Flood Update
We didn't get flooded (a fact that the village celebrated with drinks and hotpot) but the main road west is unpassable. We had a few hours without power, but versus a lot of other places we got off lightly (the next village along with barely passable, but people have managed to check in with them).
Lancaster - I have no idea - the annoying thing is, there is soooo little being said in the media, and with the loss of power? There's really few ways that words can get out to us outside of the area.
The travel websites don't list any of the closed roads (I poked them this morning due to the main road not being listed - we were having an entertaining morning of how many people can ignore three road closed signs - eventually we got a cop stationed there, who just got abuse - said cops are being provided with caffiene (and hotpot)) - there's mention of bits on the news, but nowhere near the breadth.
Lancaster now seems to have power back (heard from colleague thankfully) but like us has no mobile signal. They were pretty close completely cut off, which is something near unheard of. (You could get in if you were south bound on the M6 this morning, by lunch that whole junction opened, and now I think south is passable).
I really really hope the rain scheduled for the next few days is light. I hope people in effected areas are safe.
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Lancaster - I have no idea - the annoying thing is, there is soooo little being said in the media, and with the loss of power? There's really few ways that words can get out to us outside of the area.
The travel websites don't list any of the closed roads (I poked them this morning due to the main road not being listed - we were having an entertaining morning of how many people can ignore three road closed signs - eventually we got a cop stationed there, who just got abuse - said cops are being provided with caffiene (and hotpot)) - there's mention of bits on the news, but nowhere near the breadth.
Lancaster now seems to have power back (heard from colleague thankfully) but like us has no mobile signal. They were pretty close completely cut off, which is something near unheard of. (You could get in if you were south bound on the M6 this morning, by lunch that whole junction opened, and now I think south is passable).
I really really hope the rain scheduled for the next few days is light. I hope people in effected areas are safe.
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