there's at least a couple of flash-floods every year in london when the summer rains first come, often including negative effect on the underground -- this going back as long as i've lived here: bcz the storms drains as they are can't handle the sudden flow and back up and the water needs to go somewhere and in some places there's a lot of handy holes and in others not so much (holes can't take it)
this was worse in that it was in unexpected places -- and is at the front of our minds for obvious reasons and we all get to see the social-media clips -- but the basic london problem here is not at all new, it's old and seemingly untackled, certainlt unre-tackled with a view to the threats of the future
is there even the ghost of the notion of a larger longer-term joined-up project? maybe yes and only wonks are chatting abt it in obscurity? someone must have written this (perhaps i should go search) but i've never read anything comprehensive on the state of the physical infrastructure to tackle this issue even in ordinary years (if we will even be gettging "ordinary" years ever again). a fvckton of street restructuring goes on all the time but it's notoriously unco-ordinated -- the same street dug up three times in a row for different reasons, instead of tackling everything in one go -- and that's just maintenance
― mark s, Thursday, 29 July 2021 09:45 (two years ago) link
AIUI there is a Mayoral target for area of sustainable urban drainage (SUDs) which in theory gets included in new developments etc, but I've no idea how far it goes towards addressing the current or future issue.
― Tim, Thursday, 29 July 2021 09:55 (two years ago) link
tfw yr advised "sadiq is on it!" :|
(cheers tim, i confess i did no research work at all before posting)
― mark s, Thursday, 29 July 2021 10:00 (two years ago) link
Just been looking at an elevation map of Hebden Bridge and am aware of how steep some of the paths are but didn't realise that some of the parts where I used to go walking are 800ft + higher than the parts of the town that frequently get flooded.
― calzino, Thursday, 29 July 2021 10:58 (two years ago) link
Flooding in Walthamstow where I spent my teens and my mother still lives.
I think Calzino's first video post ('Flooding in East London gets out of control') is actually my street (in Walthamstow).
― Nasty, Brutish & Short, Thursday, 29 July 2021 15:53 (two years ago) link
does the same red car appear in both? Like there's a red car taht appears in 2 different videos I saw yesterday and isn't on the street I was referring to. Not sure where around Walthamstow it would have been though. May be a different acr but I think it looked similar
― Stevolende, Thursday, 29 July 2021 16:32 (two years ago) link
‘Hey, there’s a red car in the fountain’.
― Dan Worsley, Thursday, 29 July 2021 16:36 (two years ago) link
bump
― koogs, Saturday, 7 August 2021 07:06 (two years ago) link
lovin it
― mark s, Saturday, 7 August 2021 07:35 (two years ago) link
welp
― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 14 September 2021 06:05 (two years ago) link
It took two attempts to get Widget outside for ones and twos this morning. Whippets HATE rain.
― the thin blue lying (suzy), Tuesday, 14 September 2021 07:29 (two years ago) link
Woody still hasn't gone. Raced outside the second I opened the door and turned right back around. Confused. Disappointed.
― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 14 September 2021 08:01 (two years ago) link
Widget was enticed out by his friend Mabel the cockapoo also going about her business across the street. We are now safe to go out for the BIG WALK (get the bus to Little Venice, walk the canal back to Kings Cross).
― the thin blue lying (suzy), Tuesday, 14 September 2021 08:28 (two years ago) link
jesus. it woke me up at 3, it's now 4 and has just been solid that entire time.
― koogs, Tuesday, 5 October 2021 03:05 (two years ago) link
Yeah I sleep in the loft and it was just hammering down.
― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 5 October 2021 10:43 (two years ago) link
i like that sound (when i'm inside and in bed): i sleep better
― mark s, Tuesday, 5 October 2021 10:48 (two years ago) link
Lots of lake-style puddles this morning!
― the thin blue lying (suzy), Tuesday, 5 October 2021 10:57 (two years ago) link
Got woken up at 1am to investigate water dripping on my wife & toddler's bed. A hopefully minor and easily fixable leak from our roof window.
― ledge, Tuesday, 5 October 2021 10:58 (two years ago) link
my work is semi flooded, we have all been moved to the back of the building.
― edited to reflect developments which occurred (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Tuesday, 5 October 2021 11:00 (two years ago) link
Just went from light-to-moderate miserable pissy rain to heavy rain. Looks like I got indoors just in time. Jeans are still soaked though.
