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The Floods
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Why is there no aid coming from those counties that we rush to aid?
Aside, why are we not hearing anything about the Whaley Bridge Damaged Dam?
Aside, why are we not hearing anything about the Whaley Bridge Damaged Dam?
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Hi AOG
is this another - an old man carps - "why oh why ......"
q1 - why aren't the Dutch and Marsh Arabs ( they live in low countries see?) contributing to the floods up t north.
Obvious answer - dunno - ask them
and whaley bridge - the reservoir is fullish ( as the dam wall is damn well weak) . They will replug the gouged bit.
but a better question is [whilst we are it]
unless they rebuild the whole lot - wont the plug in the gouged bit always be a weak part of the dam wall ?
oo-er Mrs - yes I think the repair will weaken the whole structure - or be the weakest part of the whole structure
so I dont know - dont holiday in the path of the Whaley Dam
is this another - an old man carps - "why oh why ......"
q1 - why aren't the Dutch and Marsh Arabs ( they live in low countries see?) contributing to the floods up t north.
Obvious answer - dunno - ask them
and whaley bridge - the reservoir is fullish ( as the dam wall is damn well weak) . They will replug the gouged bit.
but a better question is [whilst we are it]
unless they rebuild the whole lot - wont the plug in the gouged bit always be a weak part of the dam wall ?
oo-er Mrs - yes I think the repair will weaken the whole structure - or be the weakest part of the whole structure
so I dont know - dont holiday in the path of the Whaley Dam
Whaley Bridge inthe news recently
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Heard a S. Yorkshire lady today saying that the Rivers had not been dredged, as they always used to be, and local opinion is that that is a huge, major factor in the floods. That seems to me to point the finger at the Environment Agency - so it is self-inflicted damage and we should get ourselves out of it. I seem to remember that this was said to be a massive factor regarding the flooding of the Somerset levels the other year. Why regular dredging has been halted - I know not.
// Why regular dredging has been halted - I know not.//
some are self scouring - the ones that arent, er obviously silt up. The somerset levels were undredged as they said they didnt need it - I am not sure if they have changed their minds
Lord adonis ( for it was he) went down to the Levels when they were underwater. He was gonna tell the natives what a good job the govt was doing
but halted at the waters edge when he saw the natives on the other said really to cook and eat him ... ! sort of
and whilst I am at it
Fishlake
didnt anyone realise that it is called that - because the Monks 500 y ago, used it as a pond and kept fishes in it?
So the drainage characteristics are poor. well they know now
if you look at the current videos - the water still collected in the village seems to be higher than the river level ....and not really making much effort to drain .....
some are self scouring - the ones that arent, er obviously silt up. The somerset levels were undredged as they said they didnt need it - I am not sure if they have changed their minds
Lord adonis ( for it was he) went down to the Levels when they were underwater. He was gonna tell the natives what a good job the govt was doing
but halted at the waters edge when he saw the natives on the other said really to cook and eat him ... ! sort of
and whilst I am at it
Fishlake
didnt anyone realise that it is called that - because the Monks 500 y ago, used it as a pond and kept fishes in it?
So the drainage characteristics are poor. well they know now
if you look at the current videos - the water still collected in the village seems to be higher than the river level ....and not really making much effort to drain .....
oh and the corbo heckler
when the corbo heckler heard the Corbyn say that if the floods in Yorks had occurred darn sarf, then it would be a completely different thing - wiv people and bunnies running all over the place clearing it up
and the heckler lit up - yeah it was lucky it wasnt a fire innit?
censorship - more that is what we need !
when the corbo heckler heard the Corbyn say that if the floods in Yorks had occurred darn sarf, then it would be a completely different thing - wiv people and bunnies running all over the place clearing it up
and the heckler lit up - yeah it was lucky it wasnt a fire innit?
censorship - more that is what we need !
We have had a wet year.
A 200 year old dam filled in the summer to the point it was overflowing. That has happened before but not often. The floods in Yorkshire have happened before. Major Rivers are dredged, but the smaller ones such as the Derwent in Derbyshire aren’t even navigable.
We have predicted the country will get wetter because of warming, and so these incidents are coming more often.
A 200 year old dam filled in the summer to the point it was overflowing. That has happened before but not often. The floods in Yorkshire have happened before. Major Rivers are dredged, but the smaller ones such as the Derwent in Derbyshire aren’t even navigable.
We have predicted the country will get wetter because of warming, and so these incidents are coming more often.
//Why regular dredging has been halted - I know not.//
I do.
It began with the EU Habitats Directive. Noble enough in its aims - to protect the habitats of wildlife from being unnecessarily destroyed. Most member nations interpreted this sensibly enough and met its aims where practically possible. The UK went a little further. The real trouble began with the abolition of the British Waterways Board in 2012 to be replaced by a charity - the Canal and River Trust (though the seeds of that trouble were sown earlier than that). Responsibilities for dredging waterways transferred to the Environment Agency. This quango - whose current chief executive is on record as being in alignment with the policies of "Extinction Rebellion" - decided that the protection of wildlife habitats took preference over the protection of property. Dredging - it decided - was far too destructive to micro organisms and larger wildlife and so has been virtually stopped nationwide (apart from in Scotland, that is. They refused to allow their waterways to be controlled by the new charity and a State owned entity - Scottish Canals - still looks after their waterways).
I do.
It began with the EU Habitats Directive. Noble enough in its aims - to protect the habitats of wildlife from being unnecessarily destroyed. Most member nations interpreted this sensibly enough and met its aims where practically possible. The UK went a little further. The real trouble began with the abolition of the British Waterways Board in 2012 to be replaced by a charity - the Canal and River Trust (though the seeds of that trouble were sown earlier than that). Responsibilities for dredging waterways transferred to the Environment Agency. This quango - whose current chief executive is on record as being in alignment with the policies of "Extinction Rebellion" - decided that the protection of wildlife habitats took preference over the protection of property. Dredging - it decided - was far too destructive to micro organisms and larger wildlife and so has been virtually stopped nationwide (apart from in Scotland, that is. They refused to allow their waterways to be controlled by the new charity and a State owned entity - Scottish Canals - still looks after their waterways).
Congratulations in weaving the EU to blame, but you are very wide of the mark. Dredging is mainly done on tidal rivers, and it is not those areas that are mainly flooding. It might have helped at Fishlake, but the area has other problems. It was Fenland and peatbog. Over the last 150 years we have drained the marshes and built on it, and we have dug up the Peat. Compounded with flood defence schemes further up stream which have prevented flooding in major towns, only to transport the problem water downstream quicker to Fishlake..
The area had a months worth of rain in a day, and the ground was already sodden from steady rain over the last couple of months.
The area had a months worth of rain in a day, and the ground was already sodden from steady rain over the last couple of months.
I do think the waterways and environment agencies have a tough job. Like all agencies at present they don’t have enough money to do everything..... when have they ever thought ??
Rivers and canals have been left to sludge up and so many now rely on volunteers to manage them.
Where I do think no government can do everything or sometimes enough they could do more.
Rivers and canals have been left to sludge up and so many now rely on volunteers to manage them.
Where I do think no government can do everything or sometimes enough they could do more.
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