flooding in the UK - again

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take a look at the helicopterpics ...

sorry if anyone here has been effected.

[Paul]

Its looking very Bad in Places, I used to Live in Barry [South Wales]
they got hit hard, Glad I moved, My Village is high up the valleys,
And "Should" be ok.
I cant understand, they are still building in flood plain areas .

Paul

[Shirley]

Just watched the news - it's unbelievable. I've never seen anything like it before, and yet in the same news story they spoke about a leaked document that says that building on floodplains will still be allowed - ridiculous.

My thoughts are with everyone affected by this awful situation. I can't even begin to imagine how sad, angry, scared - not to mention cold and wet they'll be feeling.

[Stonehead]

What gets me is government spokesmen saying this doesn't affect plans to build on floodplains as it would not be realistic to ban new houses there. (And leaving aside the issue of building housing estates on the slops above floodplains.)

Add in calls to spend £1 billion on more flood defences to protect existing houses on floodplains and you are lefting wondering which part of cloud cuckoo land these people inhabit.

Mind you, the radio presenters are equally daft. They were complaining this morning about being caught on the motorways without food, water, warm clothing or blankets. Er, whose fault is that? Then one of the presenters commented that you don't go out in your car expecting problems. Again, who's at fault here?

It's quite simple to keep a couple of bottles of water, some muesli bars or the like, a jacket and couple of blankets in your car.

But no, it always has to be someone else's problem. Grrrr!

[Millie]

http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/4 ... 7_gloc.jpg

[baldowrie]

as you know Stoney I also have bottles of water in my car, but I actually go one stage further and carry a small stove and kettle and tea and coffee. In the winter I also carry some biscuits, mainly to keep the children quite, or some other form of home made snack. If I going up to Stoney's in the winter I have some bread rolls or something.

My picnic bag is always in my car and always is made ready for a road side cuppa!

I also have a blanket in the back, number of times I have needed that for someone else in trouble is unbelievable. I personally have never used it!

[circlecross]

While I wouldn't say that I am prepared anymore (not organised - no time with two horrors) I believe in my car at any one time there are about one set of waterproofs each, two or three spare jumpers, there used to be a bottle of water, and my wellies sometimes live in there, or boots, depending whether I have been using them. This is just because my car is a shed and rarely gets tidied!

[baldowrie]

having twins makes you organised otherwise everything is chaos!

[Peggy Sue]

I can remember as a child my Dad always used to make sure there was food, water and a blanket in the car. We are a bit blase about travelling these days. He actually lives in Tewkesbury so lets hope he had provisions stashed this time. It's very stange the things we take for granted- I can't ring him(no electricity) or get there to see him as the raods are cut off, and I suspect the royal mail aren't delivering there. We expect to be abel to be in touch and not caught out

[circlecross]

when Carlisle was expecting freak snow showers a couple of years ago my husband heard on the radio that it was suggested that people should carry extra warm clothing in their car in case of being strandeed.
He looked down at what he had in the car by way of extra clothes. It was a furry crocodile suit fancy dress costume he was returnng for the theatre company.
He did wonder what the emergency services would think if they had to chip a six foot crocodile out of a snow bank in Cumbria.