robv
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Post by robv on Sept 28, 2012 14:11:19 GMT
Hi All - may sound like a very daft thread, but back in the summer we were flooded. It was some bizarre cloudburst localised to Nailsea (where I live) that flooded my back garden with about 3" of water for a few hours. The lizards all climbed - and were basically ok, although a baby tortoise was not so lucky sadly. Over the weekend we had another monstrous deluge of rain that whilst not as bad, certainly had standing water in the vivs and on the grass. With the winter coming a lot of my stuff is getting ready to go down and I am a little concerned about a similar event occurring whilst the animals are hibernating. I know nothing about sub surface conditions/water table and just wondered if anyone out there had any info. If we get another deluge does the water 'sit' on the surface and still drain naturally, or does the 'depth' of water extend below the surface? We are in an elevated position so I would be really sceptical about the flood being a water table problem - but who knows? Any thoughts?
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Post by fluxlizard on Oct 2, 2012 15:37:26 GMT
I don't know the answers to all of your questions, but I do know that you cannot always trust the elevated position. I'm at the top of a hill, and spent last summer digging out a terrarium only to have it fill with with water. The hole was located near the edge of the top of a slope. Turns out drainage is more important- we have poor drainage from heavy clay soil here.
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