What a great-looking hoodie!!!

[tac]

Just about sums it all up for THIS ol' boy!

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[tac]

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaw shoot. NOW we're flooded......................we live in a double village, half a mile apart, water all round us.............................eight - ten feet or so.

All we need now, eh?

 

[tac]

Flood Warning for Hamerton, Alconbury Weston and Alconbury
Active for next 1 week ·
Environment Agency
This alert has been updated.

Posted 5 hours ago
A flood warning has been issued. River levels are rising at the Hamerton river gauge as a result of persistent heavy rainfall. Consequently, flooding of property is expected from 18:30. We expect flooding to affect Hamerton, High Street, Willow Farm Close, Hamerton Road, Spires End and North Road in Alconbury Weston, Great North Road, Mill Road, Brookside, Sharps Lane, High Street and Maple End in Alconbury, and Huntingdon Racecourse
Further rainfall is forecast over the next 8 hours. We expect river levels to continue rising throughout Wednesday night. We are closely monitoring the situation. Please avoid contact with flood water and move possession and valuables off the ground or to safety. Please call 999 if you are in immediate danger. Property owners with individual property resilience are advised to install it now.
This message will be updated in 8 hours, or as the situation changes.
Recommended actions
# To check the latest information for your area

- Visit [GOV.UK](https://flood-warning-information.service.gov.uk) to see the current flood warnings, view river and sea levels or check the 5-day flood risk forecast: https://flood-warning-information.service.gov.uk
- Follow [@EnvAgency](https://twitter.com/EnvAgency) and [#floodaware](https://twitter.com/hashtag/floodaware) on Twitter.
- Tune into weather, news and travel bulletins on local television and radio.
- For access to flood warning information offline call Floodline on 0345 988 1188 using quickdial code: 312309.

# What you should consider doing now

- Act on your flood plan if you have one.
- Move your family and pets to a safe place.
- Move your car or other vehicles to higher ground, if it is safe to do so.
- Use flood protection equipment, such as flood barriers, air brick covers and pumps to protect your property. Any equipment should be professionally supplied and installed to help reduce the impact of flood water.
- Move important items upstairs or to a safe place in your property, starting with cherished items of personal value that you will not be able to replace (such as family photographs). Next move valuables (such as computers), movable furniture and furnishings.
- You may need to leave your property, so pack a bag with enough items for a few nights away. Include essential items including a torch with spare batteries, mobile phone and charger, warm clothes, home insurance information, water, food, first aid kit and any prescription medicines or baby care items you may need.
- Turn off gas, electricity and water mains supplies before flood water starts to enter your property. Never touch an electrical switch if you are standing in water.
- If it is safe to do so, make sure neighbours are aware of the situation and offer help to anyone who may need it.
- Listen to the advice of the emergency services and be ready to evacuate your property if told to do so. Most evacuation centres will let you bring your pets.
- Avoid walking, cycling or driving through flood water - 30 cm of fast-flowing water can move a car and 6 inches can knock an adult off their feet.
- Flood water is dangerous and may be polluted. Wash your hands thoroughly if you've been in contact with it.

##### Businesses

- Act on your business flood plan if you have one.
- Move your staff and customers to a safe place.
- Move stock and other valuable items upstairs or to a safe place in your building.

For media enquiries please contact our media teams: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/environment-agency/about/media-enquiries


Alert area: Hamerton, Alconbury Weston and Alconbury
Other alerts in this area

• Flood Alert for Alconbury Brook and Ellington Brook in Cambs
  Environment Agency · Posted 5 hours ago

We live at the top of the red wiggle.

 

[No_Regerts]

Hope you're able to make it without any damage.

 

[Provincial]

How are you doing, tac? I hope you have avoided harm or damage! Merry Christmas to you and your family.

 

[tac]

Thanks for all the concerns [or hopes] expressed here. Being tightwads of legendary renown, and just downright sneaky, too, before we moved the couple of miles from one of the two villages, I took a peek at an old map made in 1768. and found an area of farmland called Ye Highe Fielde, now with houses on it, and called Highfield Ave. We bought a little house about as far to the end of that street as was available - about 20 vertical feet higher than the area that floods, even if it got 12 extra feet to top it up.

If WE get flooded, then it means that the North Sea has come in...and that's almost a hundred miles east of us.

However, anybody living near a river hereabouts has been advised to find 'alternative accommodation'.

Hmmmmmmmmmm.