Comments on: More on the Aire in flood (inc. selected video links)

By: David Brazendale

David Brazendale — Tue, 29 Dec 2015 01:27:50 +0000

The container that hit the footbridge is one that was in the unstable stack of containers that appears in Geoff Tynan’s video.

By: David Brazendale

David Brazendale — Tue, 29 Dec 2015 01:18:58 +0000

The container was one of about a dozen stacked at the back of a clothes charity warehouse that operates in the former Oddbins store and the former car parts store next to B&M. This backs on to Wickes.

The caravan was used as a burger van by a transport café located between United Carpets and B&M. This is the route into a bus/coach yard that cleared their buses out in time. The BBC video clearly shows a blue awning on the side of the caravan until it all wipes out on the footbridge. I’ve seen Video of the burger caravan hitting the bridge taken from a higher level in the flats on facebook.

By: Steve Bottoms

Steve Bottoms — Mon, 28 Dec 2015 13:08:41 +0000

Thanks a lot for this, Rob! Yes, I will do…

By: Rob Walsh

Rob Walsh — Mon, 28 Dec 2015 13:04:42 +0000

*floating*

By: Rob Walsh

Rob Walsh — Mon, 28 Dec 2015 13:04:13 +0000

Hi Steve – here’s a link to a short clip of some shipping containers floting down the Aire and hitting Baildon Bridge, about 3.20pm on 26 December – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6v30Oi2IOY&feature=youtu.be
Feel free to add it to the main blog if you like.
Rob