npinks
Member Since: 28 Jun 2007
Location: Ls25
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I beg to differ, building on flood planes with defences, means the water has to head towards somewhere, like the 25+ year old properties without defences.
build on a flood plain, means you have taken away a lot of the soil due to building on it, sinking foundation, covering soil with tarmac and block paving and area for the water to drain away when it floods is lost so it moves further down stream.
Building on a huge sloped field in my town, years and years of having a field there, no issues with flooding but the planning office give permission to build on it and seeing massive huge 7' diameter pipeline go in for sewage or what ever, the houses below are suddenly having water logged gardens and standing water. No other reason but the fact they build a estate above them and the water can't drain away so headed down hill.
The amount of rain, is effecting the outcome as we have had so much, but so are the councils planning offices decision to allow building on flood plains
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11th Feb 2014 2:42 pm |
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athelstan
Member Since: 03 Nov 2009
Location: Reality
Posts: 2658
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Coming from the Spectator it was inevitable that they would lay the blame for the flooding plumb square on a political opposition figure. Might as well blame some indigenous North American Indian rain dance.
In truth what's happening is a combination of many factors climatic and human. And many of which are not the fault of the actions of a single man or female and neither solely from the left, centre or right of the political spectrum.
Looking for scapegoats to ease the woes of those flooded does them a great disservice. It is shortsighted and does not put the nation onto the most swift and effective road to finding a long term sustainable solution so that such tragedies do not happen again.
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13th Feb 2014 3:41 pm |
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