Newcastle quayside

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  1. MistaK

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    The rivers burst it's banks and the place is flooded! :lol:

    still yet unexplained, has this ever happened before?!
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    what the fuck? it hasnt rained today.

    We are on a Flood Warning in the N.E today though, I guess we have had some HEAVY rain further inland.

    I am not aware of it happening in the last decade but i havent been here that long.

    Spence??
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    There have been previous reports of flooding within the district as follows:
    • Brunton Park, Gosforth, South Gosforth, Low Walker, Byker, Kingston Park, Woolsington, Callerton, Pre 1978 - All affected by flooding from main river.
    • Gosforth, 15 January 1978 - Flooding from main river due to over topping of defences.
    • Gosforth, 29 March 1979 - Flooding from main river due to blockage in the channel.
    • Brunton Park, 06 November 2000 - Flooding from main river due to overtopping of defences.
    • Quayside, 12 January 2005 - Quayside flooded as the River Tyne burst its banks. Businesses on Sandhill, near the Swing Bridge, at risk of flooding. [High tidal levels also caused flooding at Warkworth].
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    Chilli Road famously flooded a few years back, theres a thread on here somewere.

    Crasherkid got a pic :lol:
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    So is the road in front of the courts shut??? did the Market get washed out?!!?
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    Dunston has been flooded a few times that I can remember
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    should be a corker of rush hour the morra if the swinngy is shut
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    a storm passing over Scotland overnight had caused a surge of water in the North Sea. - bbc news
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    some nasty rain up alston last night , all the way home - stanley was like a scence out of blackbeards rum driven boat scences at 4am
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    Where about was this?
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    along the newcastle quayside, from the riverside (the old sea nightclub) along to the swingbridge and under the tyne bridge apparently!
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    mental. surprised this wasn't the quick story on the news!
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    i agree.

    what are they hiding from us.

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