Video of recent flooding?
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The Old Ruminator
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A fair few images on Facebook and seen other stills on email. Mr O'Doc took stuff in Swildons on Sunday. Mrs O'Doc clearly not amused. I expect his dinner was in the dogs. Withyhill entrance pipe gushing a stream and all of that corner of the quarry flooded. Will take a look today. Also, it looked like Gough's entrance was in flood. What folk are willing to share here is another matter. Sensibly I was at home.
The Old Ruminator
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Almost on topic.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwsQ7JarjCE&feature=share
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwsQ7JarjCE&feature=share
mrodoc
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Hello, Pegasus. I got some stick for visiting the cave on Sunday although plenty of people afterwards declared they had been down in worse conditions or during rescues. I doubt it. We emerged through the hollow tree which I think provides an escape route at all times. Also the blockhouse can be boarded up temporarily providing an escape route. However I would add that going below the Water Chamber in Swildons (where we were) is very risky in these conditions. As you will see from a forum posting one couple lost wellies and a kit bag. The film of them coming up the Water Rift is impressive. One of them had to free climb the Forty not a safe or easy option for most cavers. I filmed us going in and how much the water had risen in 2 hours when we came out as well as some of the 'pinch points'.
3 days later the water is still trying to escape from wookey:
https://flood-warning-information.service.gov.uk/station/3059
& Gough's:
https://flood-warning-information.service.gov.uk/station/3410
Whilst flow from Burrington has dropped off massively (although this is more affected by surface runoff):
https://flood-warning-information.service.gov.uk/station/3060
The Mells river has a lot of feeders on East Mendip:
https://flood-warning-information.service.gov.uk/station/3024?direction=u
Weather site in Bath shows almost 100mm of rain, which was mostly in first 4 days of Oct (so Thursday to Sunday). Unfortunately there don't appear to be any publicly available that are closer to Mendip & I don't know if this is PaulW, or someone else:
https://www.paulwilman.com/
https://flood-warning-information.service.gov.uk/station/3059
& Gough's:
https://flood-warning-information.service.gov.uk/station/3410
Whilst flow from Burrington has dropped off massively (although this is more affected by surface runoff):
https://flood-warning-information.service.gov.uk/station/3060
The Mells river has a lot of feeders on East Mendip:
https://flood-warning-information.service.gov.uk/station/3024?direction=u
Weather site in Bath shows almost 100mm of rain, which was mostly in first 4 days of Oct (so Thursday to Sunday). Unfortunately there don't appear to be any publicly available that are closer to Mendip & I don't know if this is PaulW, or someone else:
https://www.paulwilman.com/
The Old Ruminator
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On Tuesday the lake in Fairy Cave Quarry had mostly drained leaving a flood gully from Withyhill to Hillwithy. The sump in Hillwithy was frothy but the only active stream could be heard below boulders not far in from the entrance.
north doodle
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I live on Mendip about 4 miles from the Hunters and have a Davis weather station. Here are my rain results.
30-9-20 27.8 mm
1-10-20 4.2
2-10 58.6
3-10 37.4
4-10 55.8
5-10 4.2
6-10 27.8
Total 215.8 mm ( 8.5 inches ) No rain today so far !!
30-9-20 27.8 mm
1-10-20 4.2
2-10 58.6
3-10 37.4
4-10 55.8
5-10 4.2
6-10 27.8
Total 215.8 mm ( 8.5 inches ) No rain today so far !!
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