Kendo Posted February 10, 2014 Report Share Posted February 10, 2014 It's been chucking it down for weeks and has resulted in terrible flooding and heartache for hundreds if not thousands of families. The thing I don't get is why do people blame the government. Yes I know that it is a Tory Government but are they to blame for global warming? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drew Posted February 10, 2014 Report Share Posted February 10, 2014 It's been chucking it down for weeks and has resulted in terrible flooding and heartache for hundreds if not thousands of families. The thing I don't get is why do people blame the government. Yes I know that it is a Tory Government but are they to blame for global warming? They could arguably be blamed for having failed to respond appropriately to concerns expressed by local people and in expert reports indicating that such flooding was likely unless remedial work such as the dredging of rivers was undertaken. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faraway saint Posted February 10, 2014 Report Share Posted February 10, 2014 It's been chucking it down for weeks and has resulted in terrible flooding and heartache for hundreds if not thousands of families. The thing I don't get is why do people blame the government. Yes I know that it is a Tory Government but are they to blame for global warming? I blame Danny Lennon, surely has to be his fault? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kendo Posted February 10, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 10, 2014 They could arguably be blamed for having failed to respond appropriately to concerns expressed by local people and in expert reports indicating that such flooding was likely unless remedial work such as the dredging of rivers was undertaken. There is a lot of finger pointing going on down there right now, but the fact remains global warming is the cause, no amount of dredging would have prevented this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Pityme Posted February 10, 2014 Report Share Posted February 10, 2014 There is a lot of finger pointing going on down there right now, but the fact remains global warming is the cause, no amount of dredging would have prevented this. THIS so much shite is dredged up on here and we seem none the better for it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callum Gilhooley Posted February 10, 2014 Report Share Posted February 10, 2014 There is a lot of finger pointing going on down there right now, but the fact remains global warming is the cause, no amount of dredging would have prevented this. Yep the wettest january since 1852. Must be global warming ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintnextlifetime Posted February 10, 2014 Report Share Posted February 10, 2014 It's been chucking it down for weeks and has resulted in terrible flooding and heartache for hundreds if not thousands of families. The thing I don't get is why do people blame the government. Yes I know that it is a Tory Government but are they to blame for global warming? I don't know about that . But , certainly , I'm warming to the idea. . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drew Posted February 10, 2014 Report Share Posted February 10, 2014 There is a lot of finger pointing going on down there right now, but the fact remains global warming is the cause, no amount of dredging would have prevented this. I'm no expert, and have to assume you are better informed (and also better informed by those who have claimed it could have mitigated against the worst of the flooding to some degree). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oaksoft Posted February 10, 2014 Report Share Posted February 10, 2014 There is a lot of finger pointing going on down there right now, but the fact remains global warming is the cause, no amount of dredging would have prevented this. I agree to an extent but global warming itself is a symptom not a cause. The cause of global warming is not 100% certain and whilst dredging MAY have helped until the root cause is completely nailed and solutions (if implemented immediately) begin to take effect we'll see more of this before it dies down. This is beginning to be the big issue of this generation. I'm far from convinced that we have the ability to fix this as a species. It needs money and science to do this. In the meantime those who can't help on the science front need to focus on stuff like dredging, building barriers and preventing twat councils from allowing people to build houses on coastlines, floodplains and next to rivers. It's a right mess and it must be a nightmare for those affected. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintnextlifetime Posted February 10, 2014 Report Share Posted February 10, 2014 FFS don't mention Climate Change global warming, Oaky will go off on one. . . .oops too late . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FTOF Posted February 10, 2014 Report Share Posted February 10, 2014 Whatever the cause is, it's an utterly horrendous situation to be part of. As I was viewing the clips of the flooding on the BBC website, I really, really felt for the people whose houses haven't just been subjected to an intermittent flooding of their property, but to a long term situation of being submerged with no end in sight. Some of these people have been out of their houses for weeks now. Imagine trying to balance your life around this type of situation. Some of the aerial footage, showing the extent of the flooding particularly in the conurbations on the Thames, is frightening. It must be soul destroying seeing the weather forecast predicting yet more rain and knowing that it could be weeks before the flooding subsides. