We had a terrific thunderstorm Tuesday evening, it started around
half five with lots of thunder and lightning then it really poured. It seemed
as if the storm moved over us from Farnsfield but then it stopped over
Southwell then came back with strong winds that have blown trees down in
places. It only lasted a couple of hours all told but did it ever rain, Mum
couldn’t get back from Southwell for a while.
I haven't seen such heavy rain for ages, all the gutters
overflowed and we had about an inch of water over the new patio for a while.
Irene next door had to get two pumps going as the water almost came up to her
back door on their drive.
I walked down to the river and watched the stream rising, I reckon
it came up an inch in about 20 minutes in the culvert under the road and it was
pouring over both sides of the weir at Top Dam.
We got off quite lightly though as there were bad floods in
Southwell, Mum says there is some video on U-tube that shows the extent in
Southwell. The Straws neighbour had water up to the door, the Leisure Centre
had cars flooded out. In Church Street the river burst its banks and flooded
the houses, Joe was flooded again. All along Kirklington Road there are loads
of skips with carpets and flood damaged property in them.
Cars were up to their roof in water on Halloughton Road and
in Thurgarton the water came up to the junction and flooded both sides of the
stream. Lowdham flooded and the cricket pitch is a lake again. I was talking to
Jim at the club and he said it took him three and a half hours to get home from
East Bridgford to Bleasby. He said it would have been quicker by canoe!
I feel sorry for all the people living in the flood zones as they
all got flooded out last year and then have been hit by this freak storm again
this year. All we had was the phone down for a couple of days.
Mum is out with Alison picking cherries at the moment, I will have
to drop her at the station tonight as she is going down to stay with Sylvia for
a few days.
The water flooding under the culvert by the mill
Top Dam
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