http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Water of Leith flood warnings en Thu, 21 May 2026 20:32:50 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7526&page=2#post-78143 Mon, 16 Jul 2012 12:25:38 +0000 chdot 78143@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"</p> <p>A HOMEOWNER in the flood-hit Stockbridge Colonies has told how he warned contractors of the risk days before the Water of Leith burst its banks. </p> <p>"</p> <p><a href="http://www.scotsman.com/edinburgh-evening-news/we-warned-builder-of-risk-days-before-colonies-flood-1-2414264" rel="nofollow">http://www.scotsman.com/edinburgh-evening-news/we-warned-builder-of-risk-days-before-colonies-flood-1-2414264</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7526&page=2#post-77623 Wed, 11 Jul 2012 08:12:19 +0000 chdot 77623@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"<br /> Four times as many homes and firms risk flooding in the next 20 years if the UK does not prepare for climate change, a government advisory panel has said.</p> <p>"</p> <p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-18790674" rel="nofollow">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-18790674</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7526&page=2#post-77547 Tue, 10 Jul 2012 14:37:07 +0000 DaveC 77547@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I cycled along the Broughton path this morning, and stopped at the bridge where you took your photograph chdot. The water was lower but I'd guess only a foot or 2 below the level where it will overspill into the area where the excavator is on your photo. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7526&page=2#post-77544 Tue, 10 Jul 2012 14:25:19 +0000 chdot 77544@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"</p> <p>A FLOOD ALERT has been issued for Edinburgh and Lothians. <br /> Persistent rain is expected to affect this area from Tuesday through to Wednesday evening. River levels are expected to rise in response to this rain and may cause some flooding from rivers from later on Wednesday morning. There is particular concern for the East Lothian area.<br /> SEPA duty officers will monitor the situation and update as further information becomes available.<br /> Remain vigilant and remember, it is your responsibility to take actions which help protect yourself and your property.  Advice and information is available through Floodline on 0845 9881188.  This FLOOD ALERT is now in force until further notice and was sent by phone and sms free of charge to registered customers of our Floodline direct warning service.  If you haven't already signed up to receive free flood messages, please call Floodline or register online at <a href="http://sepa.org.uk/floodingsignup" rel="nofollow">http://sepa.org.uk/floodingsignup</a>.</p> <p>" </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7526&page=2#post-77469 Mon, 09 Jul 2012 20:36:47 +0000 spytfyre 77469@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@Arellcat - love your photos - as to the Dean Village weir steps being impassable I walked up them in that state last year and posted a video of it somewhere. I also cycled through the Roesburn cliff part of that flood though it was possibly anything up to 4 inches lower than the shots on this thread (at least I think I could see the middle bar on the fence which last Thursday I saw was covered in grass.<br /> Wish I had been out to see the power of the flood for myself but was minding the kids that week and away this weekend. Good to see some shots of it as all they news did was a brief shot of the colonies...<br /> I stand corrected <a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=1548549793999&amp;set=vb.1242702140&amp;type=2&amp;theater">it was lower</a><br /> But still <a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=1548532833575&amp;set=vb.1242702140&amp;type=2&amp;theater">pretty cool</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7526&page=2#post-77411 Mon, 09 Jul 2012 13:10:32 +0000 cb 77411@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Anyone see the report on the BBC, somewhere in Englandshire?</p> <p>Couple of folk shown cycling through the flood water. The reporter makes a comment along the lines of, "Some people are even trying alternative means of transport".</p> <p>(Hmm, doesn't seem to bad now I've typed it, but it felt a bit more lunatic-fringe-activity-cyclists at the time) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7526&page=2#post-77408 Mon, 09 Jul 2012 12:52:23 +0000 chdot 77408@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"<br /> Broughton Spurtle (@theSpurtle)</p> <p>08/07/2012 10:14</p> <p>Water of Leith floods again. Words and pictures: <a href="http://bit.ly/99jeuR" rel="nofollow">http://bit.ly/99jeuR</a></p> <p>" </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7526&page=2#post-77405 Mon, 09 Jul 2012 12:08:59 +0000 chdot 77405@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>This was after water had gone down a few feet -</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/chdot/7521815798/"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8425/7521815798_9eb93b6e1b.jpg"></a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7526&page=2#post-77404 Mon, 09 Jul 2012 12:00:25 +0000 Arellcat 77404@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The concrete flood defences along Warriston Road were well within capacity, but further east along Warriston Crescent by the railway bridge the temporary steel pilings weren't high enough, so the WoL had flowed over them, and back-flooded the other side of the concrete wall. