Preparedness for when

mardatha

Flooding is the one thing I don't prep for. If things get that bad then only an ark will help. :rotfl::rotfl:

GreyQueen

greenbee wrote: »

We did two days on the trip - other people were doing longer. We did manage to go round the island, but the next headland proved to be a problem! I was kayaking with my brother (who had refused to go with his girlfriend as so many couples they knew had had major fallouts doing the same trip!).

We were on the longer trip and were one couple, two friends, me travelling solo with a new-to-the-company guide learning the route from the established guide, who was in a solo kayak. No one had any fallings-out either literally or emotional.

Fabulous place and an excellent company. We were the first multi-day excursion of the season, in Nov, and the weather was kind but began to get a bit rough as we came the last couple of miles into their base. We changed, showered off, swimsuited up then basked in their hot tub to get ourselves back to operating temperature whilst being fed mugs of milo (?) and choccie biscuits. Heavenly.

maryb

I remember one half term we were in the Lake District and the walk we went on took us along the bank of a stream that looked very swollen to my eyes. We got to a bit where we would have needed to wade through quite a wide stretch of fast flowing water that would probably have come close to our boot tops, if not over them. I insisted we turn back. I'm still mocked whenever they think about it. Was I over cautious?

thriftwizard

Maryb, I get mocked whenever my family remember an incident in Spain, when there was an absolute tropical downpour. OH & the two older boys (8 & 10 back then) were swimming in the sea, when the local rambla started to first run, then flood into the sea very close to where they were. Up on the balcony of the first-floor flat we were staying in, we could quite clearly see the brown plume of filthy water streaming straight out to sea, fast & hard, just a couple of yards away from where they were playing. We were screaming for them to get out, get out NOW!!! which they thought was a huge joke. Eventually they decided to humour us, by which time we were all in tears; we could see debris sweeping past within feet of them, including things like rubbish, dirty disposable nappies and corpses of small animals like dogs & cats, but of course they were at the same level & couldn't see much at all. By the time they came back up to the flat, having stopped to kick a ball around on the beach, it had dwindled down to a stream again, and was running much cleaner, so they still think it was a huge joke & we were over-reacting badly.

All I'd say is, I grew up by the sea & rivers & in boats. OH didn't...

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GreyQueen wrote: »

jk0, I found IE absolute carp and have been a happy bunny since going ono Firefox

I've been on Chrome for years, and find it excellent. :cool:

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jk0 wrote: »

How can I get it to remember?

Try Google Chrome.

It remembers font size, and comes with a spell checker.

daz378

back in work.... arm still aching but managing......really annoyed ive lost my weekly bus ticket with having to replace it 20 quid down the grid.... on an early tomorrow..... living 50 m high dont think flooding will get to me... or we are in trouble

Frugalsod

nuatha wrote: »

Look at Carlisle and The Levels. Sandbagging is fine when you're taking about relatively small amounts of water (though even then you tend to get seepage through the sandbags. When you're talking serious amounts of water and your second floor is under threat ....
Another issue is it takes time to deploy sandbags and similar. Look at 28th June 2012 in the Newcastle/Tyneside areas. I saw the sky go from clear to superstorm in about 7 minutes, 35 minutes later there were flood problems in the town I was in.

I am not disputing you. My comment about the sand bags was to be used in conjunction with breeze blocks. So even if the water seeped in and flooded 6 inches of the lower floor then many items could be above the flood level. You might need more breeze blocks to raise items even higher but all of this would take time. So you would need the sand bags filled and ready to use. You would also need enough to protect every door. They could be put in place in a short while once you see that there are problems. There are also other flood protection measures that are even better than sand bags. Though they probably would give you enough time to move valuables up stairs or onto breeze blocks.

jk0

Bedsit_Bob wrote: »

Try Google Chrome.

It remembers font size, and comes with a spell checker.

Thanks Bob. I tried it and it makes the sound stutter on my machine when I watch videos.

ivyleaf

GreyQueen wrote: »

We were on the longer trip and were one couple, two friends, me travelling solo with a new-to-the-company guide learning the route from the established guide, who was in a solo kayak. No one had any fallings-out either literally or emotional.

Fabulous place and an excellent company. We were the first multi-day excursion of the season, in Nov, and the weather was kind but began to get a bit rough as we came the last couple of miles into their base. We changed, showered off, swimsuited up then basked in their hot tub to get ourselves back to operating temperature whilst being fed mugs of milo (?) and choccie biscuits. Heavenly.

We've been there too, only on dry land though Neither of us can manage much walking, so I'm relieved to say that the most exciting thing that happened to us in ATNP was standing on a bridge, watching a white-faced heron sticking its beak into the trunk of a dead tree to find insects