What preps are you doing this week? Part 3.

[Deep Thinker]

Thankyou all for your information and support /encouragement re the flooding the landscaping will start in earnest over next couple of months .
Sleepers ,drainage pipes and various stones and blocks will be brought in.
I will update as we go on the site.
Many Thanks

[poppypiesdad]

Thankyou all for your information and support /encouragement re the flooding the landscaping will start in earnest over next couple of months .
Sleepers ,drainage pipes and various stones and blocks will be brought in.
I will update as we go on the site.
Many Thanks

Just a quicky if your doing any substancial works don't forget to install a flap valve in your wall /defences so if the unthinkable happened the water would drain out instead of having to pump out your enclosed property

J

[sniper 55]

I dug out my old tent from the attic, it hasn't been used for years as it was big and a bit heavy, (and I have a nice small lightweight one that I actually use)
But the old tent has a removable bell end (no jokes please ) which unzips and offers several different arrangments of a sort of lean-to sort of thing, I'm thinking it's a pretty much ready made bivi offering cover on 3 sides, ok it's a bit small but you could sleep in it curled up, and because of the zips you could put it up with varations on the shape (a bit anyway) and as it's thin nylon stuff it weighs very little.
This isn't the right picture but it's close-ish, it's the left side end bit I'm talking about.

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[Yorkshire Andy]

I dug out my old tent from the attic, it hasn't been used for years as it was big and a bit heavy, (and I have a nice small lightweight one that I actually use)
But the old tent has a removable bell end (no jokes please ) which unzips and offers several different arrangments of a sort of lean-to sort of thing, I'm thinking it's a pretty much ready made bivi offering cover on 3 sides, ok it's a bit small but you could sleep in it curled up, and because of the zips you could put it up with varations on the shape (a bit anyway) and as it's thin nylon stuff it weighs very little.
This isn't the right picture but it's close-ish, it's the left side end bit I'm talking about.

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Look into the vango adventure tarp

[Deep Thinker]

Just a quicky if your doing any substancial works don't forget to install a flap valve in your wall /defences so if the unthinkable happened the water would drain out instead of having to pump out your enclosed property

J

Thankyou Poppypiesdad ,think I need to sit down and get a plan of action in order of biggest gains to minimise risk .This advice sits in with the flood gate for the back door which is lower than the front. I did sand bag the vents and need to consider all this.
Cheers
DP

[sniper 55]

Look into the vango adventure tarp

Thats looks quite interesting, I have a couple of ponchos that can be used as a tarp, but I'm going to youtube it and get a proper look. This forum is going to get expensive at this rate...
Cheers Andy.

[ForgeCorvus]

Deep T: A little something I found Here
http://youtu.be/lt65HFAaKCE

[terrytaylor84]

Deep thinker. I don't think it is overkill tbh. What a lot of people haven't taken into account is that by shoring up flood defences in some areas, it has pushed flood water further up river to flood areas that had never flooded before, also the underground aquifers are still over flowing from the bad flood a couple of years ago. Meaning all this flood water has no where to go. Another thing is had anyone thought about the effects of man made canals created in the Victorian period, this has meant that there are billions of gallons of water that should not naturally be there. If it had not, then they would not be flooding, also flood waters would have some where to run off.

[Deeps]

I didn't get it as a prep, I got it because my dogs don't like getting a blast of cold water from the garden hose (and I've turned into a big softy) but this makes a very handy shower in the absence of mains. While its portable I wouldn't be using it if I was living out of a rucksack but for the house its something that will provide you with a hot shower (as long as you've got hot water of course).

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B001 ... ge_o01_s00

I was pleasantly surprised by how effective it is.

[Yorkshire Andy]

Another thing is had anyone thought about the effects of man made canals created in the Victorian period, this has meant that there are billions of gallons of water that should not naturally be there. If it had not, then they would not be flooding, also flood waters would have some where to run off.

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By their nature Canals dont usually leak water they are clay lined or more modern or repaired ones using a whole host of other materials....

Canals are a "closed water system" meaning water is only let in when needed and access from open water eg rivers is via lock gates so keep the water and therefore the level constant..


They actually aided the Doncaster floods by allowing more water to escape that could do alone down the River Don and into the Ouse...

only issue with canal "flooding" is the lock gates been overwhelmed and "topped" usually due to tidal river systems which they access causing the canal to rise / overspill, or the lock gates become jammed during a high or spring tide.. but rain water levels are usually controled by "spill ways" which let the water drain into another watercourse a bit like a dam overflow

(was talking to a man who works for british waterways about this a few weekends ago re the Doncaster floods in 2007 and the canal was used alongside the river Don to shift water away from Doncaster tide permitting via the Docks/ locks at Goole East yorkshire even at high tide they deliberately let the canal drop to a much lower level at slack water so at high tide they still had some capacity to continue draining doncaster into it )


Always handy to know a few people who know the area and whats what in regards to your local drainage system/ river system. I have the local Maritime stations on my uhf radio just to listen in they are soon on the radio if there is a problem with the river/ ports/ road bridges some of the old timers can remember where and what type of sluices are where one old guy had my grans street drains which were overwhelmed by flooding down to less than 10 mins accuracy for when the tide vs sluice level was enough to let it start draining...