Just been soaked by trying (and failing) to rescue the canvas roof of the gazebo which must have had in excess of 200lbs of water gathered in it. Managed to push it partway to the edge when rrrrrrriiiiiiiiiip and cold shower time. My ecological consultancy did work in Carlisle about a decade or so ago after much of the town was flooded. Home to the only known urban colony of brook lampreys in the UK, as we discovered, so mitigation was quite comprehensive. Even so, new, one metre higher, flood walls were built - which came within 10cm of overtopping within the year. It's not a problem that will go away. Fingers crossed for tomorrow. Shout if things go sideways.
Just been soaked by trying (and failing) to rescue the canvas roof of the gazebo which must have had in excess of 200lbs of water gathered in it. Managed to push it partway to the edge when rrrrrrriiiiiiiiiip and cold shower time. My ecological consultancy did work in Carlisle about a decade or so ago after much of the town was flooded. Home to the only known urban colony of brook lampreys in the UK, as we discovered, so mitigation was quite comprehensive. Even so, new, one metre higher, flood walls were built - which came within 10cm of overtopping within the year. It's not a problem that will go away. Fingers crossed for tomorrow. Shout if things go sideways.
> On 23/05/2024 11:37 BST Mark Roberts <postmaster@robertstech.com> wrote:
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> So how's *your* day going? https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cjkkm6x0v5po.amp
> We're in on high ground in the center of the city but we're concerned about our train tomorrow. Check out the second photo in that BBC article (the busses in the flooded car park); we just walked through there 10 minutes ago.
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