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Winter in Wharfedale

Wharfedale

Wharfedale, Yorkshire

I am not sure that Wharfedale will look quite so peaceful this December.  Heavy rains have created record flood levels across much of Yorkshire and Lancashire.  Rivers, like the Wharfe above, seen from above Kirk Bank near Grassington, will be swollen with flood waters all rushing to fill the valley bottoms of Yorkshire’s Industrial heartland.

When this picture was taken the biggest weather threat was that the receding snows on the moors beyond Wharfedale would be returning.

29th December

(C) David Oakes 2015

14 thoughts on “Winter in Wharfedale”

  1. Beautiful view, dear David, but these floods should be tragic, especially for the industrial area and also for towns and villages too. What about the snow now 🙂 Did I tell you, in here, the last day of the month it is expected snow… Will be the first snow of this winter… But the weather is nice today, yesterday was nice too.. It is hardly to believe that snow is coming 🙂 Thank you dear David, have a nice day and Happy New Year, love, nia

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    1. Love to you Nia…and as to the weather the only thing we can do is wait and see. There is another severe storm band due to pass over the U.K. in the next few days…..today looks like a bonus day before the worst returns.

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    1. The forecast dose not sound good for January and today we have storm Franke…though I guess you might be getting more of its rains and winds than we are currently wondering at!…..you might like to see comments to Mary (below in sequence on the blog) which has to make you think that unpredictability is the main difficulty in being able to prevent and providing help. Lets hope the predictions fissile out

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      1. Last night was just appalling, but it seems to be easing off a bit now. I am glad we work at home. Yes, the whole unpredictability thing… the Earth in its vast lifespan has never taken account of human needs… and we know so little, in reality, about the causes and patterns of the weather. Much of this is being ascribed to El Nino, from reports in the papers this morning. But the thing is, they can tell when an El Nino (or Nina) event is beginning, but they have no idea what effect it is going to have.

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    1. We have family I the area….so far the only problems they have had is getting about. It would seem that what has made the floods worse is the unpredictability of many floods. It is on higher ground and just the shear volume of water over a relative short period falling on sodden ground, rushing along streets and roads and filling drains that were never designed or expected to deal with such amounts. Obviously it ultimately fills river catchments and creates many of the scenes we see on TV and the media. So a double whammy. The family say that the quote often heard or read in the media that places have flooded that have never flooded before is in there part of the world very true…and unlike river and coastal flooding could never have been predicted. Very tough for all effected.

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  4. Tomorrow my friend has her 92nd birthday and she stays with family in Leicestershire. As far as I could find out, her village in East Riding is still quite safe to return to early January but having seen in the News how many streets in York were flooded I keep my fingers crossed that the forecast of light showers tomorrow will be true. And I hope that the people in Yorkshire and Lancashire mainly will be safe.

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  5. Beautiful shot David…I live in Wharfedale and know this so well. Let’s hope the flood waters receed soon and we get no more.

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