http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Absolutely Chucking it down en Thu, 21 May 2026 10:31:13 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3365&page=3#post-35473 Tue, 12 Jul 2011 13:08:14 +0000 cb 35473@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>!!!</p> <p><a href="http://news.scotsman.com/edinburgh/Mystery-of-nude-pair-who.6800053.jp">http://news.scotsman.com/edinburgh/Mystery-of-nude-pair-who.6800053.jp</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3365&page=3#post-35468 Tue, 12 Jul 2011 12:34:18 +0000 chdot 35468@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"<br /> Fraser Ralston, a forecaster with the Met Office, said that the level of rain Edinburgh experienced over the weekend was not unusual for the summer and said the Capital will "definitely" flood again, although there is no way of predicting when.  </p> <p>Mr Ralston said: "It's not unusual to get this sort of heavy downpour in the summer, but a lot of the time it occurs in the countryside where no-one but the farmer notices.<br /> "</p> <p><a href="http://edinburghnews.scotsman.com/topstories/Businesses-urged-to-make-plans.6800050.jp" rel="nofollow">http://edinburghnews.scotsman.com/topstories/Businesses-urged-to-make-plans.6800050.jp</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3365&page=3#post-35377 Mon, 11 Jul 2011 12:11:21 +0000 chdot 35377@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://edinburghnews.scotsman.com/topstories/Chimney-stack-crumbles-after-lightning.6799455.jp" rel="nofollow">http://edinburghnews.scotsman.com/topstories/Chimney-stack-crumbles-after-lightning.6799455.jp</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3365&page=3#post-35319 Sun, 10 Jul 2011 00:23:15 +0000 kaputnik 35319@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Youth Inter-Regional Cycle Championships that I was marshalling at in Coupar Angus were rained off during the boys' race after 4.5 of 9 laps. Shame for them, but there were getting to be too many falls and accidents.</p> <p>Arrived back to Haymarket to the storm so took sanctuary in the bike shelter while I waited for it to ease a bit.</p> <p>This photo summed it up. Taxi driver seemed reluctant to pull the passenger door up to the bit of the pavement that wasn't under water for the old dear.</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kaputniq/5919695087/"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6134/5919695087_50227ef523.jpg"></a><br /> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kaputniq/5919695087/">That's it. Little bit more. Little bit more</a> by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/kaputniq/">kaputniq</a>, on Flickr </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3365&page=3#post-35318 Sat, 09 Jul 2011 22:36:48 +0000 cb 35318@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>It's not all bad news. The heavy rain has swept away part of the path near Blackboard Pond revealing this beauty.</p> <p><a href="http://m.flickr.com/photos/39014236@N05/5919973858/sizes/m/"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6127/5919973858_d85177baf1.jpg"></a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3365&page=3#post-35316 Sat, 09 Jul 2011 22:09:26 +0000 cc 35316@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The house right across the road from me was hit by lightning this afternoon. We were sitting in the front room, then suddenly the place lit up with a huge lightning flash and the most enormously loud CRACK that made me jump out of my skin. Then a half second later some very loud thunder.<br /> "Wow, that was REALLY close", we thought, "could almost have been across the road!" and went back to what we'd been doing; until a few minutes later three fire engines turned up, blue lights flashing, and disgorged firemen who went charging into the houses across the road. Then a vast fire engine cherry picker turned up and dangled a fireman over the roof, presumably looking for a fire. No fire, no casualties though. Then they all went away again. Excitement over. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3365&page=3#post-35309 Sat, 09 Jul 2011 19:16:02 +0000 chdot 35309@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"I assume it's raining in Auld Reekie?"</p> <p>Not at the moment -</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/chdot/5919353220/in/photostream"><br /> <img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6028/5919353220_b491e6a367.jpg"></a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3365&page=3#post-35308 Sat, 09 Jul 2011 19:12:29 +0000 Smudge 35308@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Fine and dry in FK1, I assume it's raining in Auld Reekie?! