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by spendlove 27 Dec 2015 ( edited Dec 28'15 20:35 )
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Spare a thought for those people in the north of England who have spent much of December battling the most severe weather conditions. Hundreds of houses are feet deep in dirty flood water and many people have been rescued by boat. TV pictures have shown vehicles being washed along what were once roads and are now continuous with the rivers. It began in Cumbria, but over Christmas has spread through Lancashire to Yorkshire.

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by Leaha 27 Dec 2015
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Oh how sad and devastating! Will certainly add them to the ever growing pray list. The weather is sure strange and weird this year.
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by lbrow 27 Dec 2015
That it is. I've never know it to be so warm here in Alabama at Christmas.
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by lbrow 27 Dec 2015
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It makes me sad to know so many are in peril of and definitely losing so much. Did not know it was this bad over there, they are now on my prayer list. Thank you Sue for making me aware of this/Lillian
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by chenille 27 Dec 2015
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Those poor people. What a horrible thing to go through. They are definitely in our thoughts and prayers.
Hugs, Nadyne
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by cfidl 27 Dec 2015
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The southeast Unites States is having big problems also. Prayers for all affected by the raging weather.
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by ssampsel 27 Dec 2015
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Thank you for your post. Seems weather is crazy everywhere.
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by pennifold 27 Dec 2015
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Yes, we've been getting news about it. The weather this Christmas has been horrendous everywhere in the world. Prayers for all those affected by their homes being flooded and the mud residue. Takes days to clean up. Meanwhile Victoria down on the Great Ocean Road has been having dreadful bushfires and over a hundred homes have been lost forever. Love to you Sue, hope you are o.k. where you live, Chris
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by spendlove 27 Dec 2015
We are ok - the nearest floods are about 40 miles away.
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by graceandham 27 Dec 2015
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I don't just think, I pray. Our US weather has been so weird, it has crowded out stories of other weather problems in the world. Thanks for letting us know.
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by 02kar 27 Dec 2015
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Sue, thanks so much for letting us know. I had no idea that flooding was happening in England. I will certainly add my prayers for the people in northern England.
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by mops 27 Dec 2015
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I have watched the news and seen the pictures. It's shocking seeing vehicles floating through streets in York and rescuers up to their hips in water. The areal photography shows the extent of the flooding, quite disturbing! And when it stops the mud and stench remain, it must be horrendous to come back to a house where all ground floor furnishings and appliances are totally ruined. I hope the weathermen are wrong and the rains will not return on Wednesday.
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by spendlove 27 Dec 2015
Me too.
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by dragonflyer 27 Dec 2015
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Terrible...just terrible...it seems that Mother Nature is not happy in many areas around the world...weather patterns continue to reek havoc in so many places...drought, tornadoes, torrential rain, earthquakes..and the list goes on...we all need to wake up and take notice at what is happening all around the world and do everything we can to correct it.
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by pennifold 27 Dec 2015
I agree with you Kim, Global warming is one of the reasons, I am sure! Love C
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by crafter2243 27 Dec 2015
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It just brakes my heart to see all that is happening with the weather and I feel so helpless. Nothing one can do but pray. My thoughts are with all that have to endure.
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by babash 27 Dec 2015
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Saw it on the television looks horrendous the worst will be ahead of them in the clean up. The cellars will be full of mud and water. Seems everywhere is getting bad weather one way or another. Australia with 116 house burnt to the ground from bush fires and up north in Australia floods as well.
Prayers for everyone world wide.
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by noah 28 Dec 2015
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wow and i thought i had it bad with no hydro and no phone etc. for a few days:(:(:(will pray for them thanks Sue
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by katydid 28 Dec 2015
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We have had flooding and tornadoes here also in the south of the USA. Thank you for posting as I did not know England is also suffering. Kay
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by pldc 28 Dec 2015
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if we all continue to pray we can make miracles happen. Ours is not to reason why but to pray for all concerned. We may never know just what our prayers achieve small miracles or big ones but I believe that they make a difference. Prayers for all who suffer these violent storms & more ~hugs~
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by jrob 28 Dec 2015
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Adding my prayers for the poor souls who are in the midst of this, yet another disaster. Thank you for sharing this with us, here.
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by airyfairy 28 Dec 2015
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Saw some of the English news yesterday. I cannot imagine what they are going through. Many years ago while we were having Christmas in Johannesburg, we received a hysterical call from our neighbor telling us that the storm water drain outside our house could not contain the torrential rain water and it flooded our ground floor of the house. It took weeks to clean up - not to mention new carpets, cupboards, skirting boards, curtains and that was just a one off rain storm.
My heart goes out to the flood victims in the U.K.
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by zoefzoef 28 Dec 2015
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praying for them that the weather gets better soon.
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by lovetoostitch 28 Dec 2015
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Just to have (clean) water enter your home is bad enough but in these kinds of floods it's what's in the water that the occupants of these flooded homes and businesses have to cope with that make the situation so awful and some of these people have been flooded out twice in as many weeks!