General Chat

Take a look.


http://watermaps.environment-agency.gov.uk/wiyby/wiyby.aspx?topic=floodmap#x=600847&y=224775&scale=8

Pleased to say that there's no risk in my area, despite living on the edge of the Fens :-)

My ex is at a great risk of flooding!! :-(
I'm at no risk of river flooding, but the fact that I'm 3 steps down from the road (and two steps up to the doors) means the path between the steps can have as much as 3 inches of water in it!! :-(

Oh dear Maggie ;-)


Put in York to see how bad it is :-(

Is that York, York? Looks bad.
Ex is in a small village right by the river Colne in Essex - he watches the boats along the river from his front garden. Half of the village is at risk.
That's our children's inheritance!!!

I live on the top of a hill, so don't expect to get flooded. A lot of Winchester is at risk - but then the centre is in a basin, has about 3 springs from the river running under it, and the council are very lax about cleaning the grills that take the water away.

The water never came into the garden until McNicholls put a cable through my front garden for cable TV, that no-one ever used :-|

Yes Maggie....York York.

I live in West Yorkshire and bridges have broken , dams burst and untold damage done which will take years to put right.

http://www.wakefieldexpress.co.uk/news/local-news/district-survives-west-yorkshire-s-worst-flooding-in-70-years-1-7651159

Thank God i live fairly high up so i am safe.. :-)

Our daughter lives in Surrey. Although her Estate is considered 'Safe' near-by roads aren't. Developers are starting to build new houses. Guess where? The flood plain!
Apparently the new houses will have defences...the water will end up diverted to areas already at risk. Good game, good game.

Det, that annoys me sooo much!!

Then they find areas that previously had never flooded, now flood.
I haven't got a degree in Environmental Studies, but even I can see there's a reason why flood plains and water meadows exist - and why being a 'ditcher' was a trade in times gone by!!
Now they employ a contractor for 2 weeks, and wonder why ditches are never fully cleared.

Stupid isn't it? Even secondary school children who stay awake during 'geography' are taught about deforestation, river courses and flood plains.

The Councils may be finding it hard to allocate land for 'new' dwellings where as the developers are only interested in plots where its cheapest to build. Somewhere nice and flat rather than on the side of a hill.
Even then the water won't be able to soak into the ground because the vegetation will have been grubbed out, & will only increase the run-off.

That's been the problem with farmers growing maize.
No undergrowth = water and topsoil runoff = blocked rivers.
This was pointed out over 15 years ago - and the government has continued to promote the planting of maize.

Never knew that! You learn something new every day :-)

Just to prove I'm not talking through my hat - here's some of the information:

http://www.soilassociation.org/soils/maizeagrowingproblem

Look at the full report at the bottom.


....and farmers are paid to grow it!

A bonus is an award for achievement - over & above a recognised standard.

But it seems this does not apply to the bosses responsible for Britain's flood defences who, we are told, have been awarded bonuses roughly worth £300,000 in total.

Very much like the Bankers.
Iceland puts them in prison for lying and, essentially stealing.
Our government gives Bankers bonuses for lying and stealing.
The public bail out the failing Banks - the Bankers get another bonus :-| :-| :-|