For Those in the UK

**Sherry** · 13th October 05, 03:00 PM

I think most of our UK posters are either south or north of the flooding, but I hope you are all well, & at least relatively dry.

Sherry

**Hamish** · 13th October 05, 05:01 PM

Originally Posted by Sherry

I think most of our UK posters are either south or north of the flooding, but I hope you are all well, & at least relatively dry.

Sherry

Oooops! Sherry, it seems you know something that I don't! I have not heard about any recent flooding over here, but then I hardly ever read a daily newspaper and usually manage to miss the evening news programmes on TV due to my being on-line or otherwise occupied. Nevertheless, thank you for your concern.

If this happened on Tuesday or Wednesday, we did have a couple of hours of the wet stuff falling on both days but it amounted to very little - just enough to prevent me mowing my lawns. In fact we desperately need rain, and a lot of it. Here in the south of England we still have a hosepipe ban as a result of the extremely light rainfall during the past twelve months. Our local reservoirs are, on average, only 20% full when normally at this time of year they would be 75-80% full. If we have another dry winter we will be in serious trouble next summer! So: let it rain, let it rain, let it rain (but not to the extent of there being flooding!).

**Southern Breeze** · 13th October 05, 05:13 PM

The UK flooding has gotten a lot of coverage on the BBC news.http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4336214.stm

**Iolaus** · 13th October 05, 05:18 PM

Move along folks, Nothing to see here.

**James** · 13th October 05, 09:16 PM

A bit of rain, but news all about Pakistan: what flood?

James

**highlander_Daz** · 14th October 05, 09:07 AM

we cope well with flooding here its the south thats never prepared!

**starbkjrus** · 14th October 05, 11:00 AM

There is also quite a bit of flooding in the Northeastern US. New Jersey, New York, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut etc. Something like a foot of rain in some areas. My thoughts go out to those on both sides of the pond.

**Southern Breeze** · 14th October 05, 03:01 PM

Originally Posted by highlander_Daz

we cope well with flooding here its the south thats never prepared!

Just more proof Scots are wiser than Brits-they settled on the high ground!

**James** · 14th October 05, 06:56 PM

Now I am confused: the word 'Brit' in fact subsumes all inhabitants of these lands-that is The British Isles.

From the various posts, must assume that BBC News as provided for many is an offering of the drama department.

Or is the SF concept of divergent universes with us?

James

**highlander_Daz** · 15th October 05, 02:05 AM

All Scots are British as are English, Welsh, Ulsterman and channel islands and the Manx. as well as anyone with British citizenship. its just that the British isles are less prone to flooding most of the weather comes from the west and hits high ground and Ireland first

http://uk.filo.pl/relief_map_of_the_uk.htm