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]

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...