It's worse than he described. The road is totally waterlogged and has been blocked off by the police and fire services. The flood waters have now entered peoples homes. I was talking to one guy who said his living room is like a swimming pool. He was surprisingly chipper for someone who has that kind of hassle to deal with.
I saw the chap who owns the sunbed shop desperately brushing water out of his premises. It was like trying to force back the tide with a small broom. There are going to be some mighty upset people in Darwen tomorrow morning. They have my unreserved sympathy.
This is the state of Darwen tonight:
From a friend of Mrs Bucko, this is the cellar of the Engineers pub:
And from Facebook, some people will always have a sense of humour :-)

I had to take another pair of pants off after photographing this :-(
*Update*
Don't try driving in it.

Thanks to Gaz who was piloting the recovery vehicle.
*Update 2*
These are from the Bee radio station via Facebook. It's become worse since these were taken.


*Update 3*
Rochdale has it even worse
*Update 4*
This is the river opposite our house. It's normally about a foot deep. Fortunately for us it's too low down from our house to reach us.

4 Comments:
Water? You just have to wait for it to find its level.
Stay safe.
We were totally unaffected where we live but a lot of folk on the main stretch have some work to do this morning.
Cheers
Hopefully your local plod won't try and re-enact this wonderful bit of stupidity:
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=4f7_1186659685
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