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 Nov 19 2009, 11:29 PM
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 The Poet Dude  Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60  |
My old hometown of Cockermouth in real trouble - river burst its banks earlier today, Main Street flooded, several rescue helicopters thwup-thwupping over the town, hoisting people to safety, and now power cuts as power substations in the town are overwhelmed with floodwater.
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Nov 19 2009, 11:52 PM
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 Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8789 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
Oh, jeez, Stu, not good. Do you have any friends or relatives there? Hope that everything turns out as well as it can.
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Nov 20 2009, 06:30 AM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
My mother and sister live in Cockermouth, and lots of my friends too. Thankfully they all live on higher ground - my mum and sis live up a hill - but the middle of town is now a disaster area, with water 8ft high, and the Main Street is literally a river of filthy brown water, with waves rolling down it, as firemen in dinghies pull people out of houses. There are reports of rescuers having to breakin to houses through their roofs to pull people out. Just unbelievable. My mum and sis have got a couple of friends staying with them - their house was hit mid-evening, with water halfway up their stairs, I gather. Awful, just awful.
Some video on Sky News' site here: http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/UK-News/F...200911315458572 -------------------- |
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Nov 20 2009, 08:06 AM
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According to the met office, some parts of Cumbria may have had 345mm of rain !!!!
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Nov 20 2009, 08:23 AM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8789 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
God.
Glad that your mom & sister are okay, Stu. 345mm/24 hrs? That's incredible. -------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.
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Nov 20 2009, 11:00 AM
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Hope you & yours are all OK Stu. It's looking pretty grim up there. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8369934.stm
Flooding's a lot more disruptive (and the effects last a lot longer) than it might appear to the casual TV news watcher. (In Gloucestershire we had our 500-year flood in 2007; I hear these are being described as a 1000-year event. I think someone's actuarial stats could do with revising...) -------------------- --
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Nov 20 2009, 04:10 PM
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 Special Cookie Group: Members Posts: 2168 Joined: 6-April 05 From: Sintra | Portugal Member No.: 228 |
Hang in there Stu, hope everyone's safe.
Things will get better. -------------------- "Ride, boldly ride," The shade replied, "If you seek for Eldorado!"
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Nov 20 2009, 06:35 PM
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Thinking of you all up there - we southerners have had it pretty easy this time round.
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Nov 20 2009, 08:14 PM
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 Member Group: Members Posts: 813 Joined: 29-December 05 From: NE Oh, USA Member No.: 627 |
Stu ... wishing you, your family, and friends, safe passage through all this.
Craig |
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Nov 20 2009, 08:23 PM
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 Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 2785 Joined: 10-November 06 From: Pasadena, CA Member No.: 1345 |
Poking through the metsat images, I think the energies might be remnants of extratropical strom Ida. From Honduras to the Carolinas and to Ireland and the UK, this was one long swath of destructive flooding.
My wishes and hopes to those affected. -------------------- Some higher resolution images available at my photostream: http://www.flickr.com/photos/31678681@N07/
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Nov 20 2009, 09:28 PM
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Feel very humble - my garage was 6" deep in water when I got home from work - my lawnmower may never work again, but my home is safe - can't imagine losing the bottom floor of my house to the floods. Thinking of all those people on airbeds tonight...
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Dec 2 2009, 02:45 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 813 Joined: 29-December 05 From: NE Oh, USA Member No.: 627 |
I do not get personal on a usual basis. But this forum is very special to me, even if all I only contribute is a WOW for what you folks do. This forum is part of my family, because you all love what I love...
My daughter Rachel caught the H1N1. The virus progressed to strep pneumonia and then ARDS. On Wednesday November 25 she went on a ventilator. Without that she would have died. She has twin sons. The apples of my eye. This pernicious disease brought her to this state in a blink of time. Watch your twenty year olds! This disease has such a weird demographic. Craig |
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Dec 2 2009, 03:03 AM
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OM.. Craig, that's terrible news!
As a member of your extended 'family', my thoughts are with you and your daughter at this time. Keep your chin-up, and 'faith' in your heart. |
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Dec 2 2009, 03:08 AM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8789 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
Likewise, Craig...my God, that's just terrible. Sure hope she's getting much better.
-------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.
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Dec 2 2009, 04:10 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 813 Joined: 29-December 05 From: NE Oh, USA Member No.: 627 |
Thank You, Astro0 and nprev, my freinds.... You all really are my extended family.
Rachel has always been a fighter. Now is no different. But please watch your friends and family and do not take this disease lightly. When it does hit, it hits like Thor's Hammer. Craig |
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