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Originally Posted by Gordon Booth
Shouldn't you expect you may get flooded now and again?
When you do should you complain it's all someone else's fault or accept it as a risk you took.
Shouldn't you build your homes on the higher ground or on raised foundations? Even the Stone Age people knew to do that.
Or live somewhere else?
The Somerset Levels have been known as a flood plain for thousands of years. A lot of it is below high tide level and was only used in Summer as it was always flooded all winter. Without constant pumping it would be the same now.
You don't hear Eric or Turtle complaining their government hasn't done anything about the cold or dottie the same about the heat. It's nature- live with it or move!
It's sad for these people but what do they expect?
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Try telling that to the Dutch
The difference is that the Somerset flooding could have been minimised/prevented if the enviro agency had continued dredging, whereas no intervention is possible to prevent heatwaves and polar chill events.