Floods (1 Viewer)

Not domestically, but the roads are a fucking nightmare - most of the water coming from just running off fields, as well as high water courses.
All the lanes around Claverdon, Bearley and Snitterfield are just about passable in a 4x4. Apparently Brailes is cut off, and the rivers around Wellesbourne and Walton are very close to going.
Hope everyone's OK. Stick to the main roads and watch out for standing water, especially in the dark.

The A46 is fucked but more because of people driving like idiots than the amount of water. There is standing water but not enough to cause issues if people were being sensible.

Coventry seems to miss so many extremes of weather. We are very lucky here.

My daughter's train from Birmingham to Cov got held up and I hear there have been floods in Stratford.

We seem to miss out for the most part.

Just a few puddles by me in Keresley and my parents in Potters Green seem to be fine too.

Was in Walsall today and then Oldbury and there was plenty of flooding, come back down the M40 intending to use the A46 but went through Warwick and Leamington in the end as the A46 was at a standstill all the way back to the M40.

Missed it all where I am so far. But the bad weather has just started. Normally get cut off from the rest of England at least once a year these days.

The M5 and M42 were very bad today. Pissed it down all the way from Bath to Cov. Standing water everywhere, massive lake in the middle of Kirby Corner Rd, and up in Holbrooks. Probably loads of other places too.

The way it lashes it down and causes poor visibility but some drivers STILL can’t think of putting their lights on.

Otis said:

Coventry seems to miss so many extremes of weather. We are very lucky here.

My daughter's train from Birmingham to Cov got held up and I hear there have been floods in Stratford.

We seem to miss out for the most part.

Just a few puddles by me in Keresley and my parents in Potters Green seem to be fine too.

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I have a theory that come the great global warming floods Coventry will be left standing as the last bit of England and then we’ll all be billionaires as land values sky rocket.

My bosses kids school in Warwick got shut down halfway through the day because of the flooding. About 15 primaries shut in Warwickshire when we checked.

Wolston all roads flooded.

Memorial flooded

wellesbourne really bad
Stratford too

shmmeee said:

we’ll all be billionaires as land values sky rocket.

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So we'll have a billionaire owner and still not be able to afford our own ground.

chiefdave said:

So we'll have a billionaire owner and still not be able to afford our own ground.

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But we will actually be the best team in England.

shmmeee said:

But we will actually be the best team in England.

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We'll be the only team in England.

shmmeee said:

I have a theory that come the great global warming floods Coventry will be left standing as the last bit of England and then we’ll all be billionaires as land values sky rocket.

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Good book - 'When the Floods Came' set in a dystopian Midlands of the future and even features the Ricoh arena. Recommended.

I'm really close to the River Severn, River Avon and the River Teme. When they flooded just over a week ago, no-one could get out of the Malvern area. The Teme and Severn broke their banks and flooded the village of Powick, which is the route I have to take to get toward Worcester and beyond. The Severn broke its banks further downstream at Upton - on - Severn, cutting that route off. Those are the only two bridges for about 20 miles, so we were totally buggered! I've been keeping a close eye on the weather lately! Pissed it down all day today. Not sure what the area is like yet, until maybe tomorrow.

We had a severe weather warning invoked yesterday at work primarily for the people travelling back to Warwick and Stratford and the like to get out early. I left at my normal time and I've never got home quicker, I hope they do the same today.

the A46 has a dip in it at Warwick which is too deep for cars - been the same for 20 years when the rain comes - once blocked there it’s just chaos

olderskyblue said:

Wolston all roads flooded.

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Just like the old days around by the church!

shmmeee said:

I have a theory that come the great global warming floods Coventry will be left standing as the last bit of England and then we’ll all be billionaires as land values sky rocket.

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you may become a billionaire, but you'd be living in a city with a population of 70 million.

richnrg said:

you may become a billionaire, but you'd be living in a city with a population of 70 million.

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It’s OK, by that point we’ll have that capacity in student housing alone

Trying desperately not to piss on your chips........

