City drying out after last night's floods (From Daily Echo)

What is needed is to open up all the steams and brooks that flowed into the Itchen and Test, give the water a better chance of flowing into the rivers.

No matter which way I drove last night, there was always a flood, managed to get through 2 but the 3rd got me and had to turn around and head home the long route on higher ground. How ever the lighting was just brilliant to watch while stuck in traffic. Bravo Mother Nature, Bravo!

southy wrote:
What is needed is to open up all the steams and brooks that flowed into the Itchen and Test, give the water a better chance of flowing into the rivers.

Do you not understand? If the tide is that high it cannot flow out stupid because its flowing in, what an idiot.

"Southampton drying out after last night's flooding" calm down echo, it's hardly cockermouth or boscastle is it? you might as well have headlined this article "two hipsters looking at a puddle in st mary's"

Nicole23 wrote:

southy wrote:
What is needed is to open up all the steams and brooks that flowed into the Itchen and Test, give the water a better chance of flowing into the rivers.

Do you not understand? If the tide is that high it cannot flow out stupid because its flowing in, what an idiot.

How dare you challenge southy on anything connected with the sea or shipping? He is directly descended from King Canute.

To all those complaining about the rain over the last 48 hours I say "get a life". Just be greatful you don't live in places like India or Thailand. During their rainy season the amout of rain we've had would be classed as a shower.

helldell wrote:
To all those complaining about the rain over the last 48 hours I say "get a life". Just be greatful you don't live in places like India or Thailand. During their rainy season the amout of rain we've had would be classed as a shower.

Exactly, and all the people who moan about the price of gas, our winter would be classed as summer by a lot of people in Europe.

The Police should have been issuing driving without due care fines to all the 4x4 drivers..
They were belting through the floods, and their wakes were totally drowning the cars alongside and behind them...
Just because the deep water didn't necessarily effect their vehicles, their poor driving skills directly led to others having the engines die, and water coming in under the door sills..

Lionel P wrote:

Nicole23 wrote:

southy wrote:
What is needed is to open up all the steams and brooks that flowed into the Itchen and Test, give the water a better chance of flowing into the rivers.

Do you not understand? If the tide is that high it cannot flow out stupid because its flowing in, what an idiot.

How dare you challenge southy on anything connected with the sea or shipping? He is directly descended from King Canute.

Well when you have work on and with water then you will under stand how it beheaves, open up the Streams and brooks again will give the water a chance to move, rising up in the channel of the stream or brook, piping off natural streams and brook restricts the amount of water that can be flow in a pipe and is why you get the backing up water because it can not flow though the strom drains fast enough.
Along millbrook road what streams over flowed, i can tell you i did point it out yesterday, it was the two streams that are piped so they back filled forcing the water to try find another way round, Note Tanners Brook did not over flow and thats because it mostly an open brook and surplus rain water on the roads was able to flow in the strom drains and into tanners brook.

southy wrote:

Lionel P wrote:

Nicole23 wrote:

southy wrote:
What is needed is to open up all the steams and brooks that flowed into the Itchen and Test, give the water a better chance of flowing into the rivers.

Do you not understand? If the tide is that high it cannot flow out stupid because its flowing in, what an idiot.

How dare you challenge southy on anything connected with the sea or shipping? He is directly descended from King Canute.

Well when you have work on and with water then you will under stand how it beheaves, open up the Streams and brooks again will give the water a chance to move, rising up in the channel of the stream or brook, piping off natural streams and brook restricts the amount of water that can be flow in a pipe and is why you get the backing up water because it can not flow though the strom drains fast enough.
Along millbrook road what streams over flowed, i can tell you i did point it out yesterday, it was the two streams that are piped so they back filled forcing the water to try find another way round, Note Tanners Brook did not over flow and thats because it mostly an open brook and surplus rain water on the roads was able to flow in the strom drains and into tanners brook.

You've no idea how much it pains me to say it but he's got a point.

Nicole23 wrote:

southy wrote:
What is needed is to open up all the steams and brooks that flowed into the Itchen and Test, give the water a better chance of flowing into the rivers.

Do you not understand? If the tide is that high it cannot flow out stupid because its flowing in, what an idiot.

I hesitate to agree with Southy but I would say that the sea level was still below the level of the street. It's just that all the wash off from a lot of the city pools there and can't escape quickly enough.

for nicole23 to label anyone stupid is a delicious irony

winchester was flooded most of the day,even eastleigh had its share,it will only get worse with all the concreting and taking away the grass and tree,s for new house builds which the country wouldnt need if they sent the immigrants home,winchester like many places are becoming concrete jungles

HillsidePaul wrote:

southy wrote:

Lionel P wrote:

Nicole23 wrote:

southy wrote:
What is needed is to open up all the steams and brooks that flowed into the Itchen and Test, give the water a better chance of flowing into the rivers.

Do you not understand? If the tide is that high it cannot flow out stupid because its flowing in, what an idiot.

How dare you challenge southy on anything connected with the sea or shipping? He is directly descended from King Canute.

Well when you have work on and with water then you will under stand how it beheaves, open up the Streams and brooks again will give the water a chance to move, rising up in the channel of the stream or brook, piping off natural streams and brook restricts the amount of water that can be flow in a pipe and is why you get the backing up water because it can not flow though the strom drains fast enough.
Along millbrook road what streams over flowed, i can tell you i did point it out yesterday, it was the two streams that are piped so they back filled forcing the water to try find another way round, Note Tanners Brook did not over flow and thats because it mostly an open brook and surplus rain water on the roads was able to flow in the strom drains and into tanners brook.

You've no idea how much it pains me to say it but he's got a point.

Thats what happens when most of your life as been or near water you tend to notice things and learn by it.

I wondering how the new oasis school faired building that new school on a field that was left to be a soak away for heavy rain.