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katex 29-06-2007 17:57
Re: Is Accrington likely to flood?
 
Don't ever remember any flooding in Hyndburn in my time. Had a friend lived in those cottages opposite the Hynburn Bridge Pub down Clayton .. she had a couple of disasters there .. but they seem to have sorted it now.

garinda 29-06-2007 18:23
Re: Is Accrington likely to flood?
 
I remember posting before on AW, somewhere deep in the virtual annals, of how we got caught in a flash flood, on the road between the Moat House and Brownhill.

It'd been a beautiful summer's day when the heavens just opened. People were laughing at us, as the speed boat we were towing, started to float at the back of the car. When we got back to Ossy, there hadn't even been a spot of rain.

WillowTheWhisp 29-06-2007 18:33
Re: Is Accrington likely to flood?
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by lindsay ormerod (Post 441813)
Willow,how on earth did you get flooded on Sultan Street ? It's on a decent slope ( well it better be!)

The water was rushing down the street like a river. We were on the bottom row. Across the bottom of Sultan Street in those days there was a huge wall of buildings (3 houses at the top of the row in Water Street just before the garage) some of it was a joiners shop, I think some of it may even have been related to the garage going back behind the houses. We used to garage our car in there in a big communal space.

Anyway these rushing rivers of water coming down the streets went hurtling on down the likes of Water Street which went right into town but it hit the wall of this building at the bottom of Sultan Street and bounced back on itself creating huge waves which came above the doorsteps of houses and entered therein, all apart from ours.

It got worse too because water was also running underneath the road and it must have hit the foundations of the building and bounced back in the same way. It forced its way up through the cobble stones and made a right mess of the road. It was like a mini volcano coming up through the river!

lindsay ormerod 30-06-2007 14:39
Re: Is Accrington likely to flood?
 
Blimey ! I am filling sand bags as we speak !

panther 01-07-2007 06:32
Re: Is Accrington likely to flood?
 
well there was not much rain yesterday was there!, i have seen worse,
or is it supposed to be today this heavy rain?


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