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7526#post-77398 Mon, 09 Jul 2012 11:04:16 +0000 chdot 77398@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"</p> <p>A flood prevention scheme, costing £11.5m, is currently underway in the area and locals have told Forth News part of an old wall had been removed before new defences were put in place.</p> <p>Sandbags had apparently been put in place to try to plug the gap but they failed to hold back the fast-flowing water.</p> <p>"</p> <p><a href="http://www.forthone.com/news/stockbridge-flooding-clear-up-begins" rel="nofollow">http://www.forthone.com/news/stockbridge-flooding-clear-up-begins</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7526#post-77320 Sun, 08 Jul 2012 10:52:06 +0000 Darkerside 77320@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Down in London playing ambulance with the crowds at the Hyde Park festivals. Nowhere near as damp as up north, but we're certainly pulling some muddy people out of the crowd. Expecting today to be worse, as yesterday will have already ruined the surface. </p> <p>Bog snorkeling anyone? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7526#post-77317 Sat, 07 Jul 2012 19:35:14 +0000 chdot 77317@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.marklazarowicz.org.uk/floods-hit-water-of-leith" rel="nofollow">http://www.marklazarowicz.org.uk/floods-hit-water-of-leith</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7526#post-77316 Sat, 07 Jul 2012 19:35:10 +0000 Arellcat 77316@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I was at Liberton about 11.45, Warriston about 12.35 and Dean about 15.15 with some lunch inside me. I was guessing that the water was about 5 feet above normal. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7526#post-77315 Sat, 07 Jul 2012 19:20:26 +0000 chdot 77315@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@Arellcat what time where you at Warriston?</p> <p>It had gone down by about 4. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7526#post-77314 Sat, 07 Jul 2012 17:17:08 +0000 cb 77314@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Not long back from a cycle. Mainly down the Water of Leith. A bit wet.</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/39014236@N05/7521121964/"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7118/7521121964_962e59d725.jpg"></a><br /> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/39014236@N05/7521121964/">No way through at Roseburn</a> by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/39014236@N05/">ccbb7766</a>, on Flickr</p> <p>Got my feet wet for sure here. It was deeper than it looked (although someone <em>did</em> warn me):</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/39014236@N05/7521120950/"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8013/7521120950_801d61abf3.jpg"></a><br /> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/39014236@N05/7521120950/">Flooded path</a> by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/39014236@N05/">ccbb7766</a>, on Flickr</p> <p><em>Another</em> tree down:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/39014236@N05/7521119274/"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8164/7521119274_4e0ba9beaa.jpg"></a><br /> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/39014236@N05/7521119274/">Tree down</a> by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/39014236@N05/">ccbb7766</a>, on Flickr</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/39014236@N05/7521117950/"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8143/7521117950_9efea59366.jpg"></a><br /> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/39014236@N05/7521117950/">Impassable steps</a> by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/39014236@N05/">ccbb7766</a>, on Flickr </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7526#post-77313 Sat, 07 Jul 2012 16:47:22 +0000 Arellcat 77313@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Not looking too good at Warriston this afternoon:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/beqi/7520966240/"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8016/7520966240_78e4f22295_n.jpg"></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/beqi/7520967554/"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8428/7520967554_8bdafed756.jpg"></a></p> <p>but the Braid Burn was holding, just, at Mid Liberton:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/beqi/7520989406/"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8292/7520989406_38ebeb45f0.jpg"></a></p> <p>while the big weir at Dean village was flowing well:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/beqi/7520987550/"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8022/7520987550_50b5faf4de.jpg"></a></p> <p>and that was the water level down a foot from earlier in the day! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7526#post-77309 Sat, 07 Jul 2012 15:11:56 +0000 Tom 77309@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Yes, Musselburgh might be affected by that too. Here's the river this morning. Spot the returning ERC group:</p> <p><a href="http://youtu.be/UoAtT8Qtpns" rel="nofollow">http://youtu.be/UoAtT8Qtpns</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7526#post-77306 Sat, 07 Jul 2012 14:11:55 +0000 kaputnik 77306@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>There's a 5.5m tide (fairly high in the cycle) at 17:15 at Leith. Could get "interesting" </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7526#post-77305 Sat, 07 Jul 2012 13:57:42 +0000 kaputnik 77305@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>last one - "<strong><em><u>!