Flooding again. Good old unstable weather conditions!

yes dear, its tough to beat natural calamities. i didnot know that ireland is affected in such a massive way. be safe, keep fine.

You be safe, too. The weather is getting wild, and witht hese things becoming more and more frequent, i think mor and more people are going to be effected in ways they never have been before.

Thnk you. We had the Ryder Cup (golf) last autumn and it was some of the worst weather. There were hurricane and gale warnings. They classify our climate as mild, but with the gulf stream, and being a small island, we get very battered from time to time!

I thnk the problem is over the decades the road level has risen with repais and upgrades but he house is on its original foundation. We have a big sewer pull as you walk in our garden gate, and if we get that pulled it usually saves us (although it has clogged too, and at worst will reach a point where it can't take any more). If the tides are up, especially in the spring, the surface water has nowhere to go, and we just watch it spill right back out of the street gutter hole. We were ok last night. It looks like it is going to be drier today, I hope!

oh Honey - it sounds as though you are always a bit on edge when it gets wet and the tide is high (don't mean to sound like Boney M here) and that must be difficult for you! I am so pleased that you were safe last night and I really do hope it dries up for you - are you used to being on alert for flooding in June or is this a new thing? xxx

I am most on alert in the spring with the tides, and in the autumn with the leaves. And in the winter with all that rain. Lol, why should summer be any different, although August is usually the time we get water in all doors. I think we are going to be ok, the main puddle in the fron of the house is gone. It is just the nature of living where we do. Honestly, as crazy as it sounds I love the sea and it is worth it :-)

It is a bit crazy to get used to something like this but other than moving we don't have alot of choice. It looks like for now that the worst is over.

Yea,don't i know it lol. The love bugs are finally starting to die down.Yay! the weather is so wacky ,I swear.severe droughts,flooding.It's enough to make a preacher cuss!

Your state is one that is often featured on the news here. It gets really wild there in hurrcane season, doesn't it? We have a 'hurricane season' here, too, but it is nothing like yours. Between that and the Love Bugs, iy yi yi!

Tornados can wipe out your whole house. Once when the kids were small I spotted a small twister heading right for our house. I grabbed all the kids and ran down to the basement. I could hear a lot of wind and things getting blown around. It was over quick. We didn't get any real damage, but our camping trailer in the back yard was knocked off it's anchor. A couple of years after that, a town only miles from here had many houses destroyed by a tornado. The national guard had to be called out, it was so bad.

Our house has the old style slates and we loose those too if it gets gale force. Very dangerous to be outside with all that going on. At least we don't have tornados like you do, though. They rip roofs clean off, don't they? I would be watching for storm warnings too!

I honestly think I might have a heart attack. We just don't get anything like that here, although I have seen the nature shows so have an idea of what you mean. That would be absoloutly terrifying!

Do you think, having been through the flood, people are now more incined t get supplies in? We were totally unprepared the first time, but it has gotten easier with experience.

We flip flop around like that too, and just as dramatically. You be safe, too, it sounds like you get some wild weather as well!

I hope yuo don't have to do that again either. It is such a drag, but maybe you will be able to put in additional drainage if it continues? We had a sump pump at another house and it saved our bacon a couple of times. We have a couple of factors. Spring time we have huge high tides, which, along with a dose of heavy rain, really heavy, even if it only last 5-10 minutes at the height of a tide guarantees it at least in the front door and down the garden gate. It can happen once or twice or 5 times. It's all a matter of luck. Then a sudden heavy summer rain, which for some reason seems to las longer than the spring down poors can do the same. We can flash flood whille we are out and have to hustle it back home and get the sewer pulled and get out there with the broom and make sure all the drains are prisitne and flowing. In the winter, cripes, it can happen over and over. And in the autumn we have to make sure all the leaves are out of the surface gutters, becasue if they even slow down the water it goes into our house first. Pretty much year round, but it is more of a nuisance than anything. As long as we are home and awake we can deal with it as a matter of course. Everyone has their little jobs to do.