Floods

[Andrew Gabriel]

Anyone here been affected by the floods, or have close family/friends who have been?

[Michael Chare]

The reason storm is a BBC state secret, you have to hear about Mandela.

[Dave Liquorice]

family/friends

Yet a little bit of wind the other week, near London, was headlines for days. Hum...

About more than half a dozen trees uprooted, split or large branches off on the 30 odd miles between here an Carlisle. One wood have been across the road.

[spuorgelgoog]

My front path was affected by ponding and I had to step carefully when taking the rubbish to the bin.

Owain

[The Other Mike]

Floods of news from South Africa. The tide comes in every 15 minutes.

[harryagain]

I often thought buying a flood prone building cheaply and "floodising" it would be a good option for a DIY project.

[Dave Plowman (News)]

What other major news was on the go at that time?

Lots of trees down in London too in that storm a few weeks ago.

[Nightjar]

Just rebuild it on a floating raft, but make sure it is well anchored against floating away.

Colin Bignell

[ARW]

No flood damage but there was wind damage. I leave the computer window locked into a position where it is slightly open (my ailing cat likes to sleep on that windowsill and watch the world go by). The wind ripped the window handles off and blew the window wide open. I was quite surprised to find the window closed with a piece of rope attatched to the computer table when I got home from work -one of my neighbours who has a key let himself in "fixed" it for me.

[The Medway Handyman]

The jokes have started already;

"I've just seen a bunch of dyslexic Africans. They've been putting flowers at the door of Nissan main dealers".

[The Medway Handyman]

The jokes have started already;

"I've just seen a bunch of dyslexic Africans. They've been putting flowers at the door of Nissan main dealers".

[Andy Burns]

Ignoring the "most read" etc sections, I counted 39 links to Mandela stories on the front page of news.bbc.co.uk

[damduck-egg]

And make sure you employ a good Arkhitech.

G.Harman

[The Natural Philosopher]

Newsflash: Nelson Mandela still dead.

[Matty F]

No, I live by the sea. So I won't ever be flooded out, unless the sea rises a lot, which it won't.

[Richard]

That's a huge relief.

[Dave Plowman (News)]

It is. Judging by the many obituaries on the meja I was expecting news of him having risen again any time soon.

[spuorgelgoog]

And an even better Hengineer

Owain

[harryagain]

You ARE in cloud cuckoo land. That is exactly what happened.

The British Isles with a large continental shelf is ideal especially on the North Sea coast which has the perfect shape for it.

[harryagain]

More info here.