Mine too, but its being held up by ivy and the hedge next door. Not sure if its worth getting done as I am thinking of selling up anyway

Spent the morning mopping up the garage as usual. I hate overnight heavy rain, as I am always presented with a horror show when I come downstairs at 7am

 

My ivy "fence posts" have held up very well and I'm now confident they will see me out - maintenance is low cost and easy as they never rot - they just need a trim with the Stihl twice a year - plus they're environmentally friendly and are a haven for wildlife.

As expected the rainfall here in the flatlands has been light in comparison to elsewhere - whenever I look at the radar there always seems to be a large hole in the trace between The Wash and Cambridge. Either some sort of inverted orographic effect or we're just in the rain shadow of all the high ground to our SW. If you look at the relief map of England you can see why.

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Wild & windy yesterday evening and overnight here but it's dropped right out to almost calm now, which I wasn't expecting looking at the isobars. Wet & miserable out there though.

There was some heavy rain and gusty winds for a time yesterday evening, around here. Other than that, it was nowhere near as bad as Storm Ciara was, from an IMBY perspective.

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My ivy "fence posts" have held up very well and I'm now confident they will see me out - maintenance is low cost and easy as they never rot - they just need a trim with the Stihl twice a year - plus they're environmentally friendly and are a haven for wildlife.

Joys of having well maintained firmed up cotoneaster hedge around the parameter of my front and back garden where it can bend and flex in the strongest gust and still stay in one piece. 6 foot paneled fencing wouldn't last a week given my exposed coastal location at the harbour area.

Still good as new on this dull and damp afternoon.

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Some crazy flooding between Melton Mowbray and Loughborough, some roads are now rivers

Look at these pair of selfish prats driving their cars through a flooded high street in Pontypridd. Its a pity their vehicles didn't conk out with the water. Look at the waves they are creating. Selfish numbskulls

 

http://twitter.com/stephenfairc/status/1228964675091607552

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The emergency post buddy is very good will save other post and fence panels until a clear decision can be made.

https://postbuddysystem.co.uk/product/post-buddy-system/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIx6eu4_DV5wIVh7PtCh3MywoZEAQYAyABEgKTyfD_BwE

other idea is concrete spur or oak spur against prevailing wind very strong and many keep in

https://www.diy.com/departments/forest-garden-concrete-repair-spur-h-1m-w-75mm/5013053172780_BQ.prd?ds_rl=1272379&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIx6eu4_DV5wIVh7PtCh3MywoZEAQYBSABEgLoZPD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

I installed the highlighted one early last week which is also a gate post for a neighbours garden across the compound.

I used one of these

https://www.bradfords.co.uk/details-cfp021

And filled with a couple of these

https://www.bradfords.co.uk/blue-circle-postcrete-20kg-ptc020

The hardest part is removing the old concrete but it is is critical to get down deep. I'm confident the work will last a few years.

https://www.bradfords.co.uk/901-bitumen-paint-black-bbp025

The shed has some roof leaks (minor) so once the sun reaches the back garden properly and it dries up I will paint the felt roof with this and save on having to re-felt the shed which would otherwise be a pain

https://www.bradfords.co.uk/901-bitumen-paint-black-bbp025

I've used this on the shed ridge and it sticks well but not suitable IMO for Brian's dodgy roof...

https://www.screwfix.com/p/bostik-flashband-grey-10m-x-225mm/22704

What a terrible winter here in Dorset. Wettest I can remember.

 

 

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Flooding chaos across the country and the top UK story on the Beeb website is "Flack's boyfriend: my heart is broken". 

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The amount of water pouring off Epsom Common is unbelievable, the rangers are out digging trenches as the pond at Stamford Green looks like invading the Cricketers pub soon.

My daughter and I have just seen a huge tree succumb to sodden earth, crashed down in front of us as we were driving past. Quite away from the road fortunately but a site to see especially with no wind gust as the cause.

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Flooding chaos across the country and the top UK story on the Beeb website is "Flack's boyfriend: my heart is broken". 

Agree, at least Sky are doing it justice

Perhaps the BBC are operating a Sunday service and don't have many correspondents in the field

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I see that Herefordshire have also now declared a major incident.

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The amount of water pouring off Epsom Common is unbelievable, the rangers are out digging trenches as the pond at Stamford Green looks like invading the Cricketers pub soon.

My daughter and I have just seen a huge tree succumb to sodden earth, crashed down in front of us as we were driving past. Quite away from the road fortunately but a site to see especially with no wind gust as the cause.

My lawn is a lake which is never a good sign. Hope my trees will be ok. Havent  had any come down since Oct 87!

 

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Wind wise, it's on a par with Ciara down here - complete with the lights flickering, UPS-clicking conditions. That's actually not normal for winter down here and it's noteworthy that we've had two such storms within a week of each other. Peak gusts at the local yacht club so far are 58 compared with 62 for Ciara. They're in the 50s here, too, going by the shuddering of the (wooden) upstairs of my house.

