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Reply ID 60428

I saw the river a couple of hours ago and it was very high and flowing very fast, with lots more rain to come by the sounds of things.

Reply ID 60431

A414 by M&S (Hatfied direction) was closed due to flooding at 6.30am

Reply ID 60432

Hertbeat say Hertford - Essendon is impassable outside Harts Horns and Riverside Gdn Centre...... won't be going that way then!

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[img]http://digilander.libero.it/le.faccine/faccinea/sport/00021014.gif [/img] I'm ready.... On a more serious note, in view of the recent <cough> *lack of grit due to extreme winter conditions*, I am now wondering if there is a contingency plan for flooding in our area? Should I start collecting sacks and head off to the builders yard for sand, to make sandbags??

Reply ID 60434

Wall down and flooding on Gascoyne Way, passable but only very slowly as it is down to one lane

Reply ID 60437

River Beane has burst its banks along Beane Road - field completely submerged right up to the houses on Molewood Road. Traffic chaos in that area due to parked coaches, which are presumably to replace trains that aren't running.

Reply ID 60439

Wow! There was some serious flooding this morning. The horses along Beane Rd were submerged in water this morning, not sure who you have to call (perhaps the RSPCA) but I think someone might need to head over there to check they are alright. West St covered in water, couldn't see any of the allotments this morning and as for Hertford Town FC, they didn't have a pitch!! The view from the train this morning was unbelievable!

Reply ID 60445

Please do call the RSPCA or maybe the animal warden. They can't be left like that, poor things.

Reply ID 60451

The river Beane is high, but there is no flood watch at the moment (10:00). Acoording to Floodline, there is a flood watch on the River Lee, but the river levels have peaked and should start falling this morning. There are also no flood watches on the Mimram and Rib.

Reply ID 60452

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Originally posted by minnie
Please do call the RSPCA or maybe the animal warden. They can't be left like that, poor things.

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Reply ID 60455

I have heard that the Church wall along Gascoyne Way has all but collapsed

Reply ID 60456

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Originally posted by Ray_by_the_Beane
The river Beane is high, but there is no flood watch at the moment (10:00). Acoording to Floodline, there is a flood watch on the River Lee, but the river levels have peaked and should start falling this morning. There are also no flood watches on the Mimram and Rib.

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Reply ID 60463

[img]http://www.bengeo.demon.co.uk/floodbeane.jpg[/img] [img]http://www.bengeo.demon.co.uk/floodbeane.jpg[/img] Let us hope they can't walk into the river by mistake. P

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Originally posted by minnie
Please do call the RSPCA or maybe the animal warden. They can't be left like that, poor things.

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I have rung the RSPCA - and they are aware of the situation and are monitoring them.(they said someone else has reported the situation) I also mentioned that they do not appear to have any real shelter. Hopefully, they will contact the owners and they will (or should) move them to more suitable grazing which offers at least some shelter and dry(ish) ground, as they are a.t.m. marooned on a little island in the field)

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Reply ID 60465

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Originally posted by Frenchie
I have heard that the Church wall along Gascoyne Way has all but collapsed

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Reply ID 60477

Three horses rescued. Lorry has come to take them away. One still in the back field, refuses to be led. 5.30 pm All rescued now. Lets hope they find a less miserable place to live. [img]http://www.bengeo.demon.co.uk/crowd.jpg[/img] [img]http://www.bengeo.demon.co.uk/crowd.jpg[/img] [img]http://www.bengeo.demon.co.uk/crowd.jpg[/img] [img]http://www.bengeo.demon.co.uk/crowd.jpg[/img] P

Reply ID 60478

Blimey that must be at least a foot deep.

Reply ID 60479

our garden was under a foot of water today - the river at the end of the garden burst it's banks. Phoned the council who apparently do not provide sandbags, despite the Environment Agency, Rivers Authority and others telling me they should do. So have forked out ££ for sandbags myself. Not quite sure what we pay our council taxes for.

