Floods in Cockermouth
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thatone1967 said:
ad551 said:
News & Star now reporting they've found the body of a man on a beach in West Cumbria. It is reported that the man is wearing police uniform and officers are at the scene.
Such sad news
R.I.P.Such sad news
We were supposed to going to Cockermouth tomorrow for a week. We can't get in touch with the people we were going to stay with, but they are high up so hopefully they are ok.
thatone1967 said:
ad551 said:
News & Star now reporting they've found the body of a man on a beach in West Cumbria. It is reported that the man is wearing police uniform and officers are at the scene.
Such sad news
R.I.P.Such sad news
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t.Edited by ferrisbueller on Friday 20th November 19:07
It's the aftermath that's scary. Here in Hull we had some pretty serious flooding in the 2007 deluge which led to raw sewage floating around into people homes. Every flooded house had to be stripped bare downstairs and left to dry out for months on end leaving people to move into caravans in their driveways. It's only in the last six months that the last of the caravans have gone - two years on there were still hundreds of people out of their homes.
This was purely down to stty red tape and ahole builders not doing their jobs. Most were fantastic (considering the pressure they were under) but some just wanted to drag things out for extra money; a situation not helped by insurance companies throwing smallprint at people.
I just hope lessons have been learned!
Tragic news about the PC that's died.
This was purely down to s
tty red tape and ahole builders not doing their jobs. Most were fantastic (considering the pressure they were under) but some just wanted to drag things out for extra money; a situation not helped by insurance companies throwing smallprint at people.I just hope lessons have been learned!
Tragic news about the PC that's died.
F i F said:
aiui the new defences in Carlisle which are almost complete held.
I'm in Carlisle, a 2 minute walk from the barriers (which are complete). The water just reached the defenses. As far as I know no water got through. But as 10ps said, the water was nowhere near as high as it was in 2005. Still worrying times, though, because the defenses have never been tested for real, and folk here are still jittery from the floods of 2005. Having been through all this 4 years ago, I really feel for the folks of Cockermouth and the area. They have a long struggle ahead to put things right.
I've got some pics and videos of the bit local to me, I'll post some of them up.
Schmeeky said:
F i F said:
aiui the new defences in Carlisle which are almost complete held.
I'm in Carlisle, a 2 minute walk from the barriers (which are complete). The water just reached the defenses. As far as I know no water got through. But as 10ps said, the water was nowhere near as high as it was in 2005. Still worrying times, though, because the defenses have never been tested for real, and folk here are still jittery from the floods of 2005. Having been through all this 4 years ago, I really feel for the folks of Cockermouth and the area. They have a long struggle ahead to put things right.
I've got some pics and videos of the bit local to me, I'll post some of them up.
My F-I-L has a house in Cockermouth. He was due to be there this weekend to sign off the refurbishment from the last time it flooded about a year ago (it's part of an old mill building which forms one bank of the Cocker). It was a year of aggro, arguing with the local planning department, trying to manage local trades and doing a hell of a lot of the rebuild work himself. He has heard that yesterday the floodwater got up to within a foot of the ceilings on the ground floor. He is obviously devastated.
My thoughts and sympathies are with him, all the families displaced by this disastrous event (and for those directly affected, this is a real disaster) and of course the family of PC Bill Barker, sadly lost yesterday.
My thoughts and sympathies are with him, all the families displaced by this disastrous event (and for those directly affected, this is a real disaster) and of course the family of PC Bill Barker, sadly lost yesterday.
ferrisbueller said:
Forgive me if this causes any offence but a fellow Cumbrian just sent me a text that made me 
Apparently the local authorities are hoping the floods may hit Cleator Moor where it could cause an estimated £3M of improvements.
Apparently the local authorities are hoping the floods may hit Cleator Moor where it could cause an estimated £3M of improvements.
If only they'd built Cleater Moor at the bottom of a hill.
deevee said:
My F-I-L has a house in Cockermouth. He was due to be there this weekend to sign off the refurbishment from the last time it flooded about a year ago (it's part of an old mill building which forms one bank of the Cocker). It was a year of aggro, arguing with the local planning department, trying to manage local trades and doing a hell of a lot of the rebuild work himself. He has heard that yesterday the floodwater got up to within a foot of the ceilings on the ground floor. He is obviously devastated.
My thoughts and sympathies are with him, all the families displaced by this disastrous event (and for those directly affected, this is a real disaster) and of course the family of PC Bill Barker, sadly lost yesterday.
This is truly the worst part of it all. The personal impacts take years to resolve and when the fuss dies down and the nation's focus moves elsewhere it's the locals who have to deal with the aftermath. In many cases there is a positive in that hard graft and endeavour will make it better. At the other end of the scale there are 4 kids who don't have a Dad anymore.My thoughts and sympathies are with him, all the families displaced by this disastrous event (and for those directly affected, this is a real disaster) and of course the family of PC Bill Barker, sadly lost yesterday.
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