Hi there, its Tim here. Its a busy day for us today. But perhaps not as busy as it was for us this time last year. Of course, its a day for looking back its one year on from the enormous flooding across our region.
Its not just us journalists, who can remember that day and how difficult it was to get from location to location to report on what was happening, but Im sure many of the emergency services too have some very poignant memories. Weve been running little clips on the programme during the past week with people sharing their stories from this day one year ago and still messages are coming into us with home owners struggling with loss adjusters and still living in caravans. Were going to bring you their stories tonight. Im going to be heading up to the tidal barrier in Hull later this afternoon. Look North tonight will be live from there and well be live in Louth too, an area flooded by the heavy waters from the River Lud. I think what is quite overwhelming is how many people the floods have affected and are still affecting. Theres an email here from Jean. Jean actually wrote in earlier in June about the troubles she was having in repairing her home. Heres something she wrote and I think it sums it up The road has been long and tiresome, I have now learnt how to be patient. I expect a lot of homeowners can empathise with that. Jean has emailed in again though for the day of the anniversary and this is what she says, In view of the past year, life for my children and I have been put on hold and weve lost a year of constructive living. The children have missed their friends and they have not been able to give 100% to homework with having the additional mileage to and forth from our temporary lodgings and with me working 4 days a week. My study work at Hull University has been a struggle, but I kept going in between liaising with the builders and progress of rebuilding my home. Life has been frustrating. My Mum, family and friends have kept me going. Even today I have no guarantees that I will not become flooded again, even though the builders have rebuilt my entire ground floor area and after this year I am afraid I could not cope or go through this again. Our home is now complete and we hope to move back into our home this week. It will be a long reflection for me, my children and my Mum on the 2! 5th June 2008. There are so many stories just like Jeans here and many where people havent had the news that they can move back into their homes. Many thanks Jean for getting in touch with us and sharing your story. If theres anything you want to share with us about the floods, then get in touch. Share with us your frustrations as you rebuild your home, share any memories you have of the 25th June 2007 and let us know what the future holds for you. Are you still in caravans, have you suffered secondary flooding, are you struggling still with loss adjusters? Email me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] I look forward to reading your emails. Best wishes, Tim And for the latest news and more where you live, go to: http://bbc.co.uk/humber and http://bbc.co.uk/lincolnshire ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the BBC Look North newsletter, go to http://www.bbc.co.uk/england/looknorthhull/newsletter/newsletter_index.shtml, enter your email address in the unsubscribe box. 1.94.4
