Flood no 7

Hiya
Scotland has seen some massive flooding in the past few days, and our hearts go out to those who have lost their homes. Here's hoping that no-one will lose their life.

Here, at Lynnside, the garden is flooded yet again today. The heavy rains and a high tide pushed inland by strong winds have conspired to flood not only the garden but also the lane that runs along its bottom end.

Today, 11:38AM
11:48AM12:01PM

As I type these lines, the bottom part of the garden and the lane are fully submerged and the water is running down the car park.
Having watched the rising water, it is quite clear to your Blogger that the obstacles underneath the wee bridge are choking up the burn. But the flooding is exacerbated by the fact that this is just about high tide in the harbour and all of the Black Lynn backs up, especially when the wind pushes the tide inland.
Nonetheless, the Council should do something to give the burn more space -- deepen the riverbed, widening a catchment basin further upstream, ...
The Council does not regard this as a matter of priority – anyone can tell by the dire state of the Black Lynn further downstream, by the car parks and super markets, where it is choked up and infested with shopping trolleys and all manner of large-scale rubbish.