I find it sickening that scum who is in charge of this country has now started to help, but only because Surrey is slightly under water! What a prick.
Hang on just got a text saying the prime minster of India needs more cash and he has pay pal it over
Hahaha pmsl 
Well said Harry!
mickeyblue please explain the meaning of sicking if you do not mind?
albion1971:
Well said Harry!
mickeyblue please explain the meaning of sicking if you do not mind?
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mickyblue:
I find it sickening that scum who is in charge of this country has now started to help, but only because Surrey is slightly under water! What a prick.Hang on just got a text saying the prime minster of India needs more cash and he has pay pal it over
It’s actually Berkshire and Middlesex that’s ‘slightly underwater’ whereas,with a few expected exceptions, Surrey is mostly dry as usual.Although having said that maybe if they opened the gates we could allow a bit more in but that would mean it hits Kingston but that’s now London which really would upset Cam’s sidekick Boris. 
We’re doing well out of the floods; Our artics are on sand to Berkshire for making sandbags. A good rate too apparently, got to see the good in any situation.
Maybe the floods will wash away the Lycra clad cyclists who want a truck ban in London.
The response from those in charge has been pathetic really. I had to laugh when I saw Milliband on TV and old Cleggy there in his boots. I mean purlease…
However, that tool in the truck. He should never have driven down there in the first place if he had any concern for his vehicle and job given the height if the water. Now that lady doesn’t seem to be having tooo much fun, therefore we can assume she had a legitimate reason to be in that deep water. We also don’t know how easy it was for her to cross that road - she could have been wading across there for a little while. Some bell end turns up and nearly drowns her.
If that was my mum or gran i’d have smashed his face in.
(I don’t normally advocate violence by any means).
switchlogic:
Truckulent:
If you build on the floodplain of a river, you will get this from time to time.It’s the risk you take. High in the Pennines we get wind, snow and all manner of other weather phenomena. Last year we had snow over six feet high blocking roads all over the shop. They didn’t give a toss down south as it didn’t affect them.
But if you live high up, you have to expect it. I have sympathy for the folk, but unfortunately if you build a house in the arctic it’s cold. In the desert it’s hot. High in the mountains it’s windy and it snows a fair bit. On a floodplain, it floods.
It ain’t rocket science!!
This. I wholeheartedly concur
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Well listen to the Chuckle Brothers , I can accept such an ignorant comment from the Northern monkey but expected a broader view from yourself Luke .
The majority of villages affected by flooding have been there for hundreds of years , without such disastrous consequences as they are now experiencing . The building on the flood plains plus the lack of dredging is a relatively recent activity which has had local residents alarmed and vocal for for a while now , 20 years to my knowledge but bow to better judgement , the dimwits in officialdom have chosen to turn a blind eye and now it’s biting them in the backside . Those responsible for this fiasco will without doubt be bricking it with good cause at the moment , meanwhile backing millions of pounds of taxpayers money to foreign relief/bribery whilst letting their own law abiding nationals bend over and get shafted yet again.
WTF are residents meant to do if the powers to be won’t listen ? Pitchfork rebellion ? It might not be rocket science but it surely isn’t the fault of those that see their properties and dreams ruined .It’s a ■■■■■■■ disgrace ,more so that fellow patriots feel it right to mock them .
Climate change, folks. Expect more of this stuff as extreme weather events become the norm over the next century or so.
Rhythm Thief:
Climate change, folks. Expect more of this stuff as extreme weather events become the norm over the next century or so.
You read the Daily Fail don’t you ?
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Rhythm Thief:
Climate change, folks. Expect more of this stuff as extreme weather events become the norm over the next century or so.You read the Daily Fail don’t you ?
I wouldn’t wipe my arse on the Daily Wail. But I did do a postgrad degree in Environmental Science in a previous life, and I can still remember some bits of it (although not much!). Quite a lot of it involved learning about palaeoclimatology. It’s not the first time the Somerset Levels have been inundated, and it won’t be the last.
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switchlogic:
Truckulent:
If you build on the floodplain of a river, you will get this from time to time.It’s the risk you take. High in the Pennines we get wind, snow and all manner of other weather phenomena. Last year we had snow over six feet high blocking roads all over the shop. They didn’t give a toss down south as it didn’t affect them.
But if you live high up, you have to expect it. I have sympathy for the folk, but unfortunately if you build a house in the arctic it’s cold. In the desert it’s hot. High in the mountains it’s windy and it snows a fair bit. On a floodplain, it floods.
It ain’t rocket science!!
This. I wholeheartedly concur
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Well listen to the Chuckle Brothers , I can accept such an ignorant comment from the Northern monkey but expected a broader view from yourself Luke .
The majority of villages affected by flooding have been there for hundreds of years , without such disastrous consequences as they are now experiencing . The building on the flood plains plus the lack of dredging is a relatively recent activity which has had local residents alarmed and vocal for for a while now , 20 years to my knowledge but bow to better judgement , the dimwits in officialdom have chosen to turn a blind eye and now it’s biting them in the backside . Those responsible for this fiasco will without doubt be bricking it with good cause at the moment , meanwhile backing millions of pounds of taxpayers money to foreign relief/bribery whilst letting their own law abiding nationals bend over and get shafted yet again.
WTF are residents meant to do if the powers to be won’t listen ? Pitchfork rebellion ? It might not be rocket science but it surely isn’t the fault of those that see their properties and dreams ruined .It’s a [zb] disgrace ,more so that fellow patriots feel it right to mock them .
