5hits hitting the fan down here!

[devonutopia]

WOAH!! :eek:

Just seen a village not far from me suffering with a SERIOUSLY bad flood. The village of Boscastle in North East Cornwall is currently in the middle of one of the worst floods I've ever seen! Just seen some helicopter footage and almost the whole part of the village down by the river is underwater, and cars are being washed away and houses almost collapsing! :eek:

I wasn't there that long ago and to see the amount of water there is heading down the high street... :( I kept getting those "I was stood just there!" thoughts. I dread to think what the place will be like once the flood disappears because if anyone's been to boscastle, its one of the nicest little backwaters in Cornwall! :(

Peoples with ITN/BBC 24 hour news channels are probably looking at this now!

[MonkeyHanger]

Just saw it on the news...nasty indeed.

[dsemuk]

6 Helicopters now in use for the rescue operation

30 vehicles reported washed down the River Valency and into the sea

Bridge washed away at Boscastle

[devonutopia]

Yeah - that bridge had been there for longer than any of us have been alive.. well except Denis perhaps :P

Got some serious rain here now but I take heart from the fact I live on the top of a hill... Still - I think a visit to Boscastle will be in order when its all died down. I really liked the pub down there, and now I think of it, it wasn't far above the river level so I should think it's been totally devasted... :(

[pbirkett]

Thank god I live in the North East, thats all I gotta say. Not enough rain and too many steep hills around here, there arent that many places round where I live that get flooded (mainly just fields).

[Kentish]

Just seen it on the news....jeez what a sight. To think my kids were that way camping last week with the outlaws..

Have to say, what brave and skillful men doing the rescue helicoptering...well done chaps.

[devonutopia]

I just seen some better footage and stuff on the BBC news at 10... I tell yer what that village will NOT be the same ever again - there's LOADS of houses gone, various cars disappeared, and I saw some piled three high!

All I can say is thank GOD there's no-one been killed/drowned and the rescue choppers have done a sterling job at shifting people the hell outta there! Scarey how one small village in a valley can be so devastated by a little rain! (well 2" in 2 hours that is!)

[MonkeyHanger]

Have to say' date=' what brave and skillful men doing the rescue helicoptering...well done chaps.[/quote']

Unbelievable shots of that CoastGuard Sea King. :eek:

[dsemuk]

The bit of amateur video on BBC News at Ten was WOW. The sight of vehicles being washed through a village like a few twiggs

Also the Octy Estate in that pile of four cars

[devonutopia]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! I was trying to identify them - saw a new pug on top of a pile, minus a front bumper, but missed the Skud. :(

Unbelievable though still - to see a place so quaint like that. Normally at this time of year you could walk across that stream through Boscastle with nothing more than a pair of wellies on! Now its a 10 foot high wall of water!

[Dodgy]

Some reportage and poor quality photos here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cornwall/3570940.stm Looks pretty bad :(

Dave.

[myvRS]

Well done to all the rescue services, like many people I have been to Boscastle.

Such a lovely village, just hope they can rebuild their lives - but as said above I doubt it will be quite the same again.

[jason]

120 people airlifted,fantastic job.

[MonkeyHanger]

120 people airlifted,fantastic job.

And wasn't it heartening to see Mr Prescott praising the rescue services, particularly the helicopter crews....

So why are you cutting back on the Armed Forces and closing RAF Boulmer you Fat obnoxious B*****d ??

[jason]

he should have visited yesterday,they could have lay him down on the high street and made a make shift dam

[devonutopia]

Anyone see his little blurb on the news? How blatant was it that he was reading from some sort of prompt cards - he kept looking down in the same spot and was talking a lot quicker than normal... I guess his prompting man was going a little quick for him.