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3365&page=3#post-35307 Sat, 09 Jul 2011 18:52:46 +0000 custard 35307@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>the BBC seem to think we are having a light shower<br /> <img src="http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h160/custards_xbox_mods/weatherdicks.jpg"> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3365&page=3#post-35303 Sat, 09 Jul 2011 16:32:08 +0000 chdot 35303@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Today's 'river' -</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/chdot/5918006871/in/photostream["><br /> <img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6028/5918006871_d78e150255.jpg"><br /> </a></p> <p>Balcarres Street flooded again, but not as much as yesterday. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3365&page=3#post-35302 Sat, 09 Jul 2011 16:15:51 +0000 SRD 35302@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Grahams the plumbers (between us and Recombodna) is closed due to flooding. There seems to be a collector for the storm sewer system outside them, that was making a lot of noise last night, don't know if that was related or not (ie were they just inundated by water off the road (i was mainly looking out the back, but the road didn't seem that bad), or if the system was flooded. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3365&page=3#post-35299 Sat, 09 Jul 2011 12:01:21 +0000 chdot 35299@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"The drains have completely clogged up and I've been told there's an underground river system below us."</p> <p><a href="http://edinburghnews.scotsman.com/edinburgh/Panic-stations-as-flash-floods.6798671.jp" rel="nofollow">http://edinburghnews.scotsman.com/edinburgh/Panic-stations-as-flash-floods.6798671.jp</a></p> <p>Think Council/Scottish Water will have to look at drains/capacity issues. </p> <p>I think the "river" was culverted when the railway was built and probably connected to the sewer rather than continuing to the Jordan Burn. </p> <p>I doubt if anything would have been able to cope with the amount of water coming down Comiston Road. A lot continued down Morningside Road and flooded around Maxwell Street but dispersed much more quickly. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3365&page=3#post-35298 Sat, 09 Jul 2011 09:39:18 +0000 SRD 35298@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Notice how nearly every pic of the floods has a cyclist in it? Maybe there _are_ more of us about :)</p> <p>But how clueless are the guys in the flooded VW? ""The water was coming up in the van. ... Then the engine cut off. It was smoking." Wouldn't turning the engine off have been a good idea? (probably just steam, but still...) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3365&page=3#post-35296 Fri, 08 Jul 2011 23:34:36 +0000 chdot 35296@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"the Met Office issued a flood warning for the eastern half of Scotland for today. (Sat)</p> <p><a href="http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/scotland/Thunder-hail-and-floods-it.6798459.jp" rel="nofollow">http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/scotland/Thunder-hail-and-floods-it.6798459.jp</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3365&page=3#post-35295 Fri, 08 Jul 2011 22:49:55 +0000 chdot 35295@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"presumably it would have gone down the storm sewers if they were not already full?"</p> <p>Yes, but, perhaps. </p> <p>I think B. St. (and other places) doesn't have enough drainage gullies to deal wIth the 'once in a hundred year' events that seem to be happening more often. </p> <p>A few years ago some gullies in various parts of Edinburgh were frequently/permanently blocked. The reason/excuse was that drain cleaners couldn't get to them because of parked cars. </p> <p>Now it's much more common for the council to give notice of parking suspension a few days ahead to make sure cars aren't in the way when the cleaning lorry cones round. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3365&page=3#post-35294 Fri, 08 Jul 2011 21:45:10 +0000 Stepdoh 35294@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Cycle home was boringly dry, barely any puddles to splash through! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3365&page=3#post-35292 Fri, 08 Jul 2011 20:45:47 +0000 SRD 35292@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>but presumably it would have gone down the storm sewers if they were not already full?</p> <p>storm sewer lid also observed ajar at Hutchingson Crossways - people out by it, making sure no one drove in. