Hebden Bridge, Todmorden and Mytholmroyd flooded again!

[Shirl]

Last time was 2012 and here we go again
Still raining heavily, river levels still rising and so much water running down off the hills it's just going to keep getting worse until this rain stops

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

Are you guys OK?

 

[Shirl]

Are you guys OK?

Yes, we're fine thanks. We are high up and although the rivers are overflowing and water coming off the moor is bursting through stone walls we will be ok. Not so luck though for the people living in the valley

 

[neonwilderness]

It's looking pretty bad down your way

200-year-old pub collapses as River Irwell floods

 

[Shirl]

Taken from a friend's balcony above her flooded shop. Two of the shops opposite belong to good friends too.

 

[wayward bob]

 

[Glitter]

And Sowerby Bridge.

These are at the bottom of the hill I live at the top of. I'm at Mum's and don't think I can get home. It's horrendous.

 

[Glitter]

The taxi rank has just been dragged into the river.

 

[QueenOfGoths]

Keep safe Shirl and Glitter

My folks are in the Dales so luckily too high for flooding but apparently the water is running down from the fells and through the village

 

[Miss-Shelf]

Glitter and Shirl how horrible for your neighbours and friends and communities

 

[Belushi]

Bloody hell

 

[Shirl]

It's stopped raining now but the water is still coming down from the moors. More heavy rain forecast though

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

Much sympathy to all involved. Having had to help deal with the results of the floods in Hull a few years ago I know how awful it is

 

[hash tag]

It's just awful, really feel for everyone affected AGAIN, by the latest flooding.

 

[Shirl]

Just had a visit from my friend who owns the wine bar in town. She couldn't get insurance after the last flood. Also just spent £4k on booze for NYE and it's all under water. She can't really salvage anything this time

 

[moomoo]

Oh that's awful! Poor people.

 

[Shirl]

Oh that's awful! Poor people.

She's tough moomoo so will survive but she has staff to worry about and won't let them down. It'll be hard getting through this.

 

[moomoo]

She's tough moomoo so will survive but she has staff to worry about and won't let them down. It'll be hard getting through this.

I bet!

 

[Plumdaff]

Take care Glitter and Shirl. Just dreadful news.

 

[StoneRoad]

my sympathies to everyone suffering from the latest round of flooding ...

 

[Orang Utan]

Even Leeds is flooding in places it hasn't before. This is in Meanwood Park in North Leeds:

It's only a tiny beck but it's all come down from the dales to Leeds.

 

[hash tag]

They are saying 9 red alerts in Leeds alone! Must be so scary. It's dark, rain may be coming down or about to come down and flood water from the hills. Will people get flooded tonight, will they loose electricity, will properties be severely damaged, what sort of mess in the morning. I can't imagine what it must be like. Just hope the damage is kept to a minimum and no lives lost.

 

[Shirl]

I think there is more heavy rain to come tonight but at least people will be expecting it. Not that it will make things any better but it may mean that people take more precautions about securing their home or being out and about in this weather.

 

[Glitter]

Shirl hope thinfs aren't as bad as your friend fears. It really is awful.

I keep thinking about the shops in Sowerby Bridge; two of them have only just opened so probably won't be turning a profit yet. This could be them done for.

We're off home later so we'll see what it's like there.

 

[Dogsauce]

Lots of flooding in Leeds, little attention from the BBC etc. Includes the Vue cinema complex, the small Asda, a large newly built retail park that's only been open for a couple of months and housing/businesses along Kirkstall Road - which includes a friend's recording studio (not insured for flooding) and a decent local bike shop.

In 2011 the cunt chancellor cut flood defence funding by 8% and put schemes for Leeds and York on hold (they had to find money from somewhere to cut the 50% tax rate). They're building part of the Leeds scheme at the moment

 

[Bingo]

Hopefully this will result in either a big turnaround or lots of Tory voters fucking them off

 

[Dogsauce]

There aren't enough Tory voters around here for them to give a shit, unfortunately. If it was a few bits of farmland in Somerset they'd be all over it (as they were a few years ago).

 

[editor]

Fucking Tory scum and their cuts. My heart goes out to all those affected by this dreadful flooding...

 

[Fez909]

The bottom of my road

 

[Dovydaitis]

Stay safe everyone. If there's anything we can do just yell