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Gordon Booth · 05-03-2014, 18:03

So after all the headlines, filming, drama for weeks just 150 homes were flooded on the Somerset Levels. And some fields.

We were given the impression that everybody south of Birmingham was fighting to get on Noahs Ark as their homes disappeared under water.

But never fear- we have a PLAN.
A £100 million PLAN. To prevent 150 homes and some fields flooding again??
It would be cheaper to give each householder £500,000 each and tell them to buy a Mansion on a hill somewhere.

You live on Humberside? You were flooded? Nobody noticed. Is Humberside south of Birmingham? No? Tough then, no £100 million PLAN for you.

In total only about 6,500 properties, including houses, were flooded in the whole of England. Awful for those involved but not the end of the world as we know it.

No comments yet on the cost of a PLAN for the Thames flood plain. Good job we're not short of money.

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Gordon Booth Senior Member+ Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 2,402 Liked: 715 times Rep Power: 46614	Re: If you live on a flood plain- So after all the headlines, filming, drama for weeks just 150 homes were flooded on the Somerset Levels. And some fields. We were given the impression that everybody south of Birmingham was fighting to get on Noahs Ark as their homes disappeared under water. But never fear- we have a PLAN. A £100 million PLAN. To prevent 150 homes and some fields flooding again?? It would be cheaper to give each householder £500,000 each and tell them to buy a Mansion on a hill somewhere. You live on Humberside? You were flooded? Nobody noticed. Is Humberside south of Birmingham? No? Tough then, no £100 million PLAN for you. In total only about 6,500 properties, including houses, were flooded in the whole of England. Awful for those involved but not the end of the world as we know it. No comments yet on the cost of a PLAN for the Thames flood plain. Good job we're not short of money. Last edited by Gordon Booth; 05-03-2014 at 18:05.