The state of the ground

[RadioheadConfirned]

http://www.somersetlive.co.uk/glastonbury-2016-site-snaps-and-downpours-in-worthy-farm-video/story-29413081-detail/story.html - if its any help

[Sawdusty surfer]

This

was earlier when it had eased off.

[bennyhana22]

1 minute ago, Sawdusty Surfer said:

This

was earlier when it had eased off.

Shit a brick, Dusty!

Thank the Lawd that it's gonna be pretty fab weather from here on in, eh?!

Ben

[Spindles]

Please can we have a "There are no puddles in Glastonbury, I have seen no puddles" 2011 style comical ali video?

PS: Loving your work, coming back when that upvote drawer refills

[Wooderson]

[kaytee...]

Looks promising :/ https://www.instagram.com/p/BGwrGtBO2zc/?r=307360876

[stuartbert two hats]

Are there any actual floods? It seems like 2005 levels of water have fallen. How has the drainage held up?

[scaryclaireyfairy]

7 minutes ago, kaytee... said:

Looks promising :/ https://www.instagram.com/p/BGwrGtBO2zc/?r=307360876

What the...?!

[5co77ie]

Glastonbury's known for it's spring waters

[5co77ie]

18 minutes ago, Sawdusty Surfer said:

This

was earlier when it had eased off.

and that was before the last thunderstorm then

[DeanoL]

Just to put this into perspective, I remember 2005. Floods over Thursday night. The ground was dry by Sunday. And that was without all the new drainage improvements and with 200,000 boots on site.

Any flooding now will be long gone by Wednesday.

[Sawdusty surfer]

 

[CaledonianGonzo]

Don't just stand looking at it, man. Get your broom and start sweeping it into the ditch.

[dondo]

Blimey. I'll be there Sunday so hope for at least a bit of dry so can pitch my tent!

[I am Jon]

Thank god the festival isn't happening this weekend.

Forecast for the next week isn't looking so bad so hopefully it'll all dry up before the masses arrive.

[stuartbert two hats]

47 minutes ago, DeanoL said:

Just to put this into perspective, I remember 2005. Floods over Thursday night. The ground was dry by Sunday. And that was without all the new drainage improvements and with 200,000 boots on site.

Any flooding now will be long gone by Wednesday.

The ground was rock solid in 2005, part of the reason it flooded, the ground barely absorbed any water. It's getting a good soaking now like 2011 or 1997.

[Nobody Interesting]

Not far from where we live there was a flash flood yesterday. There are fields there that have underlying clay and today those fields are dry and firm and had vans driving over them to gain access to a building they left very little evidence they had been there.

As long as the rain stops very soon and it stays more or less dry the site will dry up and cope OK.

[Chawk]

1 hour ago, kaytee... said:

Looks promising :/ https://www.instagram.com/p/BGwrGtBO2zc/?r=307360876

That's got to be a burst pipe, surely?

[Rubber Soldier]

There is no rain. Everything is fine. 

Edited June 17, 2016 by The Orgazoid

[alframsey]

I have a friend who's wen on site since Tuesday last week fitting wifi and Internet lines. He has just informed me that the entire site is like a swamp, he can only envisage the site getting worse as more people arrive.

[Crazyfool01]

it will dry out , panic not , yet !!

[CaledonianGonzo]

48 hours until the next wave of rain hits overnight Sunday night into Monday morning......

[pie_and_a_pint]

7 minutes ago, alframsey said:

I have a friend who's wen on site since Tuesday last week fitting wifi and Internet lines. He has just informed me that the entire site is like a swamp, he can only envisage the site getting worse as more people arrive.

To be fair though, it's been raining pretty much constantly all week! Once the rain stops, the ground will gradually dry up. 

This isn't hopeless optimism. It's basic geography.

[4AssedMonkey]

4 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

48 hours until the next wave of rain hits overnight Sunday night into Monday morning......

[Redwinevino]

5 minutes ago, pie_and_a_pint said:

To be fair though, it's been raining pretty much constantly all week! Once the rain stops, the ground will gradually dry up. 

This isn't hopeless optimism. It's basic geography.

If it stops