Frankly, It's Been Awful
By Darroch
@Darroch (245)
United Kingdom
December 30, 2015 4:32pm CST
Hopefully that's Storm Frank moving off. And not before time too.
The village where we live has sadly been badly hit by this storm. I have never personally seen flooding quite to this extent. Sure I've seen awful scenes on television, but never in real life.
We were one of the lucky ones. For over 5 1/2 hours today, we had no power, but when you know that others in the village you live have homes devastated by water, it makes you realise how trivial being without power for a few hours really is.
It was truly awful to see streets in the centre of the village with water flowing like rivers.
Shops, people's homes, caravans floating off, pedestrian bridges being destroyed, sections of road being taken all by the river having burst its banks.
I really hope never to see such a scene again.
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@kevin1877uk (36988)
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30 Dec 15
Sorry to hear you didn't have power again. It's still very windy here and raining again, it did stop for a time.
Yeah it's been terrible weather, terrible storm.
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@kevin1877uk (36988)
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30 Dec 15
@Darroch I hope so and doesn't come back. Yeah the flooding, I just can't imagine it myself, it's got the be terrible.
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@Darroch (245)
• United Kingdom
30 Dec 15
@kevin1877uk Flooding and the clear up after is awful. We had a flood a few years ago, but was caused by the shower developing a fault when we were away from home. Would hate a repeat of that, so have an understanding of what they are going through.
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@kevin1877uk (36988)
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30 Dec 15
@Darroch I've never been flooded so I wouldn't know, I feel sorry for those who have and have been a few times this winter already.
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@Darroch (245)
• United Kingdom
1 Jan 16
Yeah, it is awful to see. You do really feel for all those with flooded homes.
Worrying thing here is there is more rain forecast from tomorrow for a few days, so I'm dreading that and really hoping that their isn't a repeat of flooding to the village.
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@Poppylicious (11133)
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31 Dec 15
Yikes. So pleased you haven't been directly affected, apart from the power going off. The images on the news are truly awful.
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