It's not Quite all Storms...

[curiouswombat]

I took this picture up near Mum's, in the north of the island, yesterday, about 4pm.

It was the first fairly still evening for about a week.



Today we have only 30mph winds, gusting to 50, and the sea has stayed on the right side of the sea walls. Joy of joys, for tomorrow The Isle of Man Met Office has issued a red warning with more flooding predicted around mid afternoon because of another high tide (2.56pm), a significant storm surge and severe gale force winds with gusts of up to 65 miles per hour.

What fun...

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[azalaisdep.livejournal.com]

Fingers crossed for less storm damage and flooding than is predicted - that's quite a forecast!

We have a flood warning for the area where our new house is (erk!) We have been checking regularly over the weekend and are reasonably sanguine, because the current prediction is that the rivers here are not predicted to reach their 2007 levels (the Big Flood) and our new street didn't flood then; all the local allotments, parks etc are lakes but that of course is what they are for at times like these; and everyone who lives in the street is fairly confident that all will be well and no-one is sandbagging. Still, it's a test of nerves and I keep refreshing the Environment Agency flood warning page even though I have them set up to text me any changes!

(Of course, there is the argument that if the new house did have to flood, much better to do it now before we've had any building work done or any furnishings in, but I'd much rather it doesn't flood at all...:)

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

The forecast is getting a bit boring - we just look at it and 'yeah... same old same old...'!

I do hope they are being over-zealous about your new home. it sounds like it - if everyone else thinks it will be fine it probably will be. When D-d moved into the shared house in York the river was at the end of the street and so 'is it likely to flood?' was a relevant question - all the people who told them 'no' were absolutely right. I hope it's the same for you.

[azalaisdep.livejournal.com]

Thanks - rationally it looks as though we'll be fine (we wouldn't have bought the house if we hadn't been reasonably confident that it wasn't at serious flood risk - and several streets closer to streams in 2 directions would have to be underwater before we are...) The current prediction is that "properties closest to the rivers will flood", which is definitely not us by a long chalk.

But the Environment Agency warnings are pretty general - not street-specific - and of course they probably feel they have to cover themselves by being extra careful: so you get an alert saying "Flood Warning: Take Action Now!" which of course is a bit unnerving.

I think I will persuade the RG to invest in a set of proper flood boards and air brick covers for the future - just because they would be a lot easier to put up in a hurry than faffing about with filling sandbags...