</strong></em></u>" </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7526#post-77303 Sat, 07 Jul 2012 13:47:20 +0000 chdot 77303@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>This one's a bit dramatic -</p> <p>"</p> <p>Andre Colbert (@andrecolbert81)<br /> 07/07/2012 12:09<br /> Water of Leith almost at shoulder level on Warriston Road #edinburghrain <a href="http://pic.twitter.com/rOcdLhlO" rel="nofollow">http://pic.twitter.com/rOcdLhlO</a></p> <p>" </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7526#post-77301 Sat, 07 Jul 2012 13:18:09 +0000 chdot 77301@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"<br /> Ishbel Hall (@ishbel_hall)<br /> 07/07/2012 12:19<br /> Oo-er. Floodwater has reached the end of our street #Stockbridge #Edinburgh #Flooding pic.twitter.com/XIp4hGJC</p> <p>" </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7526#post-77299 Sat, 07 Jul 2012 13:06:39 +0000 chdot 77299@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"</p> <p>Ewan McDowall (@ewanmcdowall)<br /> 07/07/2012 12:50<br /> Falshaw Bridge in Stockbridge, water right up to the bridge #edinburgh #flood <a href="http://instagr.am/p/Mxy7z6LS3g" rel="nofollow">http://instagr.am/p/Mxy7z6LS3g</a></p> <p>" </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7526#post-77297 Sat, 07 Jul 2012 13:04:28 +0000 kaputnik 77297@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>Justin Clarke, CEO of Taste Festivals said: “As Billy Connolly said – there’s no such thing as bad weather, only inappropriate clothing. Make sure you are kitted out in your wellies and your party 
socks</em></p> <p>There's also such a thing as siting your festival at the lowest and most flood-prone point of the Meadows, a location from which natural drainage is very slow and there's nowhere else really to try and pump the place dry.</p> <p><a href="http://yfrog.com/oemxsiqj"><img src="http://a.yfrog.com/img878/811/mxsiq.th.jpg"></a></p> <p>Same view after a deluge previous week;</p> <p><a href="http://yfrog.com/h2134fuxj"><img src="http://a.yfrog.com/img614/6595/134fux.th.jpg"></a></p> <p>Even a few hours of rain normally turns that bit into a marsh... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7526#post-77296 Sat, 07 Jul 2012 12:49:07 +0000 chdot 77296@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"</p> <p>Patrick (@patrickhmason)<br /> 07/07/2012 10:41<br /> Stockbridge Colonies flooding quite badly now. <a href="http://yfrog.com/h899czgj" rel="nofollow">http://yfrog.com/h899czgj</a><br /> "</p> <p>Look, no cars. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7526#post-77295 Sat, 07 Jul 2012 12:39:39 +0000 cb 77295@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"Taste of Edinburgh organisers today said they were determined the show must go on."</p> <p>Cancelled:</p> <p><a href="http://tasteofedinburgh.co.uk/news/126/Taste-of-Edinburgh-cancelled-today">http://tasteofedinburgh.co.uk/news/126/Taste-of-Edinburgh-cancelled-today</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7526#post-77289 Sat, 07 Jul 2012 12:19:33 +0000 chdot 77289@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.scotsman.com/edinburgh-evening-news/edinburgh-flood-teams-on-alert-as-heavy-rain-forecast-1-2398840" rel="nofollow">http://www.scotsman.com/edinburgh-evening-news/edinburgh-flood-teams-on-alert-as-heavy-rain-forecast-1-2398840</a></p> <p>"<br /> Taste of Edinburgh organisers today said they were determined the show must go on.</p> <p>Justin Clarke, CEO of Taste Festivals said: “As Billy Connolly said – there’s no such thing as bad weather, only inappropriate clothing. Make sure you are kitted out in your wellies and your party 
socks.”</p> <p>"</p> <p>Mmm </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7526#post-77288 Sat, 07 Jul 2012 12:18:57 +0000 cc 77288@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Here's the M77 in Ayrshire:</p> <p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zi31hUqpdrg" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zi31hUqpdrg</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7526#post-77286 Sat, 07 Jul 2012 12:07:40 +0000 SRD 77286@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Looks like melville drive might be closed too? @whiskycraig: Bring your water wings to the meadows today... <a href="http://t.co/E6eGVH8W" rel="nofollow">http://t.co/E6eGVH8W</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7526#post-77284 Sat, 07 Jul 2012 11:48:29 +0000 chdot 77284@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"<br /> @Grant___: Wier at saughton Park, water only inches away from coming over into fords road at Gorgie road <a href="http://t.co/b8M9PJsR" rel="nofollow">http://t.co/b8M9PJsR</a></p> <p>" </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7526#post-77282 Sat, 07 Jul 2012 11:38:37 +0000 chdot 77282@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"</p> <p>Jim Wolff (@jimwolffman)<br /> 07/07/2012 08:49<br /> Motherflooder! Eh3 5ht #Flooding #fb <a href="http://pic.twitter.com/QGEJmDUx" rel="nofollow">http://pic.twitter.com/QGEJmDUx</a></p> <p>" </p>