Flood alert

[Saluki]

I can see the sea from my front garden. Flood gates are open and no flood warnings here. Mind you, the wind is horrible. Not riding in that tonight, ta very much.

 

[Sandra6]

Which river? Peak is meant to be 2am around Carlisle.

Shaun

River caldew.
All the warnings have mentioned high tide at 7pm.
Why 2am?
The pig of it is we have a brand new house waiting for us to move in to! Would be flaming typical if we flooded

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

We've had the warning call here.
Anyone else moving things to higher ground?
Having been flooded before, same street, different end, I'm slightly nervous.
We're taking precautions.
Stay safe all.

Keep yourself safe and as dry as you can. Essential paper work in a dry safe place. Hope the waters stop rising.

 

[Moon bunny]

Furness line trains cancelled. It is not just the rain but the wind behind it.

 

[Hover Fly]

River caldew.
All the warnings have mentioned high tide at 7pm.
Why 2am?...

Peak flooding can come some hours after maximum rainfall, depending on how the ground soaks it up, it's pretty saturated at the moment so river levels are rising pretty quickly. Hearsay is that in the south of Cumbria it's worse than 2009. Good news is the bridges that were washed away then were replaced with better bridges.

 

[Levo-Lon]

All the best @Sandra6 .lits going to be a tough night

 

[Captain Scarlet]

Hope all goes well for you Sandra.

The height of flooding could be later depending how much more water has to filter down from the hills. I work at Eden Golf Club next to Crosby on Eden. The water was flowing over the top of the river banks, so save to say next week at work will be clearing up flooding damage and debris.....great.

 

[Deleted member 23692]

Good news is the bridges that were washed away then were replaced with better bridges.

And next week no doubt we'll be out checking those and finding others that aren't there and any more.

 

[Captain Scarlet]

It's proper bad out there. Reports saying higher levels of water than 2005 and 2009

 

[Rickshaw Phil]

I've been following various reports most of the day and it looks pretty serious again. The pictures of it just flowing over the top of the new barriers in Keswick were quite shocking.

Best wishes to everyone affected.

 

[Sandra6]

It's definitely higher than 2009.
I think we're at the higher end of the street than 2005 when we were in a dip.
There are many worse off than me, I hope everyone is safe.

 

[Pat "5mph"]

Good luck @Sandra6 hope it does not come to the worse!

 

[Hover Fly]

The River Brathay (flows into Windermere) at its highest known level and still rising:

 

[Hover Fly]

Bad on the Derwent

Highest recent was 2009

 

[Sandra6]

I'm moving the bikes upstairs ;-)
Littlest 6 has packed her rucksack in case we get " evicted"
Oldest 6 messaged me to make sure I bring the rabbit and guinea pig indoors :-)