an early morning of despair courtesy of storm dennis By Craig Muncey
downstairs to investigate, and with hindsight, I am so thankful I did.
The 16th February 2020 will be etched in the minds of many residents who live in the Rhondda Cynon Taf area. This piece recaptures my own personal thoughts on the natural disaster that occurred and also the impact on many people who were not as fortunate as me and my family.
I did not put any lights on in fear of waking others (my girlfriend, waking her is just not worth it at that time of day), so it was very dark, as I stepped off the final step on the stairs - I stepped into freezing cold water! My initial thought was that the washing machine in the kitchen had flooded. As the cold water broke me from my sleeping slumber, I waded into the living room and I then knew we had a very serious situation on our hands.
My story is that at 5.10am on the 16th February in my home in Nantgarw, I awoke to whimpering sounds coming from downstairs. We have a dog, a mini daschund called Bruno that sleeps on the sofa in the living room. Normally the warning system Bruno gives us to alert us to his need to go outside is by scratching the bottom of the closed living room door. As all I heard was a quiet whimper not scratching, for a moment I considered leaving him to settle. However, I decided I had better go
Poor Bruno was sat on the sofa terrified. He could not scratch the bottom of the living room door as it was under water, if he had left the safety of the sofa and got into the water I dread to think what would
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