Frederick Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 The place I visit for coffee while waiting for patients at Milford Hospital got a battering from the sea last night . It sits below a huge shingle bank and a couple of weeks ago I asked the owner if the shingle had come over the top and he told me he had some come over.... It seems fist size pebbles were flying this time ........ http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/11013710.Valentine_s_Day_diners_rescued_from_Milford_on_Sea_restaurant_after_windows_shattered_by_flying_rocks/?ref=var_6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cendrillon Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 I read about that Frederick. I am sure many restaurants were down on trade for their special Valentine's meals last night and just like our wet New Years Eve many would have celebrated at home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YCCMB Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 Our three local restaurants are all flooded....it must be heartbreaking ('scuse the pun) for so many businesses, not just the restaurants who have lost trade for Valentines day, but those who have lost stock etc., many of whom have either already lost their insurance cover or who will have a job getting anything much back to replace stock, etc. And with the current situation between the Government and Insurers, they'll never be able to get insurance again. It's bad enough losing your home and possessions, albeit that the former will eventually become useable again, but losing your whole livelihood, as so many businesses and farms have done, must be soul destroying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 What upsets me (of course, on top of all that's been discussed) are pictures of cows, horses, sheep etc having to be herded into trucks which themselves are being driven with difficulty across flooded fields and roads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frederick Posted February 15, 2014 Author Share Posted February 15, 2014 [quote user="sweet 17"]What upsets me (of course, on top of all that's been discussed) are pictures of cows, horses, sheep etc having to be herded into trucks which themselves are being driven with difficulty across flooded fields and roads.[/quote]It would appear the response from the farming community in the UK to the Somerset situation has been very good. Feed donations from farmers has been provided to animals who are being documented and moved through markets .Then on into the hands of farmers who can provide temporary dry land for them Good news for the stressed cows that have been standing in the wet for a long time ....... It shows that when things get really serious there are a lot of good people out there with big hearts who step up when needed and do not count the cost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cendrillon Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 Frederick said " It shows that when things get really serious there are a lot of good people out there with big hearts who step up when needed and do not count the cost."Indeed, I believe the Royal estate has sent feed etc for the animals in Somerset and farmers from Yorkshire were driving there (Somerset) with tractors etc. loaded with supplies for the farmers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoddy Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 I heard this morning of a farmer in Norfolk who had tons of sugar beet and a local haulier had agreed to transport it free of charge. Hoddy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frecossais Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 Is northern France experiencing the storms and excessive rain that are hitting UK? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frederick Posted February 15, 2014 Author Share Posted February 15, 2014 [quote user="Frecossais"]Is northern France experiencing the storms and excessive rain that are hitting UK?[/quote]http://www.ouest-france.fr/tempete-ulla-les-intemperies-ont-fait-un-mort-et-des-degats-1933611Yes they are ! Death, 100,000 homes without electricity, winds 150 km / h and blocked travelers: it is the result of the storm last night. Relive the day and evening on Friday. Three departments of the West of France - Brittany, Loire-Atlantique, Morbihan, were always placed in amber alert "wave-submersion," published at 4:15 by Météo-France newsletter which recorded the night winds to 150 km / h at the tip of Brittany. The end of the event for these three departments is planned for this Saturday at 10:00. One dead and one injured in a boat An octogenarian died Friday aboard a ship sailing off the UK after a fall caused by bad weather hitting the Northwest paysUne woman on board the same ship was evacuated by helicopter to the also result from a fall, said the maritime prefecture of the Atlantic. Winds In the night "maximum values recorded during the stormy episode were of the order of 140 to 150 km / h to the point of Brittany and from 130 to 135 km / h north of Brest-Morlaix line, the part of the Finistère to the south of this line, had values between 102 and 110 km / h ", according to Météo France. The strong wind began to blow in the day, was plunged into darkness nearly 100,000 homes in Britain , according to Electricité Réseau Distribution France (ERDF). Some 50 000 households were affected at 19.30 in Finistère, 40,000 in the Côtes d'Armor, Morbihan in 4000 and 1000 in Ille-et-Vilaine. Interrupted rail traffic The rail traffic between Rennes and Brest was interrupted , according to SNCF, which has been estimated at some 2,000 the number of travelers affected by this precautionary measure. In addition, almost all flights were canceled at airports in Brest, Lorient and Quimper. In Finistère, particularly affected, firefighters had led in the early evening over 500 interventions, mainly due to falling trees. The maritime prefecture of the Atlantic reported the loss of 70 containers off Brittany by a ship of the Danish company Maersk. "Looks like there is no end" There was early evening 40 cm of water on the banks of Quimper, in the prefecture of Finistère, and light spills in Morlaix and Landerneau. In addition, many roads have been cut off due to flooding. A Brest he fell from 15 December 636 mm of rain, a