View Full Version : It's only a bit of rain, like!
What a journey in to work this morning. Naturally I was in 'That f**king barge' AKA Teh Supra.
Floods galore. One DCW near Wakefield was awash as the kerbs were holding in the water and the drains had been overwhelmed.
Best of all was the [-]silly, daft cow[/-] poor, unfortunate woman who had got her car, a Porsche Cayenne 4x4, stuck in the opposite carriage way.:rolleyes:
Then, nearer work I had rivers flowing across the road. Took it steady at about 40 (in a 50 zone) and some muppet went to overtake on double whites. Sadly for him the area is a known flooding spot and the cops were at the bottom of the hill. Oops!
Drove through some more huge floods and made a bus move over. I figured I needed the shallow line more than he did. Now the road is closed due to people crashing because of the floods!
Great fun all told but I'm sad that I missed a flooded Maserati as spotted by my boss.
My sisters garden is entirely under water. My nephew can't go out as the water goes over his welly bobs. :(
Its times like this that you'd wish you had a camera in the car, and stop and take a few snaps to show us all. Sounds really awful.
I must get myself a camera!
Is it raining a bit over there then?
Is it raining a bit over there then?
Of course. It's June!
Whitesupraboy2
15-06-07, 12:45
down here in bmth i think we had a little bit over night. but none yesterday and none today so far.
Just out of question you know they say in floods keep revs high and use the clutch...what do you do in an auto?
down here in bmth i think we had a little bit over night. but none yesterday and none today so far.
Just out of question you know they say in floods keep revs high and use the clutch...what do you do in an auto?
Drive through it as fast as you can, or leave it in 1st and drive through it sensibly I suppose. I'm sure someone will let you know when it happens!
I went through at about 10-15 mph vaguely remembering something about not overtaking your own bow-wave.
Don't forget the supra air intake is very high in the bay, so you can easily drivethrough 2 ft of water. Some cars have an intake down below the bumper and will drown in a few inches.
I once drove through a flood that was littered with dead cars, and had water splashing over the bonnet. People were agog.
I went through at about 10-15 mph vaguely remembering something about not overtaking your own bow-wave.
There's an off-road thing with that where you can use the lower water trough behind the bow wave to get you through water deeper than your intake.
Suppose I better go and cut the grass then, in case it is heading this way
If it's any consolation, it's lovely here in Cyprus :D
If it's any consolation, it's lovely here in Cyprus :D
You lucky thing, where abouts in Cyprus are you, I usually stay in Larnaca at my mates flat. drink as much KEO as you can ;)
I take it the weather's not too good up in Yorkshire right now then? :(
Quite nice down here - I've been wandering round in my new Sumo Power t-shirt all day so far. :)
If it's any consolation, it's lovely here in Cyprus :D
I dunno, it depends where abouts you are in Cyprus. ;)
Matt "Aero top"
15-06-07, 16:42
chapletown today in sheffield was totally shut off even the schools was flooded and closed and people was getting there cellars pumped out .:blink:
You lucky thing, where abouts in Cyprus are you, I usually stay in Larnaca at my mates flat. drink as much KEO as you can ;)
Staying at my Dad's place near Limassol - I get to drink his beer and use his pool for free so Can't complain! :D
what an absolute nightmare sheffield has been!
Meadowhall area has been under water and it took me an hour and half to get off the SLIP road at jct 34!
3hrs to get from wakefield to work in sheffield! wish i came off at 36 now! :rolleyes:
No fear of flooding near me, I live on a hill! :)
The bottom of our road (cul de sac) gets really flooded whenever it rains due to the council removing the massive oak tree that used to live there. They were worried about getting sued if a branch fell off :rolleyes:
Our garden is under a lot of water too - about 2 ft but you can't really tell from the photo.
We'll be seeing Koi Carp swimming around the bloody drains soon.
Our garden is under a lot of water too - about 2 ft but you can't really tell from the photo.
We'll be seeing Koi Carp swimming around the bloody drains soon.
Nice garden matey :cool:
RobSheffield
15-06-07, 19:26
Nice swimming pool matey :p
Nice garden matey :cool:
Thanks mate ;)
It extends out the back too, we have 2 fairly large ponds, a greenhouse which I shoot my various rifles at, and the school field over the back so it's good fun for driving golf balls at the kids off the shed roof :)
MANY years ago, when I was a kid, outside my parents house there was a flood of around a foot or so of water. Most cars were ploughing sensibly and slowly through it.
Then this Jag came ploughing into it at some loony speed like 20mph plus and sent water all over the gardens on both sides of the road. He then came to a steamy embarassing halt, having totally flooded everything under his bonnet.
Then, seconds later a VW beetle drove into it not quite as fast as the Jag but much faster than everyone else, fairly dramatic bow wave.... all the way through and off into the distance ..... really funny.
Our garden is under a lot of water too - about 2 ft but you can't really tell from the photo.
Ted: "Dere's still da problem of de drainage in da lower field sir"
Ralph "Yes, yes, the lower field."
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