Weather is headline news on BBC1. Absolute chaos on the trains/roads. The river
Severn is rising expected to be 5metres above normal at Upton upon Severn, I
fear that this one will run and run, and ... there really is more on the way!

The news reporter also said The Met Office got it right, small consolation
though I guess.

Will.
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"Will Hand" wrote in
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Weather is headline news on BBC1. Absolute chaos on the trains/roads.
The river Severn is rising expected to be 5metres above normal at
Upton upon Severn
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The flood barriers are up - and needed - here in Bewdley now; the river is
just starting to come over the banks. Already almost as high as it was for
the last lot a few weeks ago; I wouldn't be surprised if it topped that and
became the highest mid-summer level in living memory.

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Bewdley, Worcs. ~90m asl.

Squelching through the mud, David Buttery at , blathered on
thus, and it became the following missive...

"Will Hand" wrote in
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Weather is headline news on BBC1. Absolute chaos on the trains/roads.
The river Severn is rising expected to be 5metres above normal at
Upton upon Severn
snip

The flood barriers are up - and needed - here in Bewdley now; the river is
just starting to come over the banks. Already almost as high as it was for
the last lot a few weeks ago; I wouldn't be surprised if it topped that and
became the highest mid-summer level in living memory.


Hope you're ok, David, it doesn't look good....
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Rob C. Overfield
Hull

Rob Overfield wrote in
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Hope you're ok, David, it doesn't look good....

Thanks for the thoughts, Rob. I'll be okay myself, being on top of a hill
60-70m above the river, and the flood barriers down in town should prevent
homes being ruined in the way Hull and so on endured. The biggest risk at
the moment is probably the torrents of water sluicing down the (steep) main
road into town from overflowing drains, and more to the point a number of
drivers who are driving as though this were just a light shower.

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Bewdley, Worcs. ~90m asl.

Stranded People sleeping in their cars on gridlocked roads, it looks
grim

Still some rain about. Just had a showery burst here in North Devon.
Sky looks threatening

BlueLightning wrote in
ups.com:

Stranded People sleeping in their cars on gridlocked roads, it looks
grim

Still some rain about. Just had a showery burst here in North Devon.
Sky looks threatening

I'm listening to BBC Hereford and Worcester radio, which has been
broadcasting all night - available online, if anyone is interested:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/herefordandworcester/

It certainly is grim. I'll make a separate post in a minute with more local
detail, but suffice it to say that I feel for those people - literally
thousands of them - on the M5 and M50 motorways.

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Bewdley, Worcs. ~90m asl.

"BlueLightning" wrote in message
ups.com...
Stranded People sleeping in their cars on gridlocked roads, it looks
grim

Still some rain about. Just had a showery burst here in North Devon.
Sky looks threatening


Yes worse today than yesterday up here in Haytor. A few light showers already,
but pleasant enough at 12.2C.

Will (Haytor, Devon, 1017 feet asl)
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