Rain wise, nothing to write home about yet as it's just fizzling as it heads over Kent. That should change later this morning.

The squall line will be "interesting" later. It's moving much more slowly than the one did with Ciara.

50-60mph gusts are very typical coastal wind speeds during an atlantic storm, nothing exceptional, and won't be remembered.  

Rainfall has still only seen 26mm here since it set in yesterday - over 24 hours ago!!

Flooding chaos across the country and the top UK story on the Beeb website is "Flack's boyfriend: my heart is broken". 

 

Both myself and the "ol' man" had a rant about this.  Sad as Flack's death is  at  a personal level, the "derivative" coverage of it is well out of proportion.

Really wet around here -  1 foot deep surface water  floods on some roads  and the river Enborne has burst its banks  at Newtown and Knightsbridge fortunately  no houses nearby.

 

 

 

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Both myself and the "ol' man" had a rant about this.  Sad as Flack's death is  at  a personal level, the "derivative" coverage of it is well out of proportion.

Really wet around here -  1 foot deep surface water  floods on some roads  and the river Enborne has burst its banks  at Newtown and Knightsbridge fortunately  no houses nearby.

 

 

 

To be fair the One O'Clock news on BBC1 had the floods in Wales and the Scottish borders as their main story with a long segment for this

I just wonder what the situation will be like in  a few days' time when the main rivers like Ouse and Severn are peaking

 

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34mm of rain since 9am yesterday and local river flooding, definitely not standard!

A typical active weather system at anytime of year could bring 20-40mm of rain in 12-24 hours down here. 

I note that down here in the south the Amber warning still only talks of maximum of 60-80mm. I suspect this would have only be a yellow warning  it wasn't for the fact that the ground is already highly saturated, but with swollen rivers and saturated ground the flood risk is higher so the impact riak of 60-80mm is higher. 🙂

I see a wind warning popped  up in the South West this morning  - hope it doesn't extend further east - frankly I've had enough of it !

As an aside, I think the MO needs to  take a look at its warning map. In cases of multiple and over laid    warnings it's difficult to see what's what and where !

 

 

 

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50-60mph gusts are very typical coastal wind speeds during an atlantic storm, nothing exceptional, and won't be remembered.  

Rainfall has still only seen 26mm here since it set in yesterday - over 24 hours ago!!

I'm on a north-facing coast, so yes, it will be remembered. Two weeks on the trot with strong winds for 12+ hours each time is rather noteworthy, as is getting 12mm of rain in around 5 minutes (as happened with last week's squall line). Neither of those are at all normal, as in Kent we usually just see fronts zipping through, with only a few hours of strong winds each time.

There have been stronger winds in years past, sure, but these were around a 1 in 5 year event in terms of strength. In terms of longevity, they'd have a much longer return period.

 

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I'm on a north-facing coast, so yes, it will be remembered. Two weeks on the trot with strong winds for 12+ hours each time is rather noteworthy, as is getting 12mm of rain in around 5 minutes (as happened with last week's squall line). Neither of those are at all normal, as in Kent we usually just see fronts zipping through, with only a few hours of strong winds each time.

There have been stronger winds in years past, surebut these were around a 1 in 5 year event in terms of strength. In terms of longevity, they'd have a much longer return period.

 

But not talking about last weeks rain though are we? I'm talking about the current one.

As for wind  coastal northeast england sees at least one storm of 60-70mph winds each year. 

Also for Shoeburyness the top wind gust from Dennis was only 60mph and only 8 hours with winds gusting of 50mph or higher, and those 8 hours were split. So i suspect a little over exaggeration going on.

 

http://www.weathercast.co.uk/world-weather/weather-stations/obsid/3693.html

 

But not talking about last weeks rain though are we? I'm talking about the current one.

As for wind  coastal northeast england sees at least one storm of 60-70mph winds each year. 

Also for Shoeburyness the top wind gust from Dennis was only 60mph and only 8 hours with winds gusting of 50mph or higher, and those 8 hours were split. So i suspect a little over exaggeration going on.

http://www.weathercast.co.uk/world-weather/weather-stations/obsid/3693.html

No over-exaggeration. Shoeburyness is miles away from me!

And we're talking about both storms, note the "continued" bit in this very thread's title. The combination of Ciara and Dennis is noteworthy here.

https://www.iossc.org.uk/weather/?sn=cam1

is the source I use. It's still a fair way off, but at least the coastal aspect is the same. I would have to take issue with your "only 8 hours of 50mph" too, as if it's something piddly... it's not! Maybe for you south-coasters it is, but here in the sheltered north it's noteworthy.

I could also go on about how we don't normally get trees down locally each winter, nor do we get gable ends of buildings collapsing each winter either, nor does the ground get so soaked that you can see the water with every step on the lawn.

I accept that for you it was unexciting, dull, run-of-the-mill, whatever. Here, and for a good chunk of the country, it was noteworthy.

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