No idea how much rain fell in East Kent last night - it was raining slightly when I went to bed, and hammering it down when I woke up around 6am this morning. So far, we've not been called out. However, the river at Bridge is back to yesterday's peak level (and very slightly higher), and we have been tasked to help there tomorrow morning at 8am.
Today is very much a waiting game, so see if levels rise in other areas. This gives an idea of the potential so far:
http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/homeandleisure/floods/riverlevels/136486.aspx?stationId=1139
That station is a few miles downstream from where we were yesterday.
The drive to Bridge from Thanet reveals a landscape of lakes that were once fields. Many minor roads already suffering badly - sadly, complete with turdheads who think it's fun to drive through floodwater in their 4x4s at high speed :-(
Watching the water bubbling through the road surface yeasterday, was one of the most mind-blowing effects I've ever seen from UK weather. Worse, is that it's sewage contaminated water!
Some (as always) pooh pooh these weather events if they don't witness it first hand, but I can tell you in places like Bridge, it's a very real crisis. God knows what it must be like in some of the worse areas like Somerset/Devon/Cornwall etc!
It's not over, until the fat Scandy sinks.....
Location: St. Mary Cray, S.E. London border with Kent.