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Dickson Posted February 11, 2014 Report Share Posted February 11, 2014 It's been chucking it down for weeks and has resulted in terrible flooding and heartache for hundreds if not thousands of families. The thing I don't get is why do people blame the government. Yes I know that it is a Tory Government but are they to blame for global warming? It's a natural reaction. Look at what happened in New Orleans when it was struck by a Category 5 hurricane - Katrina. New Orleans is regularly hit by hurricanes as in the majority of the American Atlantic Coast. Indeed Louisiana was hit by 49 of the 273 hurricanes that made landfall in the US between 1851 and 2004. Anyone living in that area knows that hurricanes are going to hit them and that they are likely to have their lives disrupted. New Orleans is also particularly vulnerable to flooding. It's six feet below sea level and has been flooded loads of times throughout history. Successive governments have even spent large sums of money on all sorts of engineering projects to boost flood defences. Yet when catastrophe struck and Katrina hit it was George Bush's US Government that took all the flack. If you look at the Thames London has always been susceptible to flooding. In 1928 14 people died when the Thames flooded, in 1953 307 people died when the North Sea flooded and to counter that £534m of UK taxpayers money was spent in 1974 erecting the Thames flood barrier, with a further £100m spent on river defences - that's more than £1.5Bn in total in todays money - yet despite that both current and previous governments are accused of not doing enough by frustrated residents who have been flooded. Tonight on the radio they are running repeat reports from Lamberth and from Battersea where various individuals say it's all the governments fault. You can't blame people for lashing out. After all it's easy to blame anyone but themselves. Perhaps I'm a bit unique but my Dad had it drummed into me from an early age that you should always buy a house on higher ground. I would have thought that most people who could afford the choice would do much the same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oaksoft Posted February 11, 2014 Report Share Posted February 11, 2014 You can't blame people for lashing out. After all it's easy to blame anyone but themselves. Perhaps I'm a bit unique but my Dad had it drummed into me from an early age that you should always buy a house on higher ground. I would have thought that most people who could afford the choice would do much the same. It does raise a reasonable question about why anyone would ever buy a house on the coast or in a low lying area near a river. It would be interesting to know whether people knowingly take the risk and if so why? Maybe house ownwership so ingrained in our brains as being tied up with our feelings of self worth that we'll take any risk whatsoever to get on the housing ladder? Has it really come to this? Mind you, people will pay out £250k on a house which they've bought from a drawing because it's not even been built yet so maybe this is the issue. Anyway - if it IS a ladder then it's a weird ladder where the rungs get further apart as prices increase. Having said ALL of that though it's worth pointing out that this is affecting areas other than riversides and coasts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faraway saint Posted February 11, 2014 Report Share Posted February 11, 2014 It's raining here. Should I start a thread? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drew Posted February 11, 2014 Report Share Posted February 11, 2014 I live on a hill. Who's the fool, now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faraway saint Posted February 11, 2014 Report Share Posted February 11, 2014 I live on a hill. Who's the fool, now? Aye, but your sheds in a wee low spot........................glug glug. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kendo Posted February 11, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2014 It's raining here. Should I start a thread? No, start building an Ark there are instructions in the bible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faraway saint Posted February 11, 2014 Report Share Posted February 11, 2014 No, start building an Ark there are instructions in the bible. I've a sair shidder, can you come up here and help with the building? If not, would a pair of water wings be suffice? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slapamythighs Posted February 11, 2014 Report Share Posted February 11, 2014 I blame Danny Lennon, surely has to be his fault? i agree,he has no idea how to set up a housing scheme..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faraway saint Posted February 11, 2014 Report Share Posted February 11, 2014 i agree,he has no idea how to set up a housing scheme..... Aye, wrong type of houses in the wrong place, I ask you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Pityme Posted February 11, 2014 Report Share Posted February 11, 2014 A short term solution has been found to flooding in the Thames valley..... Eric's gonna dive bomb into the Thames..! The French, Belgian and Dutch coastlines are at the highest state of alert. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pozbaird Posted February 11, 2014 Report Share Posted February 11, 2014 I live on a hill. Who's the fool, now? I live right at the top of a hill. Go one way and it's all downhill to Dobbies Garden Centre and Westerwood hotel, go the other way and it's all downhill to Tesco Craigmarloch. Nae' flooding here. Snows in July mind you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kendo Posted February 11, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2014 Panic over the rain's off and there is a rainbow out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanleySaint Posted February 11, 2014 Report Share Posted February 11, 2014 No wonder Cameron's keen on keeping Scotland part of the Union, at the rate the south is sinking they'll have to move the capital to Edinburgh!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kendo Posted February 11, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2014 Panic back on the rain is coming back with a vengeance. Hope Smokie's started building his Ark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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