Reply ID 60481

They should provide them really I would have thought.

Reply ID 60485

Dear all, just an update on the horses. I was there a few minutes ago (6pm) and the RSPCA and police are still there trying to rescue the horses. They advise that many many people have complained to them about the way the horses have been left and they have made repeated attempts all day to rescue them. The owner was there this evening too. It looked to me like all the horses were there being put onto the lorry. I myself had called the RSPCA repeatedly before today because of the horses and am glad other people have done so since the snow and flooding. Let's hope that as much as we will miss these beautiful horses they are not returned here. I just wish someone at the RSPCA had acted sooner and they would not have had to go through the distress in the water this evening.

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Originally posted by Bubbaoshea
They should provide them really I would have thought.

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Reply ID 60494

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Originally posted by manaton
Dear all, just an update on the horses. I was there a few minutes ago (6pm) and the RSPCA and police are still there trying to rescue the horses. They advise that many many people have complained to them about the way the horses have been left and they have made repeated attempts all day to rescue them. The owner was there this evening too. It looked to me like all the horses were there being put onto the lorry. I myself had called the RSPCA repeatedly before today because of the horses and am glad other people have done so since the snow and flooding. Let's hope that as much as we will miss these beautiful horses they are not returned here. I just wish someone at the RSPCA had acted sooner and they would not have had to go through the distress in the water this evening.

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Reply ID 60498

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Originally posted by Bubbaoshea
They should provide them really I would have thought.

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A quick Google search of "sand bags and council" showed that very few councils nationwide do provide sandbags free of charge, and that there is no obligation for them to do so despite the EA advice. The one that I found would provide some sandbags said that they would not do so for outhouses and gardens.

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Reply ID 60499

Why don't people that live on a flood plain do what my ancestors did? Make them or buy them and stop relying on other people to supply them. If you choose to live on an area subjected to rising water, take action before the event, or buy a home on a hill.

Reply ID 60502

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Originally posted by James007
Why don't people that live on a flood plain do what my ancestors did? Make them or buy them and stop relying on other people to supply them. If you choose to live on an area subjected to rising water, take action before the event, or buy a home on a hill.

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Reply ID 60519

East Herts District Council (at Peggs Lane) certainly used to supply empty sand bags up to a certain number per year for each property. The problem was that they are made of a synthetic material which seems to rapidly breaks down and leak sand if exposed to sunlight, so they have to be stored carefully. The Jewsons Builders Merchant at John Tate Road also supplies hessian type sandbags and sand for filling them.

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Originally posted by Ray_by_the_Beane
East Herts District Council (at Peggs Lane) certainly used to supply empty sand bags up to a certain number per year for each property. The problem was that they are made of a synthetic material which seems to rapidly breaks down and leak sand if exposed to sunlight, so they have to be stored carefully.The Jewsons Builders Merchant at John Tate Road also supplies hessian type sandbags and sand for filling them.

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Reply ID 60548

when we moved 2 yrs ago we were told from the flood report we asked for that the property had flooded twice in a 1000 yrs. Hardly a property at risk from flooding i think! EHDC do not supply sandbags. we ended up getting some from Jewsons, who were exceptionally helpful. FWIW 10 bags isn't really enough as you need to pile them against each other(i think) so works out £££!

Reply ID 60612

James 007 - I did not choose to live on a flood plain, my road/house has never flooded, but apparently I am now on a flood plain, the searches did not throw it up so how am I supposed to know? The last thing you think of when buying a property is whether its subject to flooding! Personally I think all these new houses/flats have a lot to do with the current situation beside it being freak weather.[:D]

Reply ID 60613

That’s interesting Biker. We used to be in an area of potential flooding but have now been removed from that status. We are in the Portvale area. Where are you?

Reply ID 60629

If you look at the Environment Agency's floodplain map for Hertford, almost the whole of the old town is classed as being on a floodplain. Bev at the old Cross Taveren has said, in the past, that eeven that building is classed as being on the floodplain.