Britain battered by winter storms

 

 

LONDON: -- Britain is feeling the brunt of winter storms, as heavy rains and strong winds lash the country, killing one person while another remains missing.

 

Rescue services announced that a 39-year-old woman they pulled from the water off Folkestone later died.

 

And the search to locate a missing man in South Wales has been called off until conditions improve.

 

The Environment Agency has issued 17 flood warnings, and 103 alerts are in place.

 

There was travel chaos on the rails, as parts of the track in Exeter were washed away.

 

Tameside and Oldham in the north were some of the worst hit by the rains with flood waters bursting through homes.

 

For others the ordeal is now over, a ferry that was stranded for 26 hours carrying more than 100 people has now docked at Fishguard.

 

-- © Copyright Euronews 2016-11-23

10 minutes ago, webfact said:

Britain battered by winter storms

 

They are not winter storms 

 

Just a part of the devastation that was going to rain down on the UK if it had the gall and swingers to vote for Brexit. 

 

Tameside and Oldham are hardly in the north of Britain.

5 hours ago, coma said:

Penance for sending all those convicts to that horrible place downunder.  

But now all the Aussie's are happy where they are. And all the Brit's are unhappy with their lives.

They have been robbing banks, and breaking windows; in the hope that they will be sent Down Under.

cheers

They may be battered by winterstorms ( in the autumn ) , but at least they don't have to sweat in the Thai sun . I'd rather be in Britain. (for the temperature , and food ).

Maybe we can get more info from our UK based Thaivisa members ?

There are enough of them.

7 hours ago, SgtRock said:

They are not winter storms 

 

Just a part of the devastation that was going to rain down on the UK if it had the gall and swingers to vote for Brexit. 

 

They did vote to leave, so I'm not sure what you are trying to say.

2 minutes ago, Tiffer said:

They did vote to leave, so I'm not sure what you are trying to say.

 

Irony?  Tsk.

7 hours ago, NongKhaiKid said:

Tameside and Oldham are hardly in the north of Britain.

 

So where's Oldham? Have they moved it to Cornwall where it's warmer? ?

1 minute ago, bubblewrap said:

Irony?  Tsk.

 

Irony? No.

Poor language control? Yes.

Just now, Tiffer said:

Irony? No.

Poor language control? Yes.

 

What does poor language control mean?  You've lost me.

1 hour ago, BuaBS said:

They may be battered by winterstorms ( in the autumn ) , but at least they don't have to sweat in the Thai sun . I'd rather be in Britain. (for the temperature , and food ).

 

Its grim up North.

 

Im bloody freezing!

1 minute ago, Grouse said:

Its grim up North.

 

Im bloody freezing!

 

Put a warm jumper on. 

A few areas in England regularly get flooded due to overdevelopment. Previously areas of land were left undeveloped to allow heavy rainwater to drain away naturally. Over the years landowners and builders got greedy and overbuilt in some areas leaving no natural drainage. The drainage they installed in some places flows into rivers which can't cope with the water runoff from the new concrete jungle's and they flood. Unfortunately residents in these areas get their houses flooded every few years but can't afford to move as no one else will buy their properties and to make things worse for them, they are no longer able to get insurance against the flooding.

4 minutes ago, bubblewrap said:

What does poor language control mean?  You've lost me.

 

That's a brave admission.

4 minutes ago, Grouse said:

 

Its grim up North.

 

Im bloody freezing!

Braggart !

12 minutes ago, BuaBS said:

Braggart !

 

It's not all bad

 

Pints of Sam Smith's Old Brewery Bitter at 84 TBT (1.90) and roasting my arse in front of a proper Yorkshire coal fire. Grand!

Edited November 23, 20169 yr by Grouse

8 hours ago, NongKhaiKid said:

Tameside and Oldham are hardly in the north of Britain.

1 hour ago, Grouse said:

 

Its grim up North.

 

Im bloody freezing!

Never mind BuaBS prefers it to winter over here ,  # 6 above .

15 hours ago, Grouse said:

 

So where's Oldham? Have they moved it to Cornwall where it's warmer? ?

 

To a Scotsman, Oldham isn't exactly in the North of Britain - and no, I'm not a Jock but I know a member who is .

Edited November 24, 20169 yr by freebyrd

To a Londoner, Oldham is "up north" as indeed is everything north of the thames.

 
It's not all bad
 
Pints of Sam Smith's Old Brewery Bitter at 84 TBT (1.90) and roasting my arse in front of a proper Yorkshire coal fire. Grand!

Suprised your not sitting round a candle, bloody tight arsed Yorkshireman!
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On Wednesday, November 23, 2016 at 5:41 PM, Bantex said:

A few areas in England regularly get flooded due to over development. Previously areas of land were left undeveloped to allow heavy rainwater to drain away naturally. Over the years landowners and builders got greedy and overbuilt in some areas leaving no natural drainage. The drainage they installed in some places flows into rivers which can't cope with the water runoff from the new concrete jungle's and they flood. Unfortunately residents in these areas get their houses flooded every few years but can't afford to move as no one else will buy their properties and to make things worse for them, they are no longer able to get insurance against the flooding.

 

Just like Patong then. 

 

13 hours ago, pennine said:

To a Londoner, Oldham is "up north" as indeed is everything north of the thames.

 

They don't know what they're missing.

13 hours ago, roo860 said:

 

Suprised your not sitting round a candle, bloody tight arsed Yorkshireman!


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Methinks Tykes prefer frugal .

On 11/23/2016 at 10:39 AM, Grouse said:

 

Its grim up North.

 

Im bloody freezing!

 

On 11/23/2016 at 10:41 AM, bubblewrap said:

 

Put a warm jumper on. 

Any indication as to which of my jumpers is a warm one or not

On 11/23/2016 at 10:39 AM, Grouse said:

 

Its grim up North.

 

Im bloody freezing!

 

On 11/23/2016 at 10:55 AM, Grouse said:

 

It's not all bad

 

Pints of Sam Smith's Old Brewery Bitter at 84 TBT (1.90) and roasting my arse in front of a proper Yorkshire coal fire. Grand!

 

21 hours ago, roo860 said:

 

Suprised your not sitting round a candle, bloody tight arsed Yorkshireman!


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Yorkshire born and yorkshire bred....strong in the arm.....but thick in thee head...........

18 minutes ago, petermik said:

 

 

Yorkshire born and yorkshire bred....strong in the arm.....but thick in thee head...........

  made me smile

I like what I say and I say what I like 

11 hours ago, petermik said:

 

 

Yorkshire born and yorkshire bred....strong in the arm.....but thick in thee head...........

 

11 hours ago, Caps said:

  made me smile

I like what I say and I say what I like 

Just tongue in cheek banter,as a Lancashire lad myself there,s nowt much wrong with Yorkshire folk............just as long as they stay over their side of the hill

On 23/11/2016 at 2:46 AM, NongKhaiKid said:

Tameside and Oldham are hardly in the north of Britain.

 

They are if you're from Devon.