record, according to Météo France. Winds, downpours, hail, waves, floods, power outages, damage along the coast: in Finistère, particularly affected, weather leave no respite to the people from the beginning of winter. "We can not get out of bad weather, it upsets the life," testified Lescoat Michele, a resident of Quimper, where floods Laïta succeed. "Looks like there is no end" noted the sixties, recently stayed several days without heating or hot water because of repeated flooding. "We had a succession of disturbances since the beginning of winter with a little stormy episodes," admits Nathan Frederick, forecaster at Météo-France, highlighting the intensity of "Ulla", the current disruption. "We have here on the tip of Brittany, the highest since the beginning of the winter storm, "he says, before announcing next week a" respit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chancer Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 [quote user="Frecossais"]Is northern France experiencing the storms and excessive rain that are hitting UK?[/quote]Western France maybe but my part of Northern France has been spared both the wind and the excessive rain.There is a dry river bed near me that flows again once every few years when there is a prolonged wet period, I have seen pictures of the surrounding fields and the road flooded just before my time, perhaps 2002I have been watching it for weeks and its still bone dry, just as well as the farmers have infilled it in places to make crossings without even placing a culvert pipe through, basically its completey blocked right up to ground level in at least 3 places that I know of, I am quite dissapointed that the river has not resurgeg or whatever the word is in english, I was looking forward to witnessing the resulting pandemonium. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulT Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 Betty said 'Our three local restaurants are all flooded....'I thought from an earlier thread your area was fine/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frecossais Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 Thanks for that Frederick, I thought that parts of France and all the way to Denmark would be affected from some of the weather maps. You realise just how insular our news and weather reports are, and I mean all countries, not only ours.I know we're first and foremost concerned for ourselves, families and friends in extreme conditions, but I'd be interested in freak weather reports from all round the world.Is that a google translate? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YCCMB Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 [quote user="PaulT"]Betty said 'Our three local restaurants are all flooded....'I thought from an earlier thread your area was fine/[/quote]No idea what you're talking about, or referring to.How much earlier? Which area? Have you been away visiting another country?[:D]Here's a photo of our local Italian restaurant trying to generate a bit of publicity for their flooded premises (behind them in the photo) a couple of days ago. Does that look fine to you?[url]http://metrouk2.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/ad_1270400291-e1392245546755.jpg[/url] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulT Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 http://services.completefrance.com/forums/completefrance/cs/forums/3070615/ShowPost.aspx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YCCMB Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 Clearly, you are having some difficulties with the nuances of that previous post, PaulT. Particularly when you choose to add a link to a topic I started which begins with the words "Some of you may know that we're in the middle of being flooded in our little village" and then use it as "proof" that I said (according to you) that our area was fine. We aren't walking round in raw sewage, was what I said. I didn't , at any point, say we were fine. So, how did you make the quantum leap of deduction from that first post to deducing that I'd said everything here was unaffected? Or is it simply that you didn't read any further and haven't illuminated your telly or opened a newspaper since last Sunday?[:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frederick Posted February 16, 2014 Author Share Posted February 16, 2014 [quote user="Frecossais"]Thanks for that Frederick, I thought that parts of France and all the way to Denmark would be affected from some of the weather maps. You realise just how insular our news and weather reports are, and I mean all countries, not only ours.I know we're first and foremost concerned for ourselves, families and friends in extreme conditions, but I'd be interested in freak weather reports from all round the world.Is that a google translate?[/quote]Hi Frecossais It is a google translate..... Not a perfect one......... They come up with "Britain" in France at times . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gardian Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 [URL=http://s593.photobucket.com/user/gardian830/media/FallenTree_zps391d4f27.jpg.html][IMG]http://i593.photobucket.com/albums/tt15/gardian830/FallenTree_zps391d4f27.jpg[/IMG][/URL]Encountered near Rickmansworth by one of our sons on Friday.Happily, no injuries AFAIK ............ but the road signage is apt !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 Did your boy grab the wood for his burner? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frecossais Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 [quote user="You can call me Betty"][quote user="PaulT"]Betty said 'Our three local restaurants are all flooded....'I thought from an earlier thread your area was fine/[/quote]No idea what you're talking about, or referring to.How much earlier? Which area? Have you been away visiting another country?[:D]Here's a photo of our local Italian restaurant trying to generate a bit of publicity for their flooded premises (behind them in the photo) a couple of days ago. Does that look fine to you?[url]http://metrouk2.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/ad_1270400291-e1392245546755.jpg[/url][/quote]Venice, eat your heart out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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