Flooding - what to do (another pointless thread)

[The Birches Head Hunters]

After the recent floodings (and with threats of more to come?!), I was wondering how many caches we might have lost, or be at risk of losing in the UK. This was discussed briefly earlier this year [ HERE ].

 

Does anyone have any interesting stories of losing a cache, finding a cache related to flooding / wet weather?

 

Also, having found a BBC guide [ HERE ]; for a bit of fun can anyone suggest a similar (satirical) guide for Geocaching?

 

Here's a starter for 10:-

 

Step One - Moving into a Flood Risk Area

• Check the local area for floating tupperware boxes or ammo cans.
  

• Make sure you have adequate cache container and contents insurance cover.
  

Step Two - What you should do before a flood

• Make up a flood kit - including wellies, spare logbook and pen, a torch (for cave related floodings), blankets (to warm the little TBs after a flood), waterproof clothing (for the TBs of course), rubber gloves (kinky!), a fishing net (to grab floaters as they pass by), and a hairdryer (to dry TBs out after a flood).
  

Over to you.......

 

But seriously - be safe!

[+fat bloke]

What you should do before a flood

 

Make up a flood kit - including wellies, Use more water then it can't flood

Edited June 21, 2007 by fat bloke

[+FollowMeChaps]

Set underwater caches. There don't seem to be many of them over here.

[+jerryo]

Set underwater caches. There don't seem to be many of them over here.

Come and get it someone: GCXKD3

[+SidAndBob]

Set underwater caches. There don't seem to be many of them over here.

Come and get it someone: GCXKD3

This one is still unfound. I wonder why.

It did make me laugh that there was updated coordinates on it, because the "tree cover gave poor GPS coverage" - as if it wasn't hard enough already.

[markandlynn]

(to grab floaters as they pass by),

 

Now that could go very wrong

[+FollowMeChaps]

Now we're getting somewhere. Has anyone got a bookmark list of all the underwater caches in the UK?

[+SidAndBob]

Now we're getting somewhere. Has anyone got a bookmark list of all the underwater caches in the UK?

You could try running a PQ for the scuba and swimming (maybe boat too) attributes.

[+wizard1974uk]

(to grab floaters as they pass by),

 

Now that could go very wrong

 

ewwwww

[+fat bloke]

We may have fun, but it has been quite bad in the leeds area today and we should be extra careful when around rivers, and keep a tight reign on the kids, as one 13 year old has been washed away Today and has not been found, if its too dangerous don't go caching we dont want to be a burdon on the emergency services when we don't need to be

[markandlynn]

One of our cache stage locations a few months ago

the same location last night

Just down the road from our house

Im sure the Bolas's have spotted this

[+The Bolas Heathens]

We have indeed - it's on our route to school every morning. We spotted they had the sluice gates open the other day to try and drain some of the water so I wonder if that is when your micro went AWOL?

Im sure the Bolas's have spotted this

[markandlynn]

We have indeed - it's on our route to school every morning. We spotted they had the sluice gates open the other day to try and drain some of the water so I wonder if that is when your micro went AWOL?

Im sure the Bolas's have spotted this

 

The micro was long gone i had a metal plate (done to look like an inspection point) on the bridge id guess that the flood tourists (seen loads this week on my way back from work) took a look at it . Probably made a good skimming object when it flew away from the bridge.

[The Birches Head Hunters]

it has been quite bad in the leeds area today

Here are a couple of pictures of Leeds city centre (25th June), courtesy of a family member:-

[+wizard1974uk]

A nice subtitle to this thread "Where's My Cache?"

[+jennie.m]

(to grab floaters as they pass by),

 

Now that could go very wrong

 

ewwwww

 

HeHe, that put you off your popcorn

[+wizard1974uk]

(to grab floaters as they pass by),

 

Now that could go very wrong

 

ewwwww

 

HeHe, that put you off your popcorn

 

really?