Cant see whats so controversial, or indeed mocking, about saying if you buy a house on a flood plain you may get flooded. I do believe the clue is in the name. The locals were clearly so alarmed they bought a house there. Its typical of the blame game in this country now that everyone wants someone to blame, except themselves. Look how much water there is, dredging a few feet out of a river would hardly have made a difference. Oh and this aid debate is just a silly side show, the country has been told there will be as much money as is needed.
I suspect it’s because it’s not quite as simple as some developers rocking up to an area signposted “FLOODPLAIN” and sticking some houses up. Areas like the Somerset Levels - which flooded as sea levels rose at the end of the last ice age around 12 000 years ago and were later drained - were not floodplains until relatively recently. People have been living there happily for generations, and it’s only since our weather patterns have begun to become more extreme as global climate changes that flooding in these areas has become an issue. I grant you that some houses have been rather foolishly sited on floodplains, but the situation in the Somerset Levels is analagous to glaciers appearing in the Yorkshire Dales: no one would reasonably expect that to happen. Mind you, being Yorkshire folk they’d probably just put an extra jumper on and carry on. 
LOL , good reply . It might not be the first time , but the powers to be have been warned time and time again that this would happen if they continued along their blinkered path .
The ■■■■ has hit the fan and nobody will accept responsibillity for this ,let alone try to rectify the problem, really boils my ■■■■ when ignorant ■■■■■■■ blame those that suffer .
Rhythm Thief:
but the situation in the Somerset Levels is analagous to glaciers appearing in the Yorkshire Dales: no one would reasonably expect that to happen. Mind you, being Yorkshire folk they’d probably just put an extra jumper on and carry on.
Indeed, no one would expect an area thats barely above sea level to flood. Silly me
switchlogic:
Rhythm Thief:
but the situation in the Somerset Levels is analagous to glaciers appearing in the Yorkshire Dales: no one would reasonably expect that to happen. Mind you, being Yorkshire folk they’d probably just put an extra jumper on and carry on.Indeed, no one would expect an area thats barely above sea level to flood. Silly me
You’re missing my point. But you already know that …
switchlogic:
flat to the mat:
switchlogic:
Truckulent:
If you build on the floodplain of a river, you will get this from time to time.It’s the risk you take. High in the Pennines we get wind, snow and all manner of other weather phenomena. Last year we had snow over six feet high blocking roads all over the shop. They didn’t give a toss down south as it didn’t affect them.
But if you live high up, you have to expect it. I have sympathy for the folk, but unfortunately if you build a house in the arctic it’s cold. In the desert it’s hot. High in the mountains it’s windy and it snows a fair bit. On a floodplain, it floods.
It ain’t rocket science!!
This. I wholeheartedly concur
]
Well listen to the Chuckle Brothers , I can accept such an ignorant comment from the Northern monkey but expected a broader view from yourself Luke .
The majority of villages affected by flooding have been there for hundreds of years , without such disastrous consequences as they are now experiencing . The building on the flood plains plus the lack of dredging is a relatively recent activity which has had local residents alarmed and vocal for for a while now , 20 years to my knowledge but bow to better judgement , the dimwits in officialdom have chosen to turn a blind eye and now it’s biting them in the backside . Those responsible for this fiasco will without doubt be bricking it with good cause at the moment , meanwhile backing millions of pounds of taxpayers money to foreign relief/bribery whilst letting their own law abiding nationals bend over and get shafted yet again.
WTF are residents meant to do if the powers to be won’t listen ? Pitchfork rebellion ? It might not be rocket science but it surely isn’t the fault of those that see their properties and dreams ruined .It’s a [zb] disgrace ,more so that fellow patriots feel it right to mock them .Cant see whats so controversial, or indeed mocking, about saying if you buy a house on a flood plain you may get flooded. I do believe the clue is in the name. The locals were clearly so alarmed they bought a house there. Its typical of the blame game in this country now that everyone wants someone to blame, except themselves. Look how much water there is, dredging a few feet out of a river would hardly have made a difference. Oh and this aid debate is just a silly side show, the country has been told there will be as much money as is needed.
Get a grip Luke , have you seen some of the houses and farms affected ? They belong to families that have lived there for centuries , not your flash the cash let’s buy a house in the country mob .
Spend some time and have a look around the West Country at all the new estates around WSM , Burnham or Bridgwater , all built on flood plains and those in office couldn’t give a flying ■■■■ , looks good on the annual budgets with town growth and prosperity until now .
Honestly can’t believe how anyone can defend what’s occurring in Somerset at the moment .
Look a bit farther Luke and you’ll see your old mate Michael Eavis from Worthy Farm telling the clowns in government to address this potential disaster years ago ,did they listen ?
‘Defend whats occuring’? What defending the weather?! Or the government? Because Im doing neither. All Im saying is a variety of people bear responsibility, including those who live in these areas. Ive no idea what you expect the government to do on such an extreme event, maybe tow the clouds away. Cant see how you’re gettingso worked up by people saying houses in flood plains flood sometimes, and you tell me to get a grip.
LOL , Flood sometimes , have you seen some of the pictures/footage ? The people who live in in the affected areas are victims of the urban growth miles away from them , victims of government cut backs, victims of over zealous town councils permitting new build estates on flood plains miles away from them .
Me thinks you might feel differently if the sheep shaggers or bog hoppers were in a similar predicament .