Twelve people left homeless by floods (From Brentwood Weekly News)
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Twelve people left homeless by floods
4:04pm Sunday 29th April 2012 in Basildon news
TWELVE people have been left homeless after their homes were flooded.
Firefighters were called to Quebec Road, Tilbury, at 11.40am where five houses had been swamped by water.
The twelve people lived in two of the affected homes.
The officer in charge reported that the worst affected houses had around six inches of water in them.
Firefighters used a pump to remove water from the properties along with an aquavac and mops to clear up standing water.
They had completed their work at the scene by 1pm. The local authority was informed that drains in the road were blocked.
Comments(7)
soul man
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9:48pm Sun 29 Apr 12
Alice in Her Own Land :P wrote:not to mention the council dont clear the road gullies anymore, most are jammed solid all yr round
Hill Lane in Hawkwell has also flooded again - worse this time than last - as so many people have concreted and made drives out of their front gardens and the water has nowhere to go!
saddo99
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8:42am Mon 30 Apr 12
Brunning999
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8:56am Mon 30 Apr 12
saddo99 wrote:Try the poo stick method !
May I ask a question? Does anybody know how the water companies gather water? It seems absurd that after the wettest April on record we have drought warnings. Rivers and streams full to bursting and reservoirs empty! Do reservoirs only gather the water that falls into them? If the rain that fell over Westcliff yesterday was diverted straight into Hanningfield it would have been full in 20 minutes. I tried to find out online but could get nowhere. Does anybody know?
Nebs
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10:31pm Mon 30 Apr 12
Brunning999 wrote:Careful, you could end up with a £75 fine for playing pooh sticks.
saddo99 wrote:Try the poo stick method !
May I ask a question? Does anybody know how the water companies gather water? It seems absurd that after the wettest April on record we have drought warnings. Rivers and streams full to bursting and reservoirs empty! Do reservoirs only gather the water that falls into them? If the rain that fell over Westcliff yesterday was diverted straight into Hanningfield it would have been full in 20 minutes. I tried to find out online but could get nowhere. Does anybody know?
The Cater Wood Creeper
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12:38pm Tue 1 May 12
EthanEdwards
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1:27pm Tue 1 May 12
This gubbermint can't even manage to give us a proper water shortage.
Not like 1976 when you had a proper dry spell, not like now when the drought is flowing up to your navel.
Alice in Her Own Land :P says...
5:10pm Sun 29 Apr 12