tomturd Posted August 5, 2012 Report Share Posted August 5, 2012 Me and my girlfriend moved down to West Wales on Wednesday, found a nice house at the bottom of a lane with a small stream running through the garden. Today, we are at my girlfriends parent's house when my Dad called to tell me the gas tank (huge 1000 litre LGP thing) at our new house had floated away. The gas tank was previously sitting on a concrete plinth which must be 1m above the normal level of the steam, but apparently the river went up 14 ft. Pretty unbelievable, driving back it was totally dry, almost sunny within about 2 miles of where I live. Driving into the village it started hammering it down and there were huge floods running down the hills. Came back to find our gas tank washed about 200m away, down a little path and tied to a tree. Luckily our neighbour put sand bags around our back door to stop the water getting in - must buy him some beers! Anyway, heres the quote from the news There were reports of a LPG heating tank which had floated away with the surge' date=' Specialist Fire Crews located and secured this to ensure the continued safety of members of the public.[/quote'] And a picture taken from a bridge, you can just see the tank in there tied to a tree. Looking at the debris on it the water must have been almost over the top of the wooden fence. Just thought i'd share, pretty interesting day for me! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muel Posted August 5, 2012 Report Share Posted August 5, 2012 Me and my girlfriend moved down to West Wales Bad times man, hope everything works out OK for you. Just keep strong. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomturd Posted August 5, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 5, 2012 Bad times man, hope everything works out OK for you. Just keep strong. hah, loving it down here so far, so nice and relaxed - apart from the flood bit. must be getting old! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muel Posted August 5, 2012 Report Share Posted August 5, 2012 I feels it too... Today I headed out into the countryside to meet some mates to go climbing, the most fun bit I had all day was walking the 2.5 miles between the bus stop and the crag and back on my own. Oh so very old. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomturd Posted August 6, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 6, 2012 Old, but its kinda nice in an odd way Keep your eyes peeled on ITV (wales) news at 6pm, they did an extremely exciting shot of the space in my garden where a gas tank should be. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harmertrials Posted August 7, 2012 Report Share Posted August 7, 2012 I take it insurance are covering this Tom? Sounds like a bit of a nightmare really. At least you weren't stuck in the thick of it though. Bloody British summer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomturd Posted August 7, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 7, 2012 There's nothing to cover really, the gas tank is property of flogas and we hadn't even been here long enough to set up a contract with them. Found out the price of LPG - its going to be a chilly winter I feel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrDoom Posted August 7, 2012 Report Share Posted August 7, 2012 Where abouts did you move to buddy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny Posted August 9, 2012 Report Share Posted August 9, 2012 Gas tank? I knew Wales was about 50 years behind the rest of civilisation but thought you'd have piped gas by now :-p 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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