Flooding in Essex

Come home tonight after being out and now hearing about this. Was to be expected really after all the good weather we've had. Bet the councils didn't have the sense to clear the drains meanwhile  
Bob what's it like with you in Southend?

http://www.echo-news.co.uk/news/10633483.Updated__Torrential_rain_causes_severe_flooding_across_south_Essex/

Yeah my son in law showed me a pic on the starlet forum of a kiddy whos car  has been washed away .that was in essex...im glad i live on a hill 

Same here Leighton not that we get much flooding round here. Some people are such idiots to even attempt to drive through it  

was a nightmare yesterday, I left the workshop around 4.30 in the gtr and the roundabout at the start of the estate was under water so I turned the car into a jet ski lol, there was water washing up over the bonnet and I was waiting for it to go glug glug but she was fine.
took me an hour to get from southend to leigh where I was meeting a mate down the pub, loads of roads were unpassable and flooded and all the tarmac on the a127 near my house has all lifted, looks like theres been an earthquake lol
worst flooding ive ever seen since we moved here

Bloody hell that's some flooding if its lifted the tarmac

yeah was really bad pete, just been on the news, the Rayleigh weir underpass was closed for 24hrs as there were cars completely under water lol.
as you say though people are complete and utter idiots for trying to drive through it (unless you purposely want your car written off)
just no common sense at all

The problem is people try and go through then when they get stranded call the emergency services and its a waste of their time. That's what happened with those 2 rich bum bandits during the last floods