Storm Claudia

Allira

karmalady

Monmouth has been destroyed

Of course it hasn't.
Monmouth people are more resilient than that.

Do you live in Somerset, karmalady?

I thought that too. I love Monmouth, it’s a vibrant town as well as very pretty, and the locals will pull together to get through this - Waitrose will sorely missed for a few weeks though, hopefully M&S and Lidl were unscathed.

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This is my neighboring village.

Casdon

Allira

karmalady

Monmouth has been destroyed

Of course it hasn't.
Monmouth people are more resilient than that.

Do you live in Somerset, karmalady?

I thought that too. I love Monmouth, it’s a vibrant town as well as very pretty, and the locals will pull together to get through this - Waitrose will sorely missed for a few weeks though, hopefully M&S and Lidl were unscathed.

I think M&S looks as if it was flooded too, from the pictures.

Oh dear.

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At least the water in Monmouth is stationary - in the villages it is not! It is chaos. Bridges have been broken.

Luckygirl3

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At least the water in Monmouth is stationary - in the villages it is not! It is chaos. Bridges have been broken.

Oh dear, just horrendous, Luckygirl.

The water was rushing down the main street in Monmouth too.

Stay safe luckygirl.

Thank you. I am higher up thank goodness, but access is compromised by the road closures and the bridge that I have to go over to get to the surgery is virtually destroyed. The power of the water is extraordinary.
But local people have rallied round in a very heartening way.

Not helped by stupid people putting comments on local Facebook pages and saying it isn't true and is all AI!

There are too many trolls around, their bridges must still be ok. 😡

Oh - I have not seen that.

Oh, what a disaster, so sorry for the inhabitants of the town and area! It is amazing how quickly community can rally around those in need; I hope clean up and temporary housing is available for those that need it.

The clean up has begun.

So much has been damaged.
So many people helping.
So much to do.

And on Gransnet? A thread about how to pronounce Claudia.
You couldn't make it up.

As Baggs said on that thread
'When it's a bloody storm, who cares? '

Well said 👏👏👏

There have been so many acts of kindness, including a pizza van driving over from a completely different area of the country to feed the rescue workers for free. It restores one's faith in human nature in this Trumpian world.

I am involved in running our community hall and we are receiving requests from groups that now have nowhere to meet for their activities. We are trying to accommodate all we can, including a wake whose venue has been flooded out - what a dreadful thing for them.

Yes, I saw photos of the pizza van on FB. Such a kind thing to do. It is incredible, isn't it.

Well done Luckygirl.

It's not just water, is it, it's the mud and whatever else comes with it.