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No hosepipe ban then yet ?

@LH there will be!!!! and there is talk of compulsory Water Meters.

@Scott about 25 miles but the whole SW Peninsula did and will not escape,as that particular flood was from 0.4.30.am, a months rain in three hours,commuter travel was chaos, even the Main Dual carriageways were under water.
and , don't even think of Rail Travel past Exeter ( runs alongside the above Video, collapse,) as that Line runs along the Coast and with the new trains they cannot cope with the Flooding.This is our main link to the Capital...
Teignmouth in July

This is calm!!!!

I am up on Dartmoor so whilst we are mainly granite hills we draw the rain, but it runs off.
Plymouth the next Large City down from Exeter was chaos yesterday..
Tomorrow and Monday we have worse to come.Teignmouth in July

yikes!
mother nature is really trying to make a point lately.
hoping no more damages or losses Kate ...

Kate, awful.
Hope you well stocked up with the essentials, tea % biscuits etc. ( with the odd hot chocolate ).
As Johnny says Mother Nature is really having a nag worldwide at the moment.
There are so many costs / damages to consider, personal & financial and they can become endless.
Recovering from it is the nightmare.

http://www.tivertonpeople.co.u.....story.html Terrible time for all. When will it end?

No rain, but stormwinds here now. Hope it doesn't get as bad as you have it, Kate!

What you needs, is battalions of camels, to mop it all up.

That's why you need the Bactrian brigade.

@Mike..Oh no!!!! not more wet stuff :):)