Every1 got absoultely soaked today, never seen a river on arundell gate like it, stood at pelican crossing and water gushing in my trainers from behind!:hihi:

yes it was very bad today

was it, seemed pretty typical for the time of the year?

It was great, I looked out of the window at work at about 1.50 and thought "Sod that I'm off"

Reached home just as the first drops started falling :thumbsup:

The traffic going around Park Square roundabout was almost at a standstill - rain was lashing down so quickly no one could see where they were going ! Oh, and to the person who was waiting to cross the road outside the railway station who I sprayed with water, I am SOOO sorry ! I could barely see where I was going and, although I was driving very slowly ,I didn't see that HUGE puddle. Sorry

yeah rain was really bad today i was at work and was very tempted to drowned my boss in a huge puddle when he was having a sit down on the back :P

Not a drop has fallen in Chesterfield all day - Sheffield must have had it all!

and your point is...?

we have had no rain here all day until ten minutes ago

we have had no rain here all day until ten minutes ago



is it bad though?

no but sky gone really dark like its going to thunder

Looks like it's chucking it down wingerworth / dronfield way so I guess something heavy is heading towards Sheffield.

im looking out my window at shirecliffe and the skys looking very strange its got an almost purple and grey look to it

same here very strange:huh:

Something went wrong with the drain network in the city centre ... we had a lot of rain, but we didn't have THAT much. There was a pool of water two feet deep on Pond Street, another one close to that on Park Square at the Broad Lane exit; several other similar ones all over the place.

I really miss not being sat right next to a window anymore (though everything else about my new job is miles better). I can't see what's going on anymore really, I certainly didn't see it lashing it down today.

I finished work and went to broomhill to get the young un from nursery, the roads were like rivers. Water was spouting out of the drains and there was a smell like sewers. I have never been so wet the rain completley saturated me in 30 seconds. Although I was touched by the kind bus driver on the stagecoach 52 who gave me a brolly.. thankyou :D

i went on a cheer me up shop spree, amd got drenched walking back to the car...i parked down the moor and walked up fargate, thinking i wouldnt get rained on...i looked like a drowned rat

I finished work and went to broomhill to get the young un from nursery, the roads were like rivers. Water was spouting out of the drains and there was a smell like sewers. I have never been so wet the rain completley saturated me in 30 seconds. Although I was touched by the kind bus driver on the stagecoach 52 who gave me a brolly.. thankyou :D
yeah the roads was like rivers, it was gushing in my shoes has i said!:hihi: , got drenched in seconds!!!!!!!!!!:o

our storm drain system is so clogged up with grit and leaves it simply cannot cope with a large amount of rain in a short period of time. Why do the councill not clear them out??

I think we had a monthsworth in an hour today:D

I think we had a monthsworth in an hour today:D
Yeah too right :) most of it seemed to be in my shoes and coat :hihi:

Yeah too right :) most of it seemed to be in my shoes and coat :hihi:

hee hee! driving through those huge puddles was ace :D

hee hee! driving through those huge puddles was ace :D
So it was you who gave me the soaking then was it.. :suspect: :hihi:

our storm drain system is so clogged up with grit and leaves it simply cannot cope with a large amount of rain in a short period of time. Why do the councill not clear them out??

If you even need to ask, you don't know much about our council :hihi:


Most of their workers today were busy digging up the tarmac around our estate that they laid freshly last week.

Bet shops had a roaring trade of brollys in that hour!:hihi:

it was freak shower cant say too much but we were flooded

It was dripping through the roof of my ambulance and playing havoc with the electrical system!