Lancaster in Shutdown

[marky No.1]

Electronic gone off. alarms. Helicopters. What a mess

[jon MFC fan]

Parliament Street in Lancaster has flooded the lune is in red flood warning

[marky No.1]

Bus station gone so walked round castle to millennium bridge. About 4 foot to spare from being over the top, bearing in mind it is usually probably 20 foot!
Pitch black, helicopters and alarms everywhere, certainly some cheap kitchens on Monday

[jon MFC fan]

And also areas of Morecambe are
In blackouts

[Kendalshrimp]

Apparently there was a party in the hospitality room at the globe last night and the electricity cut affected it around 10pm and people had to evacuate, I know it's our home ground and cursed whenever we play there but hopefully there's no major damages !

[SolentShrimp]

Most floods are man-made.
Mess about with water-courses, and keep pumping concrete into the ground has its consequences.

[marky No.1]

Should be back on 7pm tuesday.
A6 closed past the gate but there are still clowns trying to get through, where trucks top is submerged

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Skerton bridge

[black morse]

Most floods are man-made.
Mess about with water-courses, and keep pumping concrete into the ground has its consequences.

Absolutely. Flood plains are for 'taking flood water' not for building on. Concrete estates (including paved front gardens) are creating less and less land where the water can soak into the ground. Tree roots take surplus water deep into the ground, take away the trees and compact the surface soil with animal over use and the water can only run into rivers which then overflow. The answers are there if we will only use our land correctly.

[Wild Bill]

Talk of power being off for days

[Keith]

Talk of power being off for days

Not in Fleetwood though, so that's okay!

[Teams like Morecambe]

The majority of Morecambe appears to have power this morning. This is unfortunate for those who thought they were getting a day off work

[marky No.1]

Been a bit quiet on here, hope them trains can get to Blackpool for tomorrow

[Christies Child]

The majority of Morecambe appears to have power this morning. This is unfortunate for those who thought they were getting a day off work

My mum lives in a care home in Torrisholme and they' had to rely on a generator for limited power. However thanks to the sterlingvwork done by the power company it sounds as though the power to the majority is now restored. We're quick to castigate but slow to acknowledged excellence when it happens. Well done to the authorites in my opinion.

[SupermarketShrimp]

Been a bit quiet on here, hope them trains can get to Blackpool for tomorrow

The game should definitely be cancelled.

This is not selfish in any way shape or form because I'm busy that day and really want to go.

[Freez]

Power came back on at 4.10am in Heysham. Had to get up and switch everything off as we were lit up like a Cathedral.
Had to wander up to Carnforth as Greyhound Bridge and Skerton bridge still closed this am.
Probably home from Preston the same way!

[slackAlice2]

The majority of Morecambe appears to have power this morning. This is unfortunate for those who thought they were getting a day off work

My mum lives in a care home in Torrisholme and they' had to rely on a generator for limited power. However thanks to the sterlingvwork done by the power company it sounds as though the power to the majority is now restored. We're quick to castigate but slow to acknowledged excellence when it happens. Well done to the authorites in my opinion.

I took a day off anyway ! Thought the roads would be a mess without me adding to it, only a commute to Preston but I'm guessing I'd have to go through Halton from here at Scale Hall with Skerton bridge shut. Although yesterday I did a recce on the bike and Denny Beck bridge was still open with cars crossing. But I agree wholeheartedly with the above post , when you see how much water there was passing through Lancaster , they've done a brilliant job to get it back up and working so quickly.
My 4 teenagers thought the world had ended yesterday morning though , no Comms = civilization over ! I

[marky No.1]

They've just reopened Skerton Bridge.

Good job Carlisle were away at the weekend

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[Wild Bill]

Most of Lancaster appears to be back on now.

[Gone_Shrimping]

They've just reopened Skerton Bridge.

Good job Carlisle were away at the weekend

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They may need to use our humble little ground again like they did in 2005

[John L]

They've just reopened Skerton Bridge.

Good job Carlisle were away at the weekend

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They may need to use our humble little ground again like they did in 2005

They were away that weekend too! Good to hear their players have offered to help flooding victims...

[jon MFC fan]

Lancaster Grid has lost 42,000 properties with out power

[Sakhalin Shrimp]

The power came on at 10.30 last night but has just gone off again. Are they sharing the available power around by turning different areas on and off?

[Posh]

They've just reopened Skerton Bridge.

Good job Carlisle were away at the weekend

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They should learn that playing a team down South beginning with W on a Saturday was a terrible idea. Woking 2005, Welling 2015.

[Teams like Morecambe]

The power came on at 10.30 last night but has just gone off again. Are they sharing the available power around by turning different areas on and off?

No. Your either lucky or your not. I'm on Westgate near the school and have power but the Hurley Flyer and Globe do not. Part of Regent Road and Balmoral Road do but most roads leading off them don't. The Christmas lights on Regent Road are on which is crazy.

Work to fix the issue will resume at 8 in the morning.

[Morecambe Jack]

I'm on scale hall and 1/4 of the street have electricity, and the other 3/4 do not!

Luckily, I'm in the 1/4 that do!