Monday 11 August 2014

Bertha, be gone.....

Seriously...you can just go and leave us alone now!!

I should say that everyone has heard about Bertha in one way or another...starting out as a hurricane and then slowing down to storm standards as it travelled.

Luckily I suppose we were only hit by 'Bertha the strom' but i have had enough of it now.

Yes that rain was welcome for the land....but the amount of rain in such a short space of time has created problems in many areas.

Where I live we aren't prone to flooding but when the rains come as heavy as they did the drains struggle to manage for a while and the earth struggles to suck it in so we are left with some huge puddles and streets that...well I'll just show you....


Flooded streets of Barrowby
My parents moved to a riverside dwelling.

Flooded streets watering the verges.
Flooded streets watering the verges.

Taking a stroll down the road?? River!!
Taking a stroll down the road?? River!!

So as you can see...the heavy rain really did flood the whole street for a while. Trojan initially tried to jump OVER the road but when he only managed halfway drenching by him and me in the process he decided it wasn't so bad after all and strolled down the centre of it instead!!

The water didn't last long...once the rains eased and the drains could again cope it started to recede and it never does any damage to properties for which we are very thankful...none the less it's a sight to behold on the rare occasions this does happen.

These photos were taken last Friday...we have since had heavy rains again and repeats of this as well as some serious wind which isn't doing the fruit trees much. I have no doubt the the water will be good for the crops...however I was perfectly happy with our dry hot summer and hope that this doesn't mean the end of it!!
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5 comments:

  1. Trojan doesn't look at all impressed.

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  2. I hope Bertha moves on soon and you can start drying out

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  3. We're not prone to flooding around here either but there was a car stuck in water up to its windows on Friday night, I kid you not. By Saturday, you'd never have believed we'd had so much rain, then of course, the heavens opened again. I hope we've seen the last of it now.

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  4. It's the same story here in London - the drains can't cope. This usually flushes out rats so the problem is made worse. I was so grateful for the rain when it started (lovely, lovely deluges!) but the wind is annoying me as I garden between two blocks of flats so I have enough of a wind tunnel already! Really hoping that there's a bit of summer left after Bertha has petered out…

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  5. I like rain, but too much isn't fun at all. You're lucky it doesn't really flood there.

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