I was driving home to Maidstone from a night shift in Ashford. Got into the town centre and couldn’t believe my eyes. I had a 2nd floor flat on the riverside, I parked my car and went up to my flat. I looked out of the window to see a torrent of water starting to pour out the drain so I immediately grabbed my bag, got in my car and drove to my parents in Aylesford. My Dad and I went back to rescue my cat later that afternoon and the water was hip deep by then. Took months for the smell to leave the downstairs of the flats. Crap Christmas 😂
Flooding is never good but on Christmas day of all days, sorry to get a bit political but if the local council had put all the time and money they spent on the debates about flood defenses into ACTUALLY building flood defenses then this sort of thing wouldn't happen.
Very Much like the 1960s floods were a part of Maidstone life back then. I remember the Army having to erect a raised walkway at the bottom of the High Street on a regular basis, also I can recall the Len Furniture Works (now the Chequres Centre) being flooded and seeing tables and chairs being swept along Bishops way and into the Medway.
hate to say this but if the council did flood barriers all the way down the river will rise higher & take longer to drain away after the defence breech, I know to most building defence barriers sounds a good idea but these will only work for so long
Dam I was there in the night I was out clubbing and I stood there and u could the river rising and I came all over the road I was pissed at the time but I can still remember it as clear as day
Dammit weather! Y U always try to ruin stuff! Apparently there is also flooding near my area, but luckily it didn't quite get to where I live. I feel really sorry for whoever lives there, and anywhere with these floods. Of all days for it to happen on, why did it have to be Christmas!?
They shot the bridge so to get from 1 side of town to the other then you had to go out of town round and back in again add 8 or 9 miles to your journey whet I live wasn't affected but the park at the bottom of my road was.
I'm not sure that the council could have done anything about this. If they erected barriers the water still has to go somewhere; with this amount of water the flood would be somewhere else. Perhaps this event may speed up the thought process by the hydrologists.
They shot the bridge so to get from 1 side of town to the other then you had to go out of town round and back in again add 8 or 9 miles to your journey whet I live wasn't affected but the park at the bottom of my road was.
