longlevens brook gloucester

angchris

the brook very nearly burst its banks again for the 3rd time last night :eek: last night was a flurry of fire engines pumping out water/police blocking off the road and sandbags placed around properties. worried residents were stood on the banks in the pouring rain most of the evening fearful of their properties being flooded for the 3rd time. luckily the water levels seemed to go down late last night after a valiant fight from the powers that be. this morning the lorries with sandbags have been out distributing again and although it looks like a lovely sunny jan morning out there today.. any more rain and disaster might strike again it wouldnt take much rain as the ground hasnt dried out yet and is still saturated.
i`d like to say a big thankyou to all those involved from the council/fire station and police for all your effort last night trying to save our homes.

sillyvixen

thanks for this post, i have a friend with a house in longlevans, who is still in tempory accomadation as repair work has not been finished on her house since the july floods. i had been worried that the brook may have flooded again and all the work that had been done had been ruined.
i hope that the stirling effort continues, to try and protect the houses, if we get the forcasted rain tommorrow.
i hope that all the houses in the area are kept safe from any further threat of flooding.

i thought i had it bad, my kettle has just caught fire and i cant have a cup of tea!!

newbie71_2

hello, we are in a similar situation in our part of Oxfordshire; we're still in temporary accommodation after July floods with a 'dry' house but no work done on it and we're now back on flood watch and not looking good like you say with further rain to come!

Env Agency and council made a lot of promises at a public meeting 6 weeks after floods but nothing has been done which adds to the risk of flooding where we are.

What worries me most is that we had hoped (pre flood) to sale our house within the next two years but I'm worried we'll never be able to sell it now!

Here's hoping that the weather forecasters have got it seriously wrong and we get a few dry days next week!

sillyvixen

i really feel for anyone who is in tempory accomedation for so long following flooding, it is an awfull situation to be in. i understand the worries about selling property my house (thankfully was never at risk of flooding in july - close proximity to a brook that takes storm drain water but up an incline so railway line floods before me). before moving in to the house (oct 06) the environment agency report says no chance of flooding - now (i live in glos and 6 houses on the estate - all lower than me flooded in july) my postcode shows as a significant risk of flooding. in my defence i have never flooded i feel for people who through no fault of their own cant sell their houses because they have actually flooded.

my house is my first owned house, where i can do as i like with decoration and colours etc, just me and happy to stay here. but if my situation changes and i want to move out i will not be happy that the property is devalued due to flooding risk!!!!

Hapless_2

It's probably not what you want to hear but Gloucester always has been and always will be susceptible to flooding. Historically it has been a flood plain. The only information the EA have is that there have been no floods since the houses were built, not that it had never flooded. Every house built ups the flood risk. Many a time I used to catch the 24 Cottrells from Ruardean to Gloucester only to get turned back at Over because the road was flooded at Westgate by what was then West Midland Farmers and a friends of mine were trapped in Elmbridge.

Hindsight is a wonderful thing and the Environment agancy know jacks***!
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=7ou_ZMrrwO8

If I were you I would check out the Gloucester website

records of floods in these areas for 1483, 1672, 1770, 1795, 1809, 1852, 1947, 1972, 1979 and of course this year. All except '72, '79 and this year, the houses affected in Longlevens/Longford were fields. There was a certain amount of buildings in the area in 1947.

http://www.visit-gloucestershire.co.uk/boards/index.php?showtopic=3581&pid=28886&st=15&#entry28886