> "Andrew Dyke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in >> At last I have put together a website of the last year's flood and some >> of >> the trauma since. >> >> The text is as it wrote it at the time, without much though about the >> correctness of the English and without paragraphs. I just wanted to >> inform >> as quickly as I could what was happening on the ground. It is reproduced >> that way deliberately.
From: "Allan Jones" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> > Thanks for posting that Andrew, it is simply awesome. It made really > emotional reading. > > You say "The river was flowing at between 40 and 50 MPH at that stage" - > do > you really mean those figures ??? Adn Peter Stockdale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Wrote Good point - I remember querying those figures when they were stated at the time - but did not press for a reply as I felt so sorry for Andrew as it seemed such a minor detail. Hi Allan, Peter, Well I have no way of knowing, I was given those figures by the EA man, who at the time was telling all around to get out of the way of The Abbey Road bridge, which was in the way of a 40 ton boat, that might slip her mooring and smash into it, sending bits of bridge towards our houses. Thinking about it since I think it is unlikely but the water was going at one hell of a speed. I suspect the EA man was exaggerating to make the point. It did the trick, we left! The boat actually sank in the end, which I think was the best outcome, apart from staying afloat of course. Thanks for looking. The site has had 662 hits over the last 5 days. It usually gets about 15/20 a day. Regards, Andrew Web Site www.andrewdyke.co.uk Web Site www.mayorofevesham.co.uk
