Floading in the city of Hereford

Floading in the city of Hereford, what it's like where you are?

We don't have any big rivers near us where we live, so lucky about that. But just the strength of the rain fall has caused flooded roads everywhere in the local area, and for days now. There is one road flooded as high as the bottom of the car for about 5 metres, the car almost floats crossing it! Some might think an electric car in deep water like this is dangerous, but the truth is the batteries are pretty water tight. It's the plugs joining the battery system to the car that I am more worried about, but hope these too are watertight.

Today though, with just over a day of no significant rain, the roads have almost dried up now with just puddles down the sides where the floods were. Lots of grime and gravel on the roads making me not consider the scooter just yet.

I washed my car yesterday as I feel I may get a few days where it stays something like clean, if the rain stays off.

Photo taken this morning.

Good to hear you are ok and no river, we can look down from high ground, but getting around on low ground is not easy, as most roads you wont pass by car or even 4x4, Hereforsd city floading is not as major as it has been some years, but yes the video it looks bad. the wye river fills fast from water that comes down from wales and the dams, but can go down as fast as it go's up, good thing is it's been dry for two days, so hope to go shopping again soon
There are shops our side of the river, and a good one in Longtown, and one in Hay-on-Wye. Lady-J

The worst flood in Britain, though very few people know of it occurred in 1607. The Bristol channel and the River Severn (it's the same waterway it just changes its name) burst its banks and flooded the Somerset levels and parts of Wales. Such was the flooding that Glastonbury Tor became an island. In about 2005 the BBC series Timewatch did a dramadoc about it. I recorded it, after some searching found it, copied it and loaded it to YouTube, where it got banned, or rather I could keep it and watch it (no point in that) but no-one else could due to copyright infringement. However, all is not lost I discovered. For the next 23 days it is available on iPlayer, here's the LINK so don't leave it too long before you view it!

I remember the flooding in the 80s in Carmarthen where the River Towy burst it banks and Pensarn (part of Carmarthen) was totally flooded as was the railway station if I remember correctly, it being between the river and Pensarn.

One thing that I wondered was whether flooding was due to the railways? Prior to the introduction in the 1850s of railways most items went almost everywhere by boats on rivers or canals, so these were kept in tip top condition. With the advent of railways, river and canal usage dwindled and finally became extinct. Therefore there was no need to keep these navigable, nature took hold at the sides and overhead, silt, rocks, pebbles and discarded items thrown in reduced their depth. They were unable to carry the volume of water they once did. They remained in this poor state until the seventies I think, when some people wanted to use them for leisure purposes like fishing and boating. I believe most if not all are now open and usable again.

Regards

SJL