Reply to: Politician shows signs of amnesia

[bobspud]

Yep. WGAF if London floods?

We waste a whole load of money every year on crap why not stop buying the crap we don't need and put the money where it is needed… So Out with war planes and stuff that kills people. in with roads and flood defences.
out with committees of politicians moaning about tax avoidance while getting screwed by Google, Amazon and Starbucks: in with proper school meals and play areas for our children…

Im sure you get the idea.

[bobspud]

My point is that it may well be cheaper to relocate that factory and all the rest than to try and prevent it flooding under extreme conditions such as we've just seen.

Actually the cheapest thing to do is dredge the drainage ditches so that all but the worst years are not an issue. We are paying for half the north to sit on their arse and breed so still them on a bus and make them work.
They would lose weight, have less time to shag and best of all have something to show for their day…. :P

[minestrone]

Flooding is a devolved matter, with that the first quote is in all probability him telling the Scottish government to learn lessons, not a statement of intent or an kind of promise as to how future flooding in England would be managed.

[VectraMan]

You mean like the River Thames and the barrier?

Yep. WGAF if London floods?

[bobspud]

A bit of a stupid place to setup a wood flooring factory.

Perhaps the lesson to be learned is not to mess with nature. The Somerset Levels are meant to be underwater, so let them be underwater.

You mean like the River Thames and the barrier?

[VectraMan]

Burrowbridge has one of the only wood flooring factories left in England, their floors are fantastic and they supply many top stores like Tommy Hilfiger. however this will now be the third time that they have been through this nightmare.

A bit of a stupid place to setup a wood flooring factory.

Perhaps the lesson to be learned is not to mess with nature. The Somerset Levels are meant to be underwater, so let them be underwater.

[vetran]

The water was wetter than usual also!!!

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the wrong type of rain?

[doodab]

Burrowbridge has one of the only wood flooring factories left in England, their floors are fantastic and they supply many top stores like Tommy Hilfiger. however this will now be the third time that they have been through this nightmare. Dredging the river would not have save them this time but it bloody well would have for the previous years. We can't all live in London so there needs to be more thought in living with these environments

My point is that it may well be cheaper to relocate that factory and all the rest than to try and prevent it flooding under extreme conditions such as we've just seen.

[Ticktock]

No I am saying that putting some effort and strategy into maintaining the levels is a priority we should have not had to re-learn. More importantly it shouldn't need London and parts of Berkshire to be under water before these people get the message.

It's not neccessarily a case of having to re-learn, or of not having learned from previous experience.
Again, the heaviest rains in however long.

It's a bit like finding out that sofas catch fire if a cigarette is dropped on them, and cigarettes are being dropped on an irregular basis. So you treat all sofas to ensure that they no longer catch fire from cigarettes.
Then someone pours petrol on a sofa and lights it, and the complaint is "Sofas are still catching fire - why didn't we learn the lessons from the last time sofas caught fire".

Either you commit untold resources to build 50ft high walls along the coast to protect from all sea floods inluding tsunamis, or you spend less to try to protect from the sea-levels you reasonably forecast. Same goes for rivers and heavy rain - protect against all eventualities or protect against those you can reasonably expect?

[bobspud]

London is flooded as well.

So I suppose you mean some people/businesses have to live near rivers.

No I am saying that putting some effort and strategy into maintaining the levels is a priority we should have not had to re-learn. More importantly it shouldn't need London and parts of Berkshire to be under water before these people get the message.

[SueEllen]

Burrowbridge has one of the only wood flooring factories left in England, their floors are fantastic and they supply many top stores like Tommy Hilfiger. however this will now be the third time that they have been through this nightmare. Dredging the river would not have save them this time but it bloody well would have for the previous years. We can't all live in London so there needs to be more thought in living with these environments

London is flooded as well.

So I suppose you mean some people/businesses have to live near rivers.

[bobspud]

At what point do we admit that we're fighting a losing battle and let the levels return to being wetlands? Compensate the afflicted and give up worrying. It's probably cheaper.

Burrowbridge has one of the only wood flooring factories left in England, their floors are fantastic and they supply many top stores like Tommy Hilfiger. however this will now be the third time that they have been through this nightmare. Dredging the river would not have save them this time but it bloody well would have for the previous years. We can't all live in London so there needs to be more thought in living with these environments

[doodab]

At what point do we admit that we're fighting a losing battle and let the levels return to being wetlands? Compensate the afflicted and give up worrying. It's probably cheaper.

[bobspud]

Don't forget the bit where we cut all the trees down that would have drank said water once upon a time ...

[doodab]

i was talking about the amount of sh!te coming down from the government and the greens, not the water

That's wetter than usual as well.