If you live on a flood plain- - Page 2

cmonstanley · 09-02-2014, 17:29

i take it you also mean the river thames

Gordon Booth · 10-02-2014, 12:44

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Originally Posted by cmonstanley

i take it you also mean the river thames

Yes, some stretches of the Thames flow through a flood plain as well.

cmonstanley · 10-02-2014, 19:32

i hope whoever is in government raises the levy for people from overseas and hedge funds . because they are pricing out the working class people from london. this is why they built on flood plains.

Gordon Booth · 10-02-2014, 19:37

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Originally Posted by cmonstanley

i hope whoever is in government raises the levy for people from overseas and hedge funds . because they are pricing out the working class people from london. this is why they built on flood plains.

If anyone can work out what cmon's on about please don't bother letting me know.

DaveinGermany · 11-02-2014, 05:13

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Originally Posted by cmonstanley

i hope whoever is in government raises the levy for people from overseas and hedge funds . because they are pricing out the working class people from london. this is why they built on flood plains.

You some kind of leather worker? Because that comment is absolute cobblers!

Neil · 11-02-2014, 08:39

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i hope whoever is in government raises the levy for people from overseas and hedge funds . because they are pricing out the working class people from london. this is why they built on flood plains.

They build on flood plains because builders are greedy, planning authorities are stupid and house buyers want houses to be cheaper and then moan when they are flooded.

I am not being insensitive to those poor folk whose houses have been flooded but they did know the risk when they bought their homes. You can build all the flood defences you want but every few years/decades we get freaky weather which is what is happening at the moment. The jet stream that gives us our out of characteristic usual weather for how north we are has shifted and dumped a shed load of rain on us.

cashman · 11-02-2014, 09:19

Disagree Neil about planners being stupid, in general i think being greedy is nearer the mark? as i said previously its more about backhanders!!! if ordinary folk like you n i can figure it out, i'm damn sure the planners can?

Margaret Pilkington · 11-02-2014, 09:47

I think that now the floods are nearer the capital something might just get done.
People live on reclaimed land in the Nederlands....but the drainage systems are better managed.

On the Somerset levels, farmers used to be allowed to dredge their ditches and the portion of the river that crossed their land, the enviroment agency banned them from doing this. Not only that, they said they would prosecute farmers who did do their own dredging.

There was a man on Sky TV this morning who said thet the River Thames had not been dredged since Maggie Thatcher was in power....so while you can argue that is the builders fault, or the planners fault, responsibility for much of the chaos should be laid at the door of the chumps in charge(not the workers - the men on the front line) of the environment agency and government who have sought to reduce costs. Those are the real rogues!

Margaret Pilkington · 11-02-2014, 09:48

I have the greatest sympathy for those whose houses have been flooded.

Less · 11-02-2014, 09:56

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I have the greatest sympathy for those whose houses have been flooded.

So have I, many of them had no idea their homes were in danger of flooding when they bought them and they probably had little choice, they needed somewhere close to were they work and their only financial choice would be these properties.

Margaret Pilkington · 11-02-2014, 10:04

I agree Less, and it is unproductive and a bit insensitive in trying to throw blame at one another...if this were a country overseas we would be mobilising whatever support we could, to help them in their plight...as it is, it seems that very little (in financial terms) is being done to help them and this is a travesty.

It is all too little and far too late!

DAV007 · 11-02-2014, 18:20

I want to add.
Irrespective of it being a Labour or Conservative government, if this level of flooding took place in the north west I doubt the political interest or media coverage would be any where near the current levels.

cashman · 11-02-2014, 18:23

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Originally Posted by DAV007

I want to add.
Irrespective of it being a Labour or Conservative government, if this level of flooding took place in the north west I doubt the political interest or media coverage would be any where near the current levels.

No doubt at all,remember when Hull had the floods? Few days coverage then forgotten.

DAV007 · 11-02-2014, 18:29

Correct, and a good example.
Does Accrington ever flood or is the town to high up?
How high is Accy in terms of sea level?

Less · 11-02-2014, 18:39

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Correct, and a good example.
Does Accrington ever flood or is the town to high up?
How high is Accy in terms of sea level?

Flooding surely isn't just about how high above sea level, it's about sudden downpours that hit an area, there are a few around the region that get hit often,
Fortunately because of inbreeding and webbed feet most victims survive.