Hail Stones

[jackie j]

Just seen the local news and a place near Exeter has hail stones knee deep as well as floods. What weather we are having this year.

[lumpyjumper]

That'll be me, here in Ottery St Mary then!!!

Most amazing thunderstorm I have ever experienced, lasted 2 and a half hours between midnight and two am, constantly hailing and the lightening was just continuous!

Couldn't get to work as all roads out were blocked!! Tried twice, once at 0730 and again at 1030 gave up and have been at home...can't even get up to my newly acquired lottie!!

[jackie j]

Poor you I saw it on the news it looked awful hope you dont get flooded.

[lumpyjumper]

Thankfully bought a house at the top of a hill, just been to help out some friends at the other end of town who have had water up to the letterbox!!

The hail is 2 feet deep in places and has yet to melt so they are concerned that it will flood again when it does

My next door neighbours are lending them their trailer to help move the hail elsewhere so that when it melts it doesn't come back in!

A couple of roads are now passable, but only with care. Still bitterly cold out though.

[HeyWayne]

Makes the 10 minute hail flurry that we had seem somewhat insignificant...

Hope things improve down your way LJ.

[moggssue]

OH no - LJ, and anyone else affected, hope it goes away nice and calmly and unnoticed. Take care, and stay warm.

[Comfreyfan]

I'm staggered LJ, I'm less than 20 miles away. I'd heard some bits on the radio news about your weather, but it was only when I checked out the BBC website I realised what sort of freak weather they're talking about!

BBC NEWS | England | Devon | 'Freak' hail causes flood chaos

Good luck and stay warm and dry!

[lumpyjumper]

Very Very localised freak weather. As one man said, a calamity for all those whose homes have been hit by floodwater, but no one has died, thankfully.

Apparently we had 100mm of rain and then 3 feet of hail in the hours of the storm between midnight and 3am.

Some very good photos of the conditions on the bbc website under Devon.

I'm currently sheltering two guests who couldn't get out of the town to go home today. Just baking some bread.

Community all pulls together here and it really warms your heart to see it. Everyone is rallying around and doing what they can. It's only a very small town. I feel so sorry for the local businesses especially the bookshop who has now been flooded 3 times in 3 years.

Thanks for all your kind wishes.

LJ

[seasprout]

That'll be me, here in Ottery St Mary then!!!

can't even get up to my newly acquired lottie!!

Are you sure its not been washed away.

Hope everybody is ok.

[rustylady]

Hope all's well now Lumpyjumper. I know Ottery St Mary well, though exiled to East Anglia for the last 30 odd years. Freakish weather indeed. We've not been too bad here, though it's the coldest October for the 3 years I've been keeping records.

[lumpyjumper]

Thanks Rustylady,

As you know OSM well, you'll understand if I say that the torrent coming off East Hill and heading down furzebrook resembled the River Otter at 0730 this morning. It lifted the tarmac down Yonder Street.

Gold Street is under a sea of mud and the cottages opposite the factory were badly flooded.

[jacob marley]

What i find amazing is the fact that your electricty and telephone's did not break down i do not think that our system would have stood up to that sort of battering hope thing's are better now jacob marley

[bloom]

I saw the pictures, astonishing!

[SlugLobber]

Couldn't get to work as all roads out were blocked!! Tried twice, once at 0730 and again at 1030 gave up and have been at home...!

You actually tried twice? That's keen!