Just been reading the news that Sheffield came to a standstill yesterday. I suspect the emergency protocol was put into effect at the Northern general hospital, which was effectively cut off by the flood water!. Hundreds of people seemed to be trapped all over the city, and I can't believe that two people were drowned! it sounds terrible.The Stories on Sheffield forum http://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/forumdisplay.php?f=100 , are sobering too!
mind you, reading some of the posts does reinforce that "spirit that won the war" mentality, which is the saving grace from all this misery.
(left,a very scary picture of central Hillsborough. Below, am I wrong but is this near Meersbrook?)
Friends seem ok, Nige is stranded at home,(but is ready for war as he has saved water and candles!!!!!!!) Jonney has no electricity in Hillsborough,Jane is fine and Sarah was trapped overnight at the Spinal 
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UnitWhen you have live in a place that suffers on this great scale, the reality of disaster hits home. Sometimes the problem with the media is that we all are desensitised to a certain degree from the horror and sadness of this sort of thing because we "see" it every day on the news. To me these pictures are truly shocking.
No, not Meersbrook. According to the BBC website, that picture is of: "Riverside houses with water over the windows, these houses are just below the bridge at Hllsborough corner."
ReplyDeleteI mean the other pic nige, the one with the bridge: looks like the bridge near you!
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