Luke on Nostr: I once spent 4 or 5 hours trying to stop this happening in a flooded town in West ...
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/nov/25/police-investigate-tractor-that-created-devastating-wave-in-flood-hit-uk-town I once spent 4 or 5 hours trying to stop this happening in a flooded town in West Yorkshire on my own with only chest waders and hi-viz protect me on Boxing Day. I was amazed both that some people listened to me and others tried to run me over.
I did get interviewed by the BBC at the time (by a similarly cut-off journalist recording on their iPhone), never heard the broadcast but one of my colleagues did and said it was a horrific listen.
Fortunately the professionals eventually arrived (Calder Valley SRT) and I could go home. Apart from one fire officer (also stranded like me) there was no one in town that day with any expertise or equipment until then.
The photo I took of their arrival in no way shows the extent of the flooding. On the main road through town the water was above head height…
#flooding
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