Showing The Best Of Yorkshire's Spirit

Coping With The 2012 Floods

 

After two days of heavy rain, thankfully the flood waters in York are now receding.  Amidst all the chaos and devastation, Yorkshire folk have shown true strength and spirit in dealing with the sheer amount of water that we’ve had to deal with this week - showing the best of Yorkshire. 

People walking through York seem fascinated with the water and there’s been some amazing photos taken of the deluge. 

 

One&Other’s website have some from day one of the floods:-

http://www.oneandother.com/articles/york-flooding-in-pictures/

If you follow their Facebook or Twitter they’ve uploaded images. 

 

The York Press also have some startling images on their website here:-

 http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/pics/galleries/floods2012/

The waters even reached as far as the Museum Gardens – very close to the Hospitium, where we held Yorkshire Best last Sunday.  We were very lucky that the rain missed our event by days.  Not just because of the floods, but the sheer amount of travel chaos caused when some of the roads closed, and trains were cancelled.

 

 

York’s flood defences held, but a few homes and businesses were affected by flooding.  However it must be stressed that York remains very much open for business.  The flood waters haven’t dampened our spirits!