Two days of big rains coming, here in the east anyway. Best stay at home Thursday and Friday. :(
If it is anything like we got then it will be more than wellies you will need. Stay away from rivers and steep hills and don't think about driving anywhere :)
We couldn't get out the village the last time, the A92 floods in a dip on top of a hill blocking the road, the council want a severe kicking for that fine piece of engineering.
It's certainly looking like at least 2 days confined to the house!
Sunny hear in fife but wind picking up strong south easterly ' Thursday Friday looks bad amber warning for wind and rain but looking further north Angus Aberdeenshire its a rare red warning for next few days as already mentioned stay at hame in keep safe
SE winds forecast for here again next weekend. Which stops me skate fishing. Starting to annoy me now.
Road closed from Arbroath to Brechin, trees blown down, plans to evacuate residents from Brechin if new flood defences are breached later.
It's their own fault, Chris Packham told them over and over not to shoot those beavers. :D
Will the Council in Perth have had sufficient notice this time to close the flood protection gates?
Three days was not enough a short while ago!
I know, unreal isn't it ::)
I was looking at the Arbroath harbour webcam, looks like some good photographic opportunities to be had :)
It's pretty wild!
Good Cod fishing weather.
I guess this is what you call a spate. Parts of the main road have been washed away a few miles upstream at Marykirk. I saw some footage of the floods in Brechin an hour ago and I swear to you there was a salmon swimming up the main street.
Seems to be three people who have died, swept away ?
That's the historic Brig o' Dun screwed then. Unreal.
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I think when the Balmakewan lodge/fishing hut gets refurbished this time, it had better be put on stilts.
Seems the lady who was washed into the water above Loch Lee was part of a deer stalking party
Knowing that area as well as I do I just could not fathom why anyone would be up there in those conditions.
Well...I arrived from my trip in Norway into Aberdeen airport at 4pm Thursday. Bit of a bumpy landing but the flights through Norway had been fine and in fact the flight to Bergan had been spectacular with a dusting of snow on the higher coastal peaks being picked by the bright sunshine.
I knew the trains had been cancelled and I had got a hire car to get me to Fife and I was to stop off and see my parents in Brechin on the way. The first part of the journey was difficult with the strong winds bouncing the car all over the rioad on the open parts of the Aberdeen bypass. Passing lorries involved 2 secs of blindness until the wip[ers cleared the water off the screen but the further I went the easier it got and I got to Brechin around 5>30. Quick cup of coffee and I pushed on South. The rain was relentless and i started to see more and more foliage and small branches on the A90. However the scary part was the standing water. It was getting dark and the light was never god anyway. I had been keeping my speed down to 60/65 but just past the South Esk bridge I hit standing water that had me heading for the verge. I was planning my route into the grass when I got it back and stayed on the road. Not my first aquaplane but they are never enjoyable. From Forfar to Dundee it was best to drive in a convoy with about 5 car lengths between so you could see them hit the water before you did.
Dundee had lots of foliage and the bridge was down to one lane. I also got a phonecall from Mrs Z to tell me that the Parbroath crossroads was flooded and I had to go via Cupar. I knew this is a very tree/lined route so I knew to keep the speed down. Anyway I had a bit of branch dodging from Cupar to Kennoway but I got home safe.
Life can throw some stuff at you when you have to travel.
Take care Ian. :)
A friend was up in Brechin last night assisting the fire brigade with his big sooking lorry. The photos he took on the way home to Perth down the side of the Isla were eye opening.
I note the Blackwater at Garve is currently just below its highest recorded level. Which probably means the Conon will be like fishing a new river next May.
The blockage is now massive but moved downstream a bit. Will go down again tomorrow and see if the fish will have passage once the river drops. Some farmer will be pissed off, tonnes of tatties scattered widely. The coos will have a great feast when they return,
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At least the pipe looks intact.
I see the SEPA gauge bottomed out on Friday, def. a record high.
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I was sent this. 40M of The Lurgies path embankment at the west end of Montrose Basin has vanished. This keeps the sea out! Surrounding farmland and houses may be in peril at the next 5M high tide. This is a disaster waiting to happen.
Perhaps it's time for Angus Council to ditch plans to spend 10s of millions on pointless, woke cycle paths that no one except a few left wing "green" fanatics want and start spending the money on maintaining essential infrastructure. Ending the war on motorists and fixing the pot holed roads would be a good place to start.
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