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Post by: Matt Henderson on 31/12/2015 at 09:57
Looking at the SEPA website it looks like the Dee went up between 2 and 4m in ~12hrs. It must be one of the biggest spates in history. Judging by the SEPA website it will be new record high's for most of the monitoring stations.
This might sound like a stupid question but what created the massive change in height? Rapid snow melt combined with heavy rainfall?
Cheers
Matt
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Post by: Allan Liddle on 31/12/2015 at 10:04
Crazy and a bit scary stuff
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Post by: Irvine Ross on 31/12/2015 at 13:54
It is still standing but looking a bit worse for the wear. River has dropped about 2 metres
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Post by: Mike Barrio on 31/12/2015 at 14:10
Great to see that it survived, it sure took a pounding!
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Post by: Rob Brownfield on 07/01/2016 at 10:28
We were in Ballater yesterday helping out and it is surreal! standing by the river there were bits of caravans, clothes and even a fridge in the branches of the trees ABOVE out heads!
Lots of new sandbars/rocks in the river too, with some bends in completely different places!! Cass has told me it is still absolutely peeing down out that way and a check on SEPA shows the Dee rising rapidly above Ballater :(
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Post by: Rob Brownfield on 07/01/2016 at 11:13
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Post by: Mike Barrio on 07/01/2016 at 11:21
That's real bad news .......... New flood warnings for Inverurie today too, but not on the same scale as Ballater :z6
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Post by: Andy Finlay on 07/01/2016 at 16:16
Just had a look on the SEPA site and see the Don at Alford is the highest its been recorded. Fair amount of water coming down looking at the Strathdon images and Kintore up again.
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Post by: Mike Thornton on 07/01/2016 at 16:48
The Don is off the top of the scale for Alford, on the SEPA water level data website.
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Post by: Mike Barrio on 07/01/2016 at 16:54
The roads are going to be a nightmare for folk trying to get home tonight ...... so many closed :z6
Kintore and Inverurie both have severe flood warnings now http://floodline.sepa.org.uk/floodupdates/info/town/Inverurie (http://floodline.sepa.org.uk/floodupdates/info/town/Inverurie)
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Post by: Colin Sunley on 07/01/2016 at 21:52
All This flooding can't be very good for this year's fishing season can't it ??
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Post by: Mike Barrio on 07/01/2016 at 21:58
You'll be able to catch them at the bottom of your street if this keeps up Colin ...... things are getting pretty bad all over the Shire tonight :z6
Cheers Mike
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Post by: Jeff Donovan on 07/01/2016 at 21:59
All This flooding can't be very good for this year's fishing season can't it ??
Maybe not so much for the coming season, what damage will it cause to the spawning redds & future stocks?
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Post by: Mike Barrio on 08/01/2016 at 08:36
Well that was quite a night :shock ....... I hope everybody got home OK and without any nasty surprises when they got there!
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Post by: Colin Sunley on 08/01/2016 at 19:46
My folks live in Ballater an have managed to avoid the flooding in terms of a few feet away. Most of there friends have not been so lucky seeing 4ft of water in there home. Having see some of the damage caused by flooding my hart goes out to all who have been effected.
I think both the dee and don will be badly effected in the next few years even with all the talk of non returning stock.
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Post by: Rob Brownfield on 11/01/2016 at 07:39
Well, living 715 feet above sea level did not help us :( It is a very helpless feeling watching water running into your house.
As for the fishing...well, the Dee certainly received a stocking of Rainbows...so at least there is something to catch!!
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Post by: Colin Sunley on 11/01/2016 at 13:24
Ah Rob so Sorry to hear that, am hoping there has been not too much damage and that the bounce back is swift,
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Post by: Mike Barrio on 11/01/2016 at 15:24
Sorry to hear about the house Rob :z6
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Post by: Liam Stephen on 11/01/2016 at 17:44
Good luck with the clean up Rob!
Hope you catch some of those rainbows :z7
Liam
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Post by: Rob Brownfield on 12/01/2016 at 08:10
Thanks chaps. We were just starting to get the clean up operation under way, and, lo and behold, we had torrential rain early this morning and its back to square one with water coming in again!
Still, we managed to get a roofer so at least we will have the water from the top stopped soon, now how to work out how to stop water coming up through the foundations.... any drainage/structural engineers out there?? :z7
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Post by: Mike Barrio on 12/01/2016 at 08:16
Good news about the roof Rob :z16 ...... foundation problem sounds a trickier headache :z6
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Post by: Rob Brownfield on 12/01/2016 at 11:42
Good news about the roof Rob :z16 ...... foundation problem sounds a trickier headache :z6
Speaking to the farmer who was there when the house was built, never been an issue in the 50 years the house has stood. As he said, 14.7 inches of rain since December the 30th is going to be an issue anywhere! Another 2-3" last night :(
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Post by: Marc Fauvet on 12/01/2016 at 12:36
ouch.... :cry
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Post by: Colin Sunley on 12/01/2016 at 15:03
Sounds like you need to Jack the house up and put on stilts, eeek ,