Deluge...

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Anatol

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1,392 posts

241 months

Thursday 27th July 2006
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Most of my garden was washed away in a flash flood this afternoon. My garage/workshop had 18 inches of water standing in it.

When I called up the Met Office's satellite photos, the entirety of mainland UK was enjoying beautiful clear skies, except (from the look of it) North-West Cambridgeshire.

That's just not fair.

Tol

gtr-gaz

5,166 posts

253 months

Thursday 27th July 2006
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That might explain why the M11 northbound was stationary at the A14 junction, when we passed it this afternoon.

Wicker Man

824 posts

250 months

Friday 28th July 2006
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Isn't 18" of standing water about average for the fens? I'll try not to gloat that my patch is 4 foot above sea level!

Some spectacular lighting accompanied the deluge too. One strike I saw left a ball of lightning at ground level for a couple of seconds. Not seen that before.

Edited by Wicker Man on Friday 28th July 09:47