Preparedness for when

GreyQueen

My floors are tile-over-concrete, no carpet or laminate, so would be the work of seconds to grab my three rugs off the floor and sling them up onto the furniture. I had a migraine attempt to grab hold of me about 3 hours ago, must have had my pressure head on. Nixed it with paracetamol but still feeling a bit fragile.

I saw SG come into the block in her car about 45 mins before all this kicked off, so at least she's safe at home (and one floor above ground, unlike moi).

The rainwater gullies won't be coping with this in all parts of the city, so there will be some trouble afoot. Have even known rain like this to ram water into the vents in uPVC double-glazing; the frames fill up with water and then it comes indoors.............whee, it's a whole ball of wax.

I'm keeping an eye on it............there are markers on the streets around this neighbourhood where flood levels in previous centuries and decades came up to; last time it was really bad the river came over and they were boating in the street outside. I've seen the photies.

ETA; have about 4 feet dry(ish) ground on the level and then about 4 inches up on the doorstep before it'd come in. Hopefully gonna be OK, especially for the large black beetle which is cowering against my doorstep to get out of the water.

A chance convo with a BT engineer revealed that at the time these flats were built (late 1970s) copper was in very scarce supply and our wiring reflects that.

mardatha

Yep, I've had rain and snow come right in through the double glazing if the wind's in the right direction.

GreyQueen

:j Storm is wandering off to rain on someone else's parade, just a few retreating grumbles and the rain is a lot lighter.

nuatha

Witless wrote: »

That's the type of SHTF you can only sorta prepare for. As an aside when did low level sockets become the norm & why? In order to save a few feet of copper?

Actually tis the other way on, the current regs have socket heights between 400 and 1200mm, if memory serves the previous regs were above skirting board and prior to that weren't concerned about height.
I've come across houses with concrete floors where the cable runs down the full length of the wall - crumbs I've lived in two houses where cables ran diagonally, the one direction they've never supposed to been run.

Current regs are supposedly the most accessible friendly they can come up with.

HTH

mrsmortenharket

We are having our shtf moment. Flooding.
I don't know how to add pics.
All my neighbours are helping us. Wonderful community spirit.

COOLTRIKERCHICK

mrsmortenharket wrote: »

We are having our shtf moment. Flooding.
I don't know how to add pics.
All my neighbours are helping us. Wonderful community spirit.

please keep us updated if you can... this sounds awful, roughly what area are in in??

GreyQueen

(((((((mrsmortenharket))))))))) you take care, my dear. Is it surface water or river/ stream overtopping?

mrsmortenharket

I'm in Rayleigh Essex.
It's rainwater/sewage.

GreyQueen

mrsmortenharket wrote: »

I'm in Rayleigh Essex.
It's rainwater/sewage.

Ick. Bad combo. Is it indoors?

craigywv

sorry to hear about your flooding MRS MH , we have been rained on constantly for past 4 days no sunshine, and yes its breaking through the clouds now just checked hourly weather forecast and we to have high temps and sunsplitting the trees till at least thurs , I sooooo happy as its been depressing me greatly all this dullness. we have had the hot humid sticky heat but no sun so gladly looking forward to sun! even got washing on as had to dry on the clothes horse which I detest with a passion.garden growing like mad alsorts blooming , baby jem lettuce are humungous bigger than iceberg lettuce growing beside them! beetroot are taking over their patch too! all my carrots have went to flower boohooso will pick and chop/freeze in next few days.winter spuds all coming along too gq they are already over 6 inches and were grown when you advised me not too long ago. any ideas what else I can plant now for winter please as will have a lot of space coming up in next few days . thanks all have a lovely day xxx