe". The schools were
let out early and are suspected to be closed tomorrow.

We have had over an inch since 0900 but I think, I think we are over the
worst, i am fed up to the back teeth of weatheronline radar as I feel I
have been living on that site since the start of November (it is great
really).

The water from the village runs right around out property in a little
river that forms on the dirt track, we have the mill lade on one side and
the burn on the other - we are marooned I tells ya, MAROONED. Every time
I open the door and paddle across the back patio all I can hear is a
mighty roar of water. I am fed up with it. Roll on pressure in 4 figures.

brian
aberfeldy

ps, in the end it is interesting, dont get me wrong, just not today.

On Wed, 13 Dec 2006 19:23:57 GMT, "Brian Blair"
wrote:

I seem to have upset the radar Gods when I postulated that the end was in
sight so they have sent some dark blues and pinks right back up the valley.
damn their eyes.

Every so often I try to persuade SWMBO to emigrate to New Zealand...

Take care.

--
Alan White
Twenty-eight miles NW of Glasgow, overlooking Lochs Long and Goil in Argyll, Scotland.
Webcam and weather:- http://windycroft.gt-britain.co.uk/weather
Some walks and treks:- http://windycroft.gt-britain.co.uk/walks

Brian Blair wrote:
I don't really want to sound too melodramatic but its been a day and a
half here as I am sure it has been throughout Scotland.

Our wee burn is now a 10 foot wide brown snarling monster and the mill
lade is ferocious. Roads are again under water and i have been bailing
out the back garden sporadically all day. Sepa have been steadily
increasing the warnings all day and now we are "Severe". The schools
were let out early and are suspected to be closed tomorrow.

We have had over an inch since 0900 but I think, I think we are over the
worst, i am fed up to the back teeth of weatheronline radar as I feel I
have been living on that site since the start of November (it is great
really).

The water from the village runs right around out property in a little
river that forms on the dirt track, we have the mill lade on one side
and the burn on the other - we are marooned I tells ya, MAROONED. Every
time I open the door and paddle across the back patio all I can hear is
a mighty roar of water. I am fed up with it. Roll on pressure in 4 figures.

brian
aberfeldy

ps, in the end it is interesting, dont get me wrong, just not today.
Dismal day here in Comrie, the River Earn has burst its banks at certain
points in the village and water is precariously close to houses. I
also have a delightful pond in my garden (or, my garden is in a pond)

John DH

http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/image...dulnain416.jpg
River Dulnain, Speyside

Alan wrote:

When I moved to Skye four years ago I made sure I was on a hillside some 50m
or so above the loch.. which as just as well as we have had 32.8m so far
today and 253mm since the 1st Dec.

Perhaps with 32.8 m of rainfall today you might need to move a little
higher above the loch, just to be on the safe side ;-)

Flooding at Milnathort




A local resident in Milnathort, near Kinross, told BBC Scotland that
the pub, post-offices and many houses are severely flooded.

Dawn Ramage said she was currently upstairs in her own home as the
ground floor had been flooded.

She described the situation as "complete chaos" and said flood water
had extended across a "huge area of Milnathort".

"It's affected lots of businesses and loads and loads of houses," she
said.

"The emergency services are here - we've got the fire, we've got the
police. They're going round asking people if they want to be
evacuated.

"From where I can see, most people are retreating upstairs and just
sitting it out but I believe in some areas they've had to take people
out."

On a tatty piece of sub-ether Paul C at said...
http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/image...dulnain416.jpg
River Dulnain, Speyside


'kinell!!! I was stood on that observing platform at the bottom (indeed,
thats what it is) just 3 weeks ago......
--
Rob C. Overfield
Hull

"Brian Blair" wrote in message
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The water from the village runs right around out property in a little
river that forms on the dirt track, we have the mill lade on one side and
the burn on the other - we are marooned I tells ya, MAROONED. Every time I
open the door and paddle across the back patio all I can hear is a mighty
roar of water. I am fed up with it. Roll on pressure in 4 figures.

brian
aberfeldy

ps, in the end it is interesting, dont get me wrong, just not today.

I know what you mean. There's a stream at the end of my garden. Undoubtedly
at some point we'll get flooded and over time are making adaptations to the
property to help minimise loss as and when that point in the future finally
comes, and have become adept at moving stuff upstairs quickly :-) .

In the past - indeed - when this swept across the country
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/New...p3?img_id=4339
I awoke in the morning, looked out of the window and *howled* to my husband.
The house was surrounded by water on two sides and lapping against the
walls. I was sure I'd look downstairs to see a flood. Luckily the water
didn't come into the house that time. Had slept through the entire night
oblivious to the storm! The stream is a joy to be next to, the vast majority
of the time. It has trout and other fish, birds (including kingfishers) and
have had water voles but now mink, loads of amphibians. It is an upstream
tributary of the Wensum. As such the water can rise quickly but it also
recedes very quickly. When it comes up it turns to a raging brown torrent
that a person would not stand a chance in. Major road building nearby has
had an effect on the flow - it puts more water into the stream :-( and a
nearby bridge to take the village road over the stream is too narrow,
causing the water to back up more often. But on the whole, having a stream
at the end of the garden is lovely.