Local flooding

[Matthew Arnold]

My local river in the past 24 hours has risen about 6 ft. It is still rising and its crown lifting the trees on the river banks so it can flow easier. Several trunk roads in the west of the county are closed as are the local minor roads. One of the villages has been blocked off by the flood water which is at its highest since 1979 when it breached the flood barriers.

[Guss109]

Is the tree in the 3rd last pic the one you helped plant in your other thread?

[Matthew Arnold]

Is the tree in the 3rd last pic the one you helped plant in your other thread?

 

Yup. Wont need to water it for about 2 months ha ha

[Guss109]

Yup. Wont need to water it for about 2 months ha ha

 

 

Lol very true. Thought it was the same tree that gives a good perspective of how much water there has been

[tommer9]

I useed to walk the dogs all around there Matt, and I can remember that 1979 flood!! HAve you ever forded the stour above the weir near that footbridge? Is there still a ford there?

[Treewolf]

This is the road from Sturminster Marshall to White Mill (between Wimborne Minster and Blandford for 'furriners') at about 08:00 this morning. This flood is about 1/2 mile long and at its deepest it was about 2'6" and the current is strong. Perhaps more worrying I had to stop and turn back the driver of a van (Escort van sized thing) who was about to attempt to drive through it, what are these people on! It is amply deep enough to float a vehicle of that size.

 

The water is once again flowing through the ground floor of the mill. I can only remember it being this high about twice since I moved to the area in '87, and never in July!

[Matthew Arnold]

Ha ha we just drove through there. There were no road closed signs just flood signs at either end. We were being pushed a bit but scarily it has gone down by a foot already. I wouldn't have wanted to drive thru their yesterday.

[Matthew Arnold]

Reported this tree to the local EA. Although it doesn't look like it is causing problems to the bridge the "splitter" parapets are only designed to split water and not to hold large trees. They wont touch it until the river drops below the height of the bank. Whats scary is the channel it came down is a man made channel when there used to be a mill there and it normally dry during the summer. Most trees flow as a vast rate of knots and get snapped on the main bridge butresses.

[tommer9]

Are the Torys still farming henbury farm? On the A31 just outside stur?

[Graham]

One locally. Who in their right mind would attempt to drive through this!