Somerset UK Flood Photos

[Minas Tirith]

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MT I read that the parents had bought pumps to pump storm water out of their house and that the little boy might have died of carbon monoxide poisoning from the pump motor running.......very sad....sorry cannot remember where I read this maybe The Times?

Yeah, that was one assumption. It was however never "officially" confirmed (just checked).

Police refused to comment on speculation the death was related to carbon monoxide poisoning, but advised anyone in the Thameside area in Chertsey who showed signs of vomiting, diarrhea and fever to seek medical assistance.

I mean, if it was carbon monoxide poisoning, why not confirm it (also to warn others who continually pump the water out)? Also, diarrhea is NOT one of the symptoms of CMPoisoning (EDIT: Sorry, I meant fever. You don't have a temperature). He could also have died from something completely unrelated, but then, why is there no information about that?

I am a little wary about the floods lasting into spring, when it gets warmer, the standing water will provide a perfect breeding ground for bacteria...

M.T.

 

[Vic]

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This is just so scary My heart goes out to all the people affected.

Things are pretty bad there for sure, especially on the levels near the sea, but that's not the only problem. The water table in many parts of the UK is FULL due to months of rain. The water is seeping up through the ground. If it continues in this way for the rest of this year, all that's needed is a major "arctic plunge" this winter, and that's your ice sheet and the new ice age. It's pretty amazing to think that we could be right on the cusp of a new major glaciation in the NH and the 'authorities' have no idea.

I think high up, they do know, but they are not interested in doing anything to help the masses. It's only their own hides that concern them, to hell with the rest of us. If this weather continues, it's another hit for the Cs.

March 18, 2000

Q: You also made a remark once that ice ages occur much, much faster than people ever thought...

A: Yes.

So do I Arwenn. Up until a few years ago dredging was common practice because it was a common sense measure against the potential for flooding. Then it stopped.

The environment minister apparently apologised this week saying that the 'experts' they consulted back then got it wrong. Experts from hell.

 

[Vic]

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Floodwater coming through the keyholes of a door in somerset.

_https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10152012021758742&set=a.385012878741.168034.766513741&type=1

 

[Al Today]

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What really irks me about this situation is that it is pretty clear that the harsh winter in the East of the US is linked to the crazy storms on the Western seaboard of Europe. You have these chaotic weather patterns in two areas and the only thing in between is the Atlantic ocean, and yet, not a word is said by 'weather experts' on either side. They just stick to detailing the events in their local. It's obtuse and ignorant beyond words, and there'll be hell to pay for it I reckon.

Sicking "they" will not discuss this. Are "they" cluelessly ignorant or are "they" held back from opening their mouths? Which is the answer? Good grief, I saw another article headline such as: "/Horrible-Winter-CBS-Says-Blame-Global-Warming"
_http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Journalism/2014/02/13/Horrible-Winter-CBS-Says-Blame-Global-Warming

I haven't decided to be angry or amused about the freaking silence... or ???
Bringing this silence up feels like

edit/add: Well, while thinking about this... At least "they" bring up the Atlantic Ocean indirectly, talking about warm water...

 

[caballero reyes]

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This is impressive:
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-weather-somerset-levels-satellite-3142174

 

[Ocean]

Good grief, another storm is set to hit the UK this evening AND Meanwhile northern parts of the Britain can expect snow as the band of rain hits cold air. The Met Office said there would be a "multi-pronged attack" of wind, rain and snow striking the country tomorrow.

Here comes the snow and ice

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-weather-ferocious-friday-bring-3141912

 

[Minas Tirith]

OK, I am getting a bit paranoid :P
Yesterday and this morning my cooking went completely bad (bacon shrank in pan so much I could hardly find it)
and I was thinking of this:

Q: (T) New Mexico will still exist, but the
perception, when you drive into it, is going to
change completely, because you've moved
into a different density?
A: Cooking will be fun too!
Q: (T) Because it's fourth density. (L)

I am starting to wonder if there is something going on with the UK. I mean, almost all the crop circles were found here. See other thread for strange helicopter crash in Glasgow:
http://cassiopaea.org/forum/index.php/topic,31984.new/topicseen.html#new

Maybe it's this constant rain and storm shattering my nerves, I will do some pipe-breathing ...

M.T.

 

[Vulcan59]

Here is an image from the Daily Mail tabloid showing the storms in the US and UK are linked. - Source

 

[SMM]

Combined with the increased rainfall has been increased wind speeds and storms, causing waves that haven't been seen in the UK for a long time. There was an article stating that this is the greatest amount of rainfall seen for 250 years. Oh found it:

UK floods: Extraordinary before-and-after images show true impact of Britain's 'wettest winter for 250 years'

Here is a video that talks a little about the wind speeds and waves:

Fresh severe weather hits UK

The word 'fresh' is a bit unclear; the weather has been going on for a while so I hope they don't mean "fresh" as in new. There hasn't been a lot of flooding where I live - just a lot of wind and rain. There has been power shortages due to weather-induced chaos. Yeah it does seem as though the onset of ice ages would be something similar to this. Everyone saying it'll get better soon, things will go back to normal then it hits the fan pretty quickly.

 

[Human]

Here is an image from the Daily Mail tabloid showing the storms in the US and UK are linked. - Source

If the winds can be related to storms, according to wind map it doesn't look that way now.
Even the two smaller vortexes (bellow Greenland and at the east of N. America) do not seem to be directly connected, but that the huge vortex in the Atlantic drives them both, which also reaches Spain and France.
The weather in the UK, at the moment, seems to be mainly affected by another smaller vortex above the Northern Sea.

 

[Gwenllian]

The British Geological Survey estimates 1.6 million properties in England and Wales are at risk of groundwater flooding.

Recently I have been going over my home insurance policy and if things are the way they are organised in the Netherlands people will not be insured when their houses are flooded by groundwater. At least that is what I could gather from policies from several insurance companies over here.

Maybe it's this constant rain and storm shattering my nerves, I will do some pipe-breathing ...

M.T.

Take good care of yourself, M.T., I am sure that this constant rain must be very depressing (no sunlight) and all these storms do have an effect on our mental health, at least that is my experience. I am always on edge when there is a storm and I live in an area where it is often very windy. I can't relax, because the storm seems to be telling me that I have to pay attention, it keeps me on my toes, so I can understand very well that this is shattering your nerves.
Also, it does feel like a battle between STO and STS just above my head.

You mentioned all that standing water being a breeding ground for bacteria, if it gets warmer. I was also thinking mosquitoes. :O

Added: But maybe it won't come to that, all that water may turn into ice instead. Either way, it doesn't look good at all, as others have already said.

 

[Pierre]

Combined with the increased rainfall has been increased wind speeds and storms, causing waves that haven't been seen in the UK for a long time.

Yes, last night (14th of February) Brittany was facing storm Ulla, which is therefore the 20th severe storm of the year . That's an average of more than 1 severe storm every 2 days. I've been checking pressure maps regularly and on almost every daily map you can see 2, 3 or 4 depressions over the Atlantic ocean, it's like a never ending string of pearls.