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Our village is now decorated with a nice selection of sandbags again. 
Thankfully our house is one of the ones on higher ground. Plenty of w@nkers about in their cars ploughing through the floods making waves that go over the walls of sandbags flooding the houses. The 4x4 drivers are the worst.
And come someone tell me why do people drive through floods that are too deep and break down. Shouldn't be allowed to claim off their insurance if they do this. It is sheer stupidity.
Thankfully our house is one of the ones on higher ground. Plenty of w@nkers about in their cars ploughing through the floods making waves that go over the walls of sandbags flooding the houses. The 4x4 drivers are the worst. And come someone tell me why do people drive through floods that are too deep and break down. Shouldn't be allowed to claim off their insurance if they do this. It is sheer stupidity.
It's not like you'd need too much depth to soak the black beastie!Its hitting sussex now.
Farmer holds back flood
by Lilly Peel
Rescue: Chris with his children
A Sussex farmer saved more than a hundred people from a devastating flood in their homes by using his stack of hay to bale them out.
Chris Maher Loughnan was quick to the rescue when a flash-flood burst the banks of a stream .
The residents came close to becoming one of the many victims of the floods as the county yesterday edged towards a catastrophe on a scale of the flooding in October 2000.
Mr Maher Loughnan, of Southdown Farm, Hassocks, built a wall of hay, barricading his neighbours' homes.
Water had to be pumped from three houses and five outhouses in Lodge Lane and Dale Avenue but firefighters said Mr Maher Loughlan's actions saved the other properties.
The makeshift wall, fitted into gateways and driveways, stopped the water and the bulk of the deluge was channelled back to its source.
Mr Maher Loughnan was hailed a hero by his neighbours after a drainage stream burst its banks shortly after 10.30am yesterday. Grills that protect the stream were blocked with branches.
Mr Maher Loughlan said: "You would not believe how much water there was. It came up right over the bridge, which is about 8ft from the normal level of the water.
"I rushed to get the bales as quickly as I could. I wasn't really thinking - I just knew I had to stop the water."
Sub Officer Trevor Daley, commander of Keymer fire station, said: "We were on the scene almost immediately but had to wait for sandbags from Bognor. The grounds of 42 properties were affected.
"We were able to remedy the situation quickly, thanks to the assistance of Chris."
Tony Heather, 49, of Lodge Lane, said: "I looked out of the window to see water gushing down the road. I've been meaning to build a garden wall for a while - now it's accelerated to the top of my list."
His wife, Maureen, 50, said: "Chris is our hero. He and the firefighters were wonderful."
One resident, who didn't want to be named, had to have water pumped from her garage.
She said: "My house is on the lowest ground so we tend to get the worst flooding.
"I would like to ask anyone with streams or trenches in their gardens to make sure they are clear as any blockages can make flooding worse."
Marcos maniac said:
A Sussex farmer saved more than a hundred people from a devastating flood in their homes by using his stack of hay to bale them out.
Mr Maher Loughnan, of Southdown Farm, Hassocks, built a wall of hay, barricading his neighbours' homes......firefighters said Mr Maher Loughlan's actions saved the other properties.
Hay's bloody expensive. Wonder if the insurance companies will recognise that his actions have saved them huge amounts of money, and offer him some sort of compensation?
Just you wait. The soil errosion will get you one day
GrahamG said: Best of luck to all PHers at risk of flooding, it must be heartbreaking stuff
We're fine (live on top of a hill) but then again we do lose roof tiles most winters and it does get f***in' cold.
. Good luck to those of you at risk. The forcast is for it to get colder and drier over the weekend so heres hoping it stays that way for all the water levels to go down significantly.
Big_M said: .... The 4x4 drivers are the worst.
Aint it always the case, I bloody hate them and the ****wits who drive them, I was driven out of some nice tracks into deep snow in the M3 two years ago by the archetypal Range Rover driver, and ended up facing down the drainage channel for the river don. Not pleasant. Did he stop, in a word no. If you are reading this I hope the fleas of a million camels infest your japs eye for eternity.
Been to a few floods with work.
One is a street that gets flooded due to the flood defences for the river. Street backs onto the river. When the river is high (exeptionaly high), and rainfall is high, there is nowhere for the water run off from fields etc to go. So the street floods. But if the defences wern't then more would be flooded. Bummer.
Another house I saw flooded was up a hill. It was on a main road that had a stream down the other side that had burst its banks turning the road into a river. Added to thet was the run off from the fields. The house had a drive leveled to meet the road but the house was lower so it all run into the house and out the back door down the hill.
Really saddening.
When I see the news and all the rest of flooding, after seeing what can happen, my heart goes out to them that are affected.
One is a street that gets flooded due to the flood defences for the river. Street backs onto the river. When the river is high (exeptionaly high), and rainfall is high, there is nowhere for the water run off from fields etc to go. So the street floods. But if the defences wern't then more would be flooded. Bummer.
Another house I saw flooded was up a hill. It was on a main road that had a stream down the other side that had burst its banks turning the road into a river. Added to thet was the run off from the fields. The house had a drive leveled to meet the road but the house was lower so it all run into the house and out the back door down the hill.
Really saddening.
When I see the news and all the rest of flooding, after seeing what can happen, my heart goes out to them that are affected.
Graham.J said: aah but it's a whole different story when the person who always complains about 4x4's gets stuck in a flood and there happens to be a Land Rover 90 just up the road, parked up doing nothing.
OOOOHHHH SO NOW you think 4x4's are great
Been in some very sticky situations in a landy 90 with a bloke from wessex water , you wouldnt beleive what a landy can do when used properly
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