Peak District Squadron

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fetcheveryone Oct 2023 8:00am, 22 Oct 2023 29,724 posts	0 fetcheveryone Thanks all. It’s not Bromham, it’s up in Notts where I go to be with my boy. The street was empty at 5am, but by 7am there was about 2ft of water in the house. Luckily I heard the drains gurgling outside, and I saw the first water come in to the house. I managed to get everything important upstairs. We got a boat out with the fire brigade at about 11.30.
JenHB Oct 2023 8:28am, 22 Oct 2023 1,780 posts	0 JenHB Crikey!
rhb Oct 2023 11:17pm, 23 Oct 2023 2,083 posts	0 rhb Blimey, sorry to hear.
SarahWoo Oct 2023 8:02am, 24 Oct 2023 19,322 posts	0 SarahWoo Oh blimey, fetch! Glad you’re both OK and managed to rescue stuff.
Helegant Oct 2023 12:46pm, 31 Oct 2023 7,490 posts	0 Helegant Not seen an update for a week so I hope the water has cleared enough to start the clean-up.
fetcheveryone Oct 2023 12:51pm, 31 Oct 2023 29,765 posts	0 fetcheveryone Hiya Helegant - the water was gone within 24 hours. In the hands of the insurance company now. Sluggish so far, but there's an electrician going in today to restore the power, and tomorrow the drying out process starts.
Helegant Oct 2023 1:05pm, 31 Oct 2023 7,493 posts	0 Helegant Glad the insurance company is moving, and well done for getting stuff upstairs. Good luck with the drying and cleaning.
fetcheveryone Oct 2023 3:18pm, 31 Oct 2023 29,767 posts	0 fetcheveryone Thank you. I'll do another blog with a progress report soon.
Rosehip Oct 2023 4:11pm, 31 Oct 2023 30,278 posts	0 Rosehip Best of luck - hope the next couple of days don’t produce a repeat performance