High Water News please

[witch]

Good eve @ all
My boyfriend told me about the high water in Manchester
my question how bad is the situation?

Coz I will fly in 3 weeks to Manchester in 3 weeks
and then get the info
cheers

[Bunny]

Im sure it will all be done and dusted by then unless we have another epic downpour. Life goes on Witch and nothing really changes, despite the drama.

[Master Ray]

A link to the information that worries you?

Because I've been to Manchester countless times over about 35 years, many of those times in torrential downpours, and I've never seen anything more worrying than 'you might get a bit wet'...

I'm genuinely interested to what you might have heard that might make someone change their travel plans... sounds like utter BS to me.

[Bunny]

If its the Dam on the BBC, for some reason they have picture of a map showing how close to Manchester it is. However its in Derbyshire, which also has a capital town, Derby 

[Master Ray]

Ah, that might be it... it is, indeed a worrying thing that those small towns might get flooded thanks to a collapsing dam... but it's nowhere near Manchester.

[Tony S]

If its the Dam on the BBC, for some reason they have picture of a map showing how close to Manchester it is. However its in Derbyshire, which also has a capital town, Derby 

Though Whaley Bridge, whilst in Derbyshire, is actually much closer to Manchester than it is to Derby. The concern is that if that dam were to go, the River Goyt would flood massively. Downstream from Whaley bridge is New Mills, Marple Bridge and then Stockport on the outskirts of Manchester. Very unlikely that Manchester itself would be affected, but Stockport is only 13 miles by road from Whaley Bridge.

[Darkness]

I live and work in the area of Cheshire that has been affected by the flooding. Whilst bad on a personal level, I was working in Bollington today and people's houses had been waist deep under water. Their furniture out in gardens was a sad sight to see. Life is carrying on, unless you are near the rivers and streams you wouldn't know too much about it apart from the odd flooded road. The dam at Whaley Bridge is scary though. I wasn't far from there today. Something like a million plus tons of water in that reservoir.

[Bunny]

If its the Dam on the BBC, for some reason they have picture of a map showing how close to Manchester it is. However its in Derbyshire, which also has a capital town, Derby 

Though Whaley Bridge, whilst in Derbyshire, is actually much closer to Manchester than it is to Derby. The concern is that if that dam were to go, the River Goyt would flood massively. Downstream from Whaley bridge is New Mills, Marple Bridge and then Stockport on the outskirts of Manchester. Very unlikely that Manchester itself would be affected, but Stockport is only 13 miles by road from Whaley Bridge.

Appreciate the clarification. Every where has a border town I guess.