The cumbria situation

Glaucus · 28 Nov 2009 at 14:02

Yamahahahahaha said:
The best solution to this is to build more houses in floor plains / flood prone areas. At least that's government thinking.

yep got to love it, and then pipe all waste water from miles and miles of tarmacked land, into a river. which then surprisingly floods lower down stream.

As to funding abroad I think it's a disgrace. That 6billion. Should be for our own infrastructure. Both nuclear, renewable and local production.

LoadsaMoney · 28 Nov 2009 at 16:11

Not imigrants, we've come second to those for eons now.

meghatronic · 28 Nov 2009 at 16:30

I'm hardly surprised.

Why can't we claim from the EU disaster fund (or whatever it is called)? We certainly pay enough into it.

Cookie-Monster · 28 Nov 2009 at 16:34

dont live on a flood plain , dont get flooded....

JBuk · 28 Nov 2009 at 17:00

Cookie-Monster said:
dont live on a flood plain , dont get flooded....

Yes, because only people who live on flood plains get flooded /scratches head

fadetoblack · 28 Nov 2009 at 17:34

I live in Appleby and the muppets over the other side of the river did not want a flood defence as it spoils there view. WLF?? And most years they get flooded ; ) but we don't as we have a flood defence.

scorza · 28 Nov 2009 at 17:38

You get 12.5 inches of rain in one night, then there's going to be flooding wherever you live. Cumbria is the wettest county in England, it's not like they wouldn't be used to heavy rain unlike the South-East.

People can bury their heads in the sand all they want, but extreme weather events in this country are becoming more and more common. Whether that is caused by MMGW or not I don't know.

Sankari · 28 Nov 2009 at 19:09

rypt said:
One could argue that it is the local and national governments job to maintain the rivers and prevent them breaking bank ... meaning that they are responsible for the flooding due to failure to have adequate flood defences in place.

Yes, but that remains to be proved. The flood defences might already have been adequate but overwhelmed by an unusually strong storm.

rypt · 28 Nov 2009 at 19:16

Evangelion said:
Yes, but that remains to be proved. The flood defences might already have been adequate but overwhelmed by an unusually strong storm.

We hear that is is "unusual" every time there is flooding