The Full List of the Highest to Lowest Grounds in England and Wales (2008).
No. Stadium Name Home To Height (feet)
1 The Hawthorns West Bromwich Albion 552
2 Boundary Park Oldham Athletic 526
3 Vale Park Port Vale 520
4 The Crown Ground Accrington Stanley 516
5 Moss Rose Macclesfield Town 513
6 Spotland Rochdale 498
7 Molineux Wolverhampton Wanderers 483
8 St Andrews Birmingham City 432
9 The Britannia Stadium Stoke City 431
10 Adams Park Wycombe Wanderers 413
11 Kenilworth Road Luton Town 397
11 Turf moor Burnley 397
13 Field Mill Mansfield Town 388
14 Valley Parade Bradford City 380
15 The Bescot Stadium Walsall 378
16 Reebok Stadium Bolton Wanderers 377
17 Ewood Park Blackburn Rovers 361
18 Saltergate Chesterfield 360
19 Villa Park Aston Villa 347
20 County Ground Swindon Town 340
21 Ricoh Arena Coventry City 338
22 National Hockey Stadium Milton Keynes Dons 295
23 The Racecourse Ground Wrexham 293
24 Huish Park Yeovil Town 281
25 Plainmoor Torquay United 280
26 Gigg Lane Bury 272
26 Underhill Barnet 272
28 Oakwell Barnsley 270
29 Galpharm Stadium Huddersfield Town 256
30 The Withdean Stadium Brighton & Hove Albion 250
31 Bramall Lane Sheffield United 245
32 Edgeley Park Stockport County 238
33 Hillsborough Sheffield Wednesday 228
34 St James Park Newcastle United 226
35 Vicarage Road Watford 222
36 Sixfields Stadium Northampton Town 215
37 Anfield Liverpool 207
38 Whaddon Road Cheltenham Town 204
39 Walkers Stadium Leicester City 200
40 City of Manchester Stadium Manchester City 196
41 The Memorial Stadium Bristol Rovers 190
42 Edgar Street Hereford United 189
43 Gresty Road Crewe Alexandra 183
44 Selhurst Park Crystal Palace 180
45 Gay Meadow Shrewsbury Town 175
46 Home Park Plymouth Argyle 172
47 Pride Park Derby County 170
48 Goodison Park Everton 150
49 Elland Road Leeds United 147
49 Madjeski Stadium Reading 147
51 Deepdale Preston North End 138
52 Prenton Park Tranmere Rovers 129
53 96.6 TFM Darlington Arena Darlington 127
54 Priestfield Stadium Gillingham 125
55 Old Trafford Manchester United 118
56 Layer Road Colchester United 116
57 The Stadium of Light Sunderland 112
58 Fitness First Stadium Bournemouth 104
59 The JJB Stadium Wigan Athletic 101
60 Emirates Stadium Arsenal 100
61 The City Ground Nottingham Forest 95
62 Millmoor Rotherham United 92
63 Roots Hall Southend United 90
64 Meadow Lane Notts County 89
65 White Hart Lane Tottenham Hotspur 69
66 Brunton Park Carlisle United 52
67 The Riverside Stadium Middlesbrough 51
68 The Valley Charlton Athletic 49
69 Griffin Park Brentford 46
70 Liberty Stadium Swansea City 43
71 London Road Peterborough United 40
72 Victoria Park Hartlepool United 38
73 Stamford Bridge Chelsea 35
74 Brisbane Road Leyton Orient 33
75 Ashton Gate Bristol City 29
76 Ninian Park Cardiff City 28
77 Upton Park West Ham United 27
78 Loftus Road Queens Park Rangers 26
78 The Keepmoat Stadium Doncaster Rovers 26
78 Bloomfield Road Blackpool 26
81 Sincil Bank Lincoln City 25
82 Craven Cottage Fulham 22
83 Glanford Park Scunthorpe United 20
83 Fratton Park Portsmouth 20
85 The New Den Millwall 19
86 York Street Boston United 18
87 Carrow Road Norwich City 17
87 Portman Road Ipswich Town 17
89 The Deva Stadium Chester City 16
90 KC Stadium Hull City 6
91 St Marys Southampton 3
92 Blundell Park Grimsby Town 2

The move to St Andrew's makes more sense now when you think of it in a Noah's Ark context

ajsccfc said:

The move to St Andrew's makes more sense now when you think of it in a Noah's Ark context

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And we thought Robins buying two of every position was just good squad building.

Flood defences have now gone up in Stratford, the Avon has burst its banks and is all over the recreation ground by the bandstand (opposite the RSC).
Barford is also extremely flooded by the bridge-worst I’ve seen it for years.

Was supposed to be at a meeting in Venice today, needless to say that got cancelled well in advance.

I was running the other night and ended up with one wet hoof from a hidden puddle....

ajsccfc said:

We had a severe weather warning invoked yesterday at work primarily for the people travelling back to Warwick and Stratford and the like to get out early. I left at my normal time and I've never got home quicker, I hope they do the same today.

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Bastard - i left as soon as it was announced, and it took me over 2 hours (avoiding the A46 Warwick by-pass which was supposedly static back to Stoneleigh)

shmmeee said:

It’s OK, by that point we’ll have that capacity in student housing alone

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Did you know that the guy in that meme is actually a Cov Uni graduate?

True story.

Who, Eddie Murphy?

Otis said:

Who, Eddie Murphy?

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