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Cameron - Money No Object Re Floods
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I do hope he means for prevention schemes and not for Mrs Miggins to have her carpets renewed otherwise I shall be very very cross.
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Ed gave dave three opportunitie
13:32 Wed 12th Feb 2014
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The majority probably arent insured - esp if they have been flooded before. This is not an argument to open the coffers for fluffy carpets.... but
flooding involves being inundated with sewage - or worse but I cant think of worse - and so a public health hazard is also involved.
Towyn - which I think no one recalls - 60% were uninsured.
And so they just closed the doors and abandoned the houses......
which were uninhabitable
I would be happy to certify that children shouldnt live in a house that had its plaster soaked with human sewage up to waist level....whether or not people did it in the 16th century.
The majority probably arent insured - esp if they have been flooded before. This is not an argument to open the coffers for fluffy carpets.... but
flooding involves being inundated with sewage - or worse but I cant think of worse - and so a public health hazard is also involved.
Towyn - which I think no one recalls - 60% were uninsured.
And so they just closed the doors and abandoned the houses......
which were uninhabitable
I would be happy to certify that children shouldnt live in a house that had its plaster soaked with human sewage up to waist level....whether or not people did it in the 16th century.
/Is it only now being deemed a proper crisis because it's started affecting London and the Thames Valley? /
Possibly
and probably correctly
Though the situation for some people in Somerset is dreadful and they should be assisted, it is a relatively small number compared with the impossibility of flood prevention in that area in the current weather conditions.
A major flood in the Thames Valley would affect many thousands of people and preventative defences are viable.
Possibly
and probably correctly
Though the situation for some people in Somerset is dreadful and they should be assisted, it is a relatively small number compared with the impossibility of flood prevention in that area in the current weather conditions.
A major flood in the Thames Valley would affect many thousands of people and preventative defences are viable.
PP...I remember the Towyn floods only too well ::
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I was working for BT at the time and we had requests from the local Council to provide men and vehicles for emergency aid. It was a terrible time and made worse because of the average age of the residents effected, most of which were really quite elderly. But I also remember the relief fund that was set up afterwards, to help those who had no insurance. It was said at the time that most of these people were just feckless but it transpired that a lot of them were not able to get or afford insurance. People really show their kindness after a disaster like Towyn.
I also have noticed a none-too subtle change in the Governments attitude over the last 24-48 hours. If I was a cynic, I might think that its because the flooding has now spread to nice middle class areas, like Surrey and Berkshire, with lots of Tory seats in Parliament. But of course, that would be far too cynical, wouldn't it ?
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I was working for BT at the time and we had requests from the local Council to provide men and vehicles for emergency aid. It was a terrible time and made worse because of the average age of the residents effected, most of which were really quite elderly. But I also remember the relief fund that was set up afterwards, to help those who had no insurance. It was said at the time that most of these people were just feckless but it transpired that a lot of them were not able to get or afford insurance. People really show their kindness after a disaster like Towyn.
I also have noticed a none-too subtle change in the Governments attitude over the last 24-48 hours. If I was a cynic, I might think that its because the flooding has now spread to nice middle class areas, like Surrey and Berkshire, with lots of Tory seats in Parliament. But of course, that would be far too cynical, wouldn't it ?
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