Flood coming

[Chris_d]

Cripes, just driven to work through the worse flooding I have ever seen in my area of South Oxfordshire, and none of the water was in
the river! With the forecast for more rain today and tomorrow we are in for a record new level I fear.

 

[byron]

Well they are running it off as quick as they can. It actually dropped a weeny bit here yesterday but I suspect that will be short lived in view of your comments Chris.

 

[prof pat pending]

The Windrush and the Evenlode have both burst their banks where I crossed them this morning.
A lot of water flowing rapidly towards the rivers


There's a fair amount of water heading your way

 

[Richard Shead]

Barrier up later today, Nice tide at Richmond this morn.

 

[No Regrets]

River Ash bust it's banks in Herts, widespread flooding, but the superbly engineered River Lea Navigation showing no stress at all in Ware!

 

[prof pat pending]

The Medway has it bad
Taken today by the Redhill air ambulance

 

[teddington_lock]

The Medway ?

What lock is that ?

 

[prof pat pending]

That's the one, typo fixed

They didn't know, you'd have thought chopper pilots could navigate

 

[teddington_lock]

The Mewday ?

 

[prof pat pending]

made myself look a again

 

[Richard Shead]

That's the one, typo fixed

They didn't know, you'd have thought chopper pilots could navigate

Are you sure they can ? Redhill chopper in the Medway ?

 

[prof pat pending]

Nope, but thats what they said

https://twitter.com/NPAS_Redhill/status/431836605125754881/photo/1

 

[boatone]

Its the National Police Air Service chopper based at Redhill Aerodrome but they fly all over the south east assisting local forces. Apparently this is a national force with 23 choppers all over the uk.
I've been following them quite a bit on Twitter - https://twitter.com/NPAS_Redhill - and they take some pretty interesting aerial shots from time to time.
Here's one of Desborough Island at Weybridge: https://twitter.com/NPAS_Redhill/status/422740783628685312/photo/1
You can get the full monte here:
http://www.westyorkshire.police.uk/about-us/national-police-air-service/faqs

 

[teddington_lock]

Looks like Eldridge Lock.

 

[Richard Shead]

Well sort of !

 

[oldgit]

The Medway has it bad
Taken today by the Redhill air ambulance

C,mon EA .Take the advice of your detractors.
Couple of cms off the bottom,chop down a couple of trees and a bit of reed trimming.......
That lot in the pix would be as dry as bone.............Apparently.
Its always somebody elses fault.

 

[boatone]

C,mon EA .Take the advice of your detractors.Couple of cms off the bottom,chop down a couple of trees and a bit of reed trimming.......
That lot in the pix would be as dry as bone.............Apparently. Its always somebody elses fault.

Might be more helpful if you could tell us which lock it is, Fred?

 

[teddington_lock]

I thought i just did in post 14 ?

Look at the shape of the 'weirstream' , the overhead structure next to the lock.

It's definately Eldridge Lock.

 

[Richard Shead]

Just driven over M3 at Cherstey and back. In an hour it's risen rather a lot ...

 

[ianc1200]

Good photo though.