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Cupar Flooding

Posted by: admin in Flood Groups|News on 10 Jul, 2009

Paul Hendy introduces himself to a flood affected resident in Cupar

Just as promised earlier, Paul Hendy of the Scottish Flood Forum was joined by John Thomson of Freuchie Flood Action Group during a visit to the flood affected town of Cupar.

Upon arrival Paul and John found the local church minister talking to a group of affected residents. Flood recovery companies had been onsite to start the clear-up process and loss adjusters and surveyors were consulting with residents about the flood damage to their homes.

A number of homes had been affected by the flash flood that had hit Ceres Road, bring down garden walls, flooding lower floors of homes, depositing mud and silt on every surface the flood waters touched and general causing devastation to this community.

Flood damaged homes in Cupar Flood damaged homes in Cupar
Photos: Damage to homes and property in Ceres Road, Cupar

The badly affected Burnside area and town centre were also visited with information leaflets being provided to businesses and householders. It had also been reported in the media that Springfield had been badly hit by flooding,  but thankfully no properties appeared to have been damaged by the flood water.

The Scottish Flood Forum will be setting up support services over the coming weeks and months to assist this community. Please keep an eye on this website and the local newspapers for further information.

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3 Responses to "Cupar Flooding"

1 | FFAG

September 5th, 2009 at 2:48 am

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Assisting Paul Hendy on this visit was the least I could do when the community was only a few miles up the A914.

It wasn’t a pleasant experience to see all that mud and silt in people’s homes and caking the roads and pavements. Brought back some unpleasant memories from the August 2008 floods here in Freuchie.

The thoughts of Freuchie are with you at this time.

2 | Lisa Stalker

December 2nd, 2009 at 6:12 am

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:cry: I live in New Orleans,Louisiana(U.S.), and I can feel for these poor peole. To them I’d like to say: Go ahead and take time for yourself to let off steam and also to grieve your losses. Do what you can to recover and rebuild, and realize that even though it may not seem like it’ll never start getting any better when you’re least expecting it it will. Bless,Bless,Bless you all…

3 | FFAG

March 31st, 2010 at 7:14 am

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Greetings to our US cousins and what a really nice thing to say. Thank you for your comment of support and encouragement for us Scottish flood survivors.

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