Wee bit wet in Cumbria at the moment.

It's dry here, had fog today then some sun.

 

Its gotta be about 10 to 15ft above the normal river levels i think.
BBC news said Keswick has had the river at unprecedented levels.

Cockermouth flood defences are gonna get breached at about 7pm they reckon.
Last time that happened it ended up like this. Jennings brewery is at bottom of piccy just left of the castle.

Cool. That'll give the historians something interesting to do.

 

That's the year we started going to cocker. Poor folk, just before Xmas again

 

Some of the home owners only got back into their properties 24 months later. Bet their home insurance won't pay out this time.

 

Your a bloody Jinx, your van was perfect till you bought it !!!

 

Wotchoo tarkin about? Its still perfect!

 

That's the cidre talking...

 

Oi steamboat Wullie, that's a big glass you got

 

I have every sympathy but you do need to do your homework before you buy a house, precedent or not.
My first house was a renovation and needed replastering on the ground floor. When we hacked the old plaster off there was a tide mark on the bricks about waist height from the "great floods of 1953". It was 40 years later and the flood defenses had been fixed but... We sold it to trade up but you can bet I looked 50-100ft higher next next time and no way would I buy a house near river now, pretty as it was.

 

Cockermouth is flooded again and its still not reached its peak water level.



Reached 8ft deep on the main street in 2009.

 

Sad news.

 

the weather is going mad , is it time to get barges

 

it's awful. Hope you're both OK @Zebedee

 

Very sad seeing and hearing places flooded.

I live down the road from Datchet and when that got flooded it really hit home how bad it must be for people. Your home under water

 

that is so sad for the people in them villages

 

My sister lives just out of Pooley Bridge. they are trapped by flooded roads and cant get out of the area, but at least their house is dry.

 

Stay safe Zeb....those winds are a category 2 cyclone!The floods look awful.

 

[Same story with Brisbane flooded after Cyclone Wanda in Jan 74.People forget or dont check...huge flood again in Jan 2011.I live about 400m from the beach which according to council maps is in a zone which will not flood if a cyclone hits at high tide.People will still happily buy houses in the red zone because it may never happenQUOTE="zed, post: 1043879, member: 73"]I have every sympathy but you do need to do your homework before you buy a house, precedent or not.
My first house was a renovation and needed replastering on the ground floor. When we hacked the old plaster off there was a tide mark on the bricks about waist height from the "great floods of 1953". It was 40 years later and the flood defenses had been fixed but... We sold it to trade up but you can bet I looked 50-100ft higher next next time and no way would I buy a house near river now, pretty as it was.[/QUOTE]

 

no floods up here in Sunny Scotland, but for December its unseasonable warm, 14 degrees !! thats warmer than it was at the height of summer .. Almost T shirt weather..

 

If we ever moved back to England I told mrs lef I wanted to be near the lakes ,having second thoughts now...

I hope no people suffer too much , horrible news just before christmas ...