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3365&page=3#post-35291 Fri, 08 Jul 2011 20:37:27 +0000 chdot 35291@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>That's what happened at Napier (can't remember where I read that), but not Balcarres St. </p> <p>That was water from B St. and, particularly, Comiston Road.<br /> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/chdot/5915156133/in/photostream"><br /> <img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5238/5915156133_8281cdd788.jpg"></a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3365&page=3#post-35289 Fri, 08 Jul 2011 20:25:18 +0000 SRD 35289@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Theory here (from someone with some expertise) is that the storm sewer system was surcharged, which caused covers to come off in some areas and also explains some of the flooding. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3365&page=3#post-35288 Fri, 08 Jul 2011 19:59:39 +0000 chdot 35288@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Murieston</p> <p><a href="http://ow.ly/i/e3av" rel="nofollow">http://ow.ly/i/e3av</a></p> <p>Holy Corner</p> <p><a href="http://twitpic.com/5n1164" rel="nofollow">http://twitpic.com/5n1164</a></p> <p>Leith</p> <p><a href="http://jameschristiephotographer.wordpress.com/2011/07/08/leith-storm-july-8-2011" rel="nofollow">http://jameschristiephotographer.wordpress.com/2011/07/08/leith-storm-july-8-2011</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3365&page=3#post-35286 Fri, 08 Jul 2011 18:41:42 +0000 custard 35286@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>aye was a fair downpour today!<br /> you just have to decide if you are going or not<br /> if you go then you just have to get on with it<br /> I cycled from the Gyle to Duddingston<br /> Dundee terrace had a river flowing down it! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3365&page=2#post-35284 Fri, 08 Jul 2011 18:32:04 +0000 chdot 35284@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Yep Balcarres Street</p> <p>On BBC now </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3365&page=2#post-35283 Fri, 08 Jul 2011 18:00:40 +0000 SRD 35283@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>whose bike is that in front of the garage?? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3365&page=2#post-35282 Fri, 08 Jul 2011 17:56:23 +0000 kaputnik 35282@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://yfrog.com/6gatvz">This video looks like Edinburgh</a>, I think. White railings look like some of chdot's photos. Is that the SAAB garage in the left at the start? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3365&page=2#post-35281 Fri, 08 Jul 2011 17:51:48 +0000 cb 35281@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-14085088">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-14085088</a></p> <p>Loving the pic of the inside of the Bus. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3365&page=2#post-35280 Fri, 08 Jul 2011 17:44:00 +0000 cb 35280@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Just been along Balcarres St. which has been cleared of water (presumably they just pumped it onto the railway?) Lots of grit/stones all over the road and quite a few cars sitting at funny angles. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3365&page=2#post-35279 Fri, 08 Jul 2011 17:24:08 +0000 Dave 35279@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>It's not really rained here at all (on the shore).</p> <p>Funny eh? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3365&page=2#post-35278 Fri, 08 Jul 2011 17:23:12 +0000 Smudge 35278@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Back mostly un-rained on, though I got wet feet passing through one flooded bit as they were dipping in the water on the bottom of the pedal stroke :-o then got properly wet climbing the hill back to the house, must be Friday, pouring with perspiration, out of control breathing and screaming legs :-/<br /> Still TGIF and I don't mind if we get a re-show of the blunder and frightening as I'd like to see it this time! :-) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3365&page=2#post-35277 Fri, 08 Jul 2011 17:12:29 +0000 wingpig 35277@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wingpig/5915944950/"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5239/5915944950_cd57985946.jpg"></a><br /> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wingpig/5915944950/">Also, flooding on Kong's Haugh</a> by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/wingpig/">wingpig</a>, on Flickr </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3365&page=2#post-35276 Fri, 08 Jul 2011 17:02:45 +0000 wingpig 35276@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Ginormous puddle across entirity of eastbound half of Melville Drive level with easternmost bus stop. If there's lots of traffic possibly worth going along the terraces instead. </p>