Extremely Fluffy Fluffy Thing posted:

Seems to me the whole of the UK is flooded or about to be flooded!

 

I have been monitoring the flood warnings since late Autumn last year and I am still unable to travel to Dorset to visit my sisters, due to flooding, snow, high storm winds.

 

Reading all these warnings and alerts leaves me wondering - if 'flooding is expected' why is it that there appears to be no movement of 'help' until the flooding has happened?

 

If you know that a river bed is 10 feet below the river bank and the water has now filled up to 9.75 feet, why are we waiting until  it overfills before we do something?

 

Sitting back with crossed fingers, hoping the level won't rise more than a further 3 inches. is not really going to help.

Very good point EFFT 

It's up to you. If you want to live in a flood  zone do your research.

velvet donkey posted:

It's up to you. If you want to live in a flood  zone do your research.

Tis a fair point - you know which area floods . . . 

Sometimes even areas not designated can flood due to unexpected rainfall.

Problem is houses were often built long before any thought of flooding so it's only fair they are protected - it's often not difficult - use some of the fat cat's wages who run these 'agencies'.

I lived in wainfleet which was flooded last year, this was totally unexpected as the bank burst although nearby Skegness and areas around there have strict planning/building regs 

Saