What a Storm!!

Two days on the trot we have had Summer Storms.  The first one was thunder and lightening but the second one was rain . . rain . . .rain . . .rain . . . did I mention the rain!
It started to drizzle about 15.00hrs and continued until 16.30hrs, at times we were unable to see across the road.
The water slowly rose across the road, the drains have been blocked for months, we clear the gutters but not the drains.  After the day before's storm I reported our drains blocked . . . .all four of them, two outside our house and two across the road.

One or two drivers, it's very busy although we are still under lockdown, tried to blast their way through, drenching all our driveways.

As the rain became heavier the road became impassable with a few idiots still trying to get through.

We were getting traffic queues in both directions with the best drivers turning round to re-route.

The water is slowly creeping over the grass verges and into our driveways.





Still the rain came down, still the drivers drove through and still the rain came into our drives.

We are losing sight of the pavements as it all becomes one rather large puddle!

We watched in trepidation . . . then I saw another 'river' joining in . . 

. . see the red circle . . . water running down the pavement from the road behind our house . . .

 . . no wonder the neighbour's garden is under water . .

 . .  there is water running from under our garage door  . . . .

  

. . . the youth just carried on . . .one young man had traversed the walls across the road . . . this young lady had a young man waiting further along, how they laughed.
 The joys of youth!!

Idiots were still speeding through  . . .

 . . .  some even took to the pavements . .


. .risking their safety as noone knew where the pavements met the road and where the potholes were.

Each wave of water came further up towards the houses.  . .

. . . it reached along the passage way between the houses over the road and the residents watched  . . . . .


. . . .  and then the rain stopped . . .


The son of the neighbour across the road drove up in his van, wearing wellingtons he jumped out of his van and waded across to confirm his parents were ok.
He then waded back into the water, cleared the muck from the drains his side  . . . . .
 . .and . . .

.  . . . .it was just like nothing had happened!!!

 

The gutters may have been cleared, yes!  he did both sides of the road . . . small pile of dirt further along the pavement from our side . . . . but I hope that the drain cleaners come soon!

Blogger is really trying now and not in a good way . . . whilst I am in New Post mode Blogger is in the old format . .yay!   Preview and go back to edit . . . in the new format . . . boo!