Damage

[TWR]

Has there been in your area that you know of?

[boxtops]

The river which runs through our town is starting to overflow - the houses which back on to it are sandbagging as I write :-(

[rockyracoon]

No

[ummmm]

Not that I can see and it was pretty bad here yesterday.

[TWR]

Have you filled that hole in on the M2 Boxy?

[boxtops]

Being in an old house, our drains are questionable, and we have a soakaway outside the front of the house. It's full up - we have to keep going out and baling it out into the drain in the street, before the level reaches the holes in the air bricks :-(

[andy-hughes]

No - here in Stoke we have been lucky so far.

The Trent & Mersey Canal runs past the end of my back garden, so I keep looking anxiously at it!

[EcclesCake]

Yes, most of it is under water.

And then there are the fallen trees and fence panels down.

Can't wait to see what tomorrow brings :-(

[woofgang]

fences and bits of tree down all over the place. some minor flooding.

[paddywak]

Apart from the odd T.V aerial and fence panel I've not noticed any

[boxtops]

TWR, yes I'm up there in the helicopter at the moment, dropping bags of stuff into the hole - can't you see me? :-)

[rockyracoon]

Eccles, is the water very near to getting in your house?

[Sipowicz]

Lots of roof tiles dislodged.
By the way TWR, do you trust your bank with your money?

[Baldric]

A few leaves blown into the garden from neighbours tree, problem is they are still attached to the damn tree, taken out two fence panels and missed our house by about 4 feet, so no real harm done, and he's got the chainsaw gang coming in tomorrow or Saturday to shift it, and new fence panels delivered a few minutes ago, he's the guy who walked the dogs when I was post-op a few weeks ago, so no probs.

[EcclesCake]

Luckily I'm far enough away from the Thames that I will not be flooded by that, although we have many streams (now raging torrents) around our way.

However the drains are pretty full and I live at the bottom of two hills which have caused localised flooding previously, I've already dammed parts of the house.

I have to give careful consideration to anywhere I want to go as there is so much water about and roads closed etc, luckily there isn't much that I need to leave the house for.

[rockyracoon]

That's a bit of a worry :(

My fingers are crossed for you, especially for tomorrow.

[EcclesCake]

Thanks Rocky, I'm sure it will all turn out fine :-/

Oh and I forgot to mention that I am surrounded by tall trees, I haven't looked at the wind for tomorrow.

Glad Baldric and Scrivens had lucky escapes!

[WELSHYORKIE]

North Wales - no electricity for the past 21 hours - damagewise see this:

http://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/north-wales-weather-39000-people-6704289

[murraymints]

we have been very lucky for a change in Scotland..wet and windy but nothing to gripe about. My sympathies to all who have been affected xx

[ChillDoubt]

Lots here in N. Wales, including part of the roof blowing off The Racecourse. Trees down everywhere, schools closed because of damage too.
On a personal note, 2 fence panels, a shed door and the shed now resembling a certain tower in Pisa.
No point trying to fix it today, will wait until the weekend for repairs etc.

On the plus side, my washing is getting dried in record time, provided it remains on the line!