Written by The flood air horn was sounded a few moments ago, the first time it has been set off, when water started to flood into Freuchie Mill at the rear of No 14 & 15 from the “Millwaters” water channel. The cause of the flooding was blocked grates on the water feature in the garden of Freuchie Mill House and the overflow drain in the Kingdom Housing drying green.
FFAG committee members and a local resident quickly responded to rectify the blocked grates before substantial flooding occurred. Other residents responded to the flood alarm in a timely manner to deal with the protection of their own property.
The decision to sound the alarm was based on the experience of the August 2008 flood when it took less than fifteen minutes from the start of flooding from the “Millwaters” and there being more than a foot of flood water across the whole of Freuchie Mill. Within another thirty minutes a raging torrent of flood water had deluged Freuchie Mill, cars and homes had been wrecked and residents lives had been changed forever.
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Hopefully the water will get away tonight now and you will all get a sleep tonight … Well done all concerned in clearing the debris away … please no more rain tonight!!!!!
nice work john and to all concerned, your method worked perfectly, will sleep easier tonight, knowing my car wont float down the burn
Neil Duff and John Jenkins should also be thanked for their involvement in stopping the flooding in its tracks.
It is a little creepy to see no cars in Freuchie Mill tonight!
Cars are safer where they are tonight … hopefully it will continue to drop and things will be back to normal tomorrow for you all … sleep well everyone !!!!!
Good job everyone. The flood alarm worked perfectly. We heard it fine at the back of the flats through closed windows. The only improvement I can think of is slightly longer blasts on the horn.
Again, cheers to John and FFAG for having the webcams and alarm installed in the first place.
It was rather alarming to see how fast the burn rose in the space of a few hours. Again, we were saved by the diversion pipe and luck that the rain stopping when it did.
Ross I hope you’re kidding about the longer blast
. I emptied more than half a can due to the length and multiple blasts given. Had to keep some in reserve in case we needed it later.
Your analysis of events is very accurate. Another two hours of rainfall would have seen us in big trouble. The surface drainage on Freuchie Mill Road and the diversion pipe certainly bought us a great deal of extra water handling capacity.
I would classify this event as a mini-mini flood, only prevented from being something more substantial by the prompt actions of FFAG committee members and residents.
Well done all concerded … Must be awful for you all everytime it rains .. yes I am sure all your lives have changed for ever I know it has changed my life thinking about you all everytime it rains … very good of the councillor keeping an eye on things.
I have no doubt that the street would have flooded last night due to the Mill Waters overflowing and that cars at least would have been lost. We were fortunate that we were around and that it didn’t happen in the early hours.
The real praise has to go to John for his technical ability with this site and the cameras that allow us to monitor and have an early warning system when there is heavy or persistent rainfall.
I hope that when John is not around someone else will keep an eye on things it is up to all the community to help monitor the situation when he is not around.
i agree with what miller says, this is a community situation. and we should all stick together and look out for each other, hopefully john is going nowhere soon lol
Yeh I think you will all miss him … need to make contingency plans just in case lol
let me know
I am sure he will alert the media lol