Lancaster floods
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timmus
A2OC Donor
Thank you kindly for your concern. 
I am currently away from home (as per usual), so I've seen non of the damage inflicted upon my home town. My family have been very fortunate. Our house is on a slight ridge, meaning it's not at risk of flooding. The electricity substation has flooded, meaning 55,000 homes and 250,000 people are without power. No power also means no landline, mobile phone signal or internet. I tried calling family numerous times this morning, but there was simply no means of reaching anyone. My sister eventually elected to walk until she came into range of signal from an unaffected mobile mast near the M6, when she called me to fill me in.
The areas around the Lune river are badly affected. A cargo container was washed into the river upstream and has caused extensive structural damage to both road bridges across to Morecambe and the port of Heysham. The Isle of Man is dependent on goods getting to Heysham's harbours, so this will need sorting quickly.
In order to get Lancaster's major regional hospital running again, a mobile substation has been brought in. The same has been done for the local telephone exchange, so landlines (and ADSL) are working again. Our house is close to both the hospital and the telephone exchange and we're clearly on the same circuit as one of them because there's mains power again in our home. A vast majority aren't so lucky, most of whom will be waiting until Tuesday at the earliest.
To all other Cumbria / North Lancashire members, I hope you're ok.
Tom
I am currently away from home (as per usual), so I've seen non of the damage inflicted upon my home town. My family have been very fortunate. Our house is on a slight ridge, meaning it's not at risk of flooding. The electricity substation has flooded, meaning 55,000 homes and 250,000 people are without power. No power also means no landline, mobile phone signal or internet. I tried calling family numerous times this morning, but there was simply no means of reaching anyone. My sister eventually elected to walk until she came into range of signal from an unaffected mobile mast near the M6, when she called me to fill me in.
The areas around the Lune river are badly affected. A cargo container was washed into the river upstream and has caused extensive structural damage to both road bridges across to Morecambe and the port of Heysham. The Isle of Man is dependent on goods getting to Heysham's harbours, so this will need sorting quickly.
In order to get Lancaster's major regional hospital running again, a mobile substation has been brought in. The same has been done for the local telephone exchange, so landlines (and ADSL) are working again. Our house is close to both the hospital and the telephone exchange and we're clearly on the same circuit as one of them because there's mains power again in our home. A vast majority aren't so lucky, most of whom will be waiting until Tuesday at the earliest.
To all other Cumbria / North Lancashire members, I hope you're ok.
Tom
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jp.oog
Guest
Glad things are getting better at home for you Tom.
Our house is located on a slope so we did not suffer any flooding but the roads into yorkshire from here were pretty terrible.
James
Our house is located on a slope so we did not suffer any flooding but the roads into yorkshire from here were pretty terrible.
James
KekseKaempfer
A2OC Donor
There are those that would say that most roads into Yorkshire are bad James but the roads out are brilliant ! .
Never happens. Yorkshire is the most beautiful place in the world.
Edit: ohh wait. I see what you mean. I have red and white roses in my garden.
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