Floods in Britain

samIamsad · 07-26-2007, 07:22 AM

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6907316.stm

Lately I've been wondering: What's cookin' in Oxford, Rob?

RLacey · 07-26-2007, 07:41 AM

As I've already said in another thread (but only in passing), I'm not actually in Oxford at the moment (thankfully).

From what I've heard, my college has been unaffected (the High Street has remained dry), but Christ Church meadow is now a lake, and a fair bit of the surrounding area is flooded.

Hopefully it will have cleared up a fair bit before the wedding that I'm due to be attending on 4th August.

Back home on the South Coast, meanwhile, everything is fine, despite being within spitting distance of the sea.

Incidentally, I particularly loved the cartoon from today's Daily Telegraph (go here and click the "Matt" link on the right).

Hammerite · 07-26-2007, 08:37 AM

no floods in my area!

but a lot of rain...

Lucien21 · 07-26-2007, 09:19 AM

Floods.

Hollywood will do anything to promote "Evan Almighty" these days.

Jelena · 07-26-2007, 10:26 AM

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Originally Posted by RLacey

Back home on the South Coast, meanwhile, everything is fine, despite being within spitting distance of the sea.

What's wrong with being near the sea?

Jatsie · 07-26-2007, 10:39 AM

We get a lot of tsunamis in Britain...

Kolzig · 07-26-2007, 02:09 PM

Good to hear that you are ok Lacey, I was thinking about Oxford a lot after I saw the news yesterday.

Oxford was such a nice place to visit, I hope the floods haven't done too much damage...

Catbert · 07-26-2007, 02:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jelena

What's wrong with being near the sea?

When those terrorist icebergs attack we die first, lady.

RLacey · 07-26-2007, 02:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jelena

What's wrong with being near the sea?

Nothing. I was pointing out that I'm still near a large body of water, but the sea tends not to rise too much beyond the expected

.

That said, being on the south coast basically prevents us from getting snow in the winter, which to my mind (mainly because I don't have to drive a lot) is a bad thing.

UPtimist · 07-27-2007, 02:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Lucien21

Floods.

Hollywood will do anything to promote "Evan Almighty" these days.

Heh heh...

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RLacey The Thread™ will die. Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 22,542	As I've already said in another thread (but only in passing), I'm not actually in Oxford at the moment (thankfully). From what I've heard, my college has been unaffected (the High Street has remained dry), but Christ Church meadow is now a lake, and a fair bit of the surrounding area is flooded. Hopefully it will have cleared up a fair bit before the wedding that I'm due to be attending on 4th August. Back home on the South Coast, meanwhile, everything is fine, despite being within spitting distance of the sea. Incidentally, I particularly loved the cartoon from today's Daily Telegraph (go here and click the "Matt" link on the right). Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ RLacey \| Killer of the Thread™ I do not change to be perfect. Perfect changes to be me.

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