― Being cheap is expensive (snoball), Friday, 11 March 2022 13:39 (two years ago) link
with rain, that is
miserable pissy sandstorm turning the sky yellow this morning
― koogs, Wednesday, 16 March 2022 11:54 (two years ago) link
The sky has been such a weird color in London!
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Wednesday, 16 March 2022 12:02 (two years ago) link
(colour) 8)
― koogs, Wednesday, 16 March 2022 12:14 (two years ago) link
it's spooky yet gorgeous
― mark s, Wednesday, 16 March 2022 13:22 (two years ago) link
what this year needs is a miserable pissy fall of fish tbrr
miserable piscine rain
― o shit the sheriff (NickB), Wednesday, 16 March 2022 15:17 (two years ago) link
miserable pissy snow
― koogs, Thursday, 31 March 2022 13:41 (two years ago) link
Didn’t experience the sleet/snow in London but the wind is no fucking joke today
― mardheamac (gyac), Thursday, 31 March 2022 15:00 (two years ago) link
Perfect weather for an ILB FAP, outdoors of course.
― Alfred Ndwego of Kenya (Tom D.), Thursday, 31 March 2022 15:08 (two years ago) link
Minnesota's fully in "Winter, 1st Encore" for the foreseeable future.
― Max Hamburgers (Eric H.), Thursday, 31 March 2022 15:10 (two years ago) link
― mardheamac (gyac), Thursday, 31 March 2022 15:21 (two years ago) link
miserable pissy Jubliee
― Being cheap is expensive (snoball), Saturday, 4 June 2022 08:27 (one year ago) link
rainy joobs
― Tracer Hand, Saturday, 4 June 2022 08:29 (one year ago) link
soggy gammons
― Being cheap is expensive (snoball), Saturday, 4 June 2022 08:59 (one year ago) link
the colours will be runningON YOUR SUPERMARKET BUNTING
― Being cheap is expensive (snoball), Saturday, 4 June 2022 09:09 (one year ago) link
wimbledon fortnight started 3.5 hours ago
― koogs, Monday, 27 June 2022 13:38 (one year ago) link
yay!
― koogs, Monday, 15 August 2022 19:14 (one year ago) link
Maybe tomorrow afternoon where I live. The ground is so dry it's just going to roll straight off.
― Being cheap is expensive (snoball), Monday, 15 August 2022 19:25 (one year ago) link
Pissing down here in Edinburgh, as usual
― ban golf courses (Matt #2), Monday, 15 August 2022 19:45 (one year ago) link
koogs where are you yaying from?
― mark s, Monday, 15 August 2022 19:46 (one year ago) link
oh wait i just got a faceful of petrichor, it has quietly rained a little here also
― mark s, Monday, 15 August 2022 19:47 (one year ago) link
yay from w12.
the reality is it was enough to wet the roads and there was some thunder but that was about it. it also made me close the windows so now urgh, muggy
― koogs, Monday, 15 August 2022 19:55 (one year ago) link
Yeah this is it, you need the storm as well otherwise it’s just muggy af :( looking at lightningmaps with some envy of Italy rn
― Osama bin Chinese (gyac), Monday, 15 August 2022 19:57 (one year ago) link
i will never close the window
― mark s, Monday, 15 August 2022 20:04 (one year ago) link
could really use some of this in Austin, TX. we've had pretty much zero rain for the past couple months.
― Muad'Doob (Moodles), Monday, 15 August 2022 20:12 (one year ago) link
― Being cheap is expensive (snoball), Monday, 15 August 2022 bookmarkflaglink
Let it roll to me, I'll take it!
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 15 August 2022 20:13 (one year ago) link
I split my time between Atlanta and Los Angeles. Atlanta has had a ton of rain, and lots of electrical activity. Los Angeles is drying up.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Monday, 15 August 2022 20:14 (one year ago) link
met office said: 50-60% chance of heavy rain. Threw caution to the wind and went out in a t-shirt twice today and disappointingly didn't get rained on either time, despite the ominously stormy looking skies that delivered nothing.
― calzino, Monday, 15 August 2022 21:02 (one year ago) link
I am not miserable anymore
― xyzzzz__, Tuesday, 16 August 2022 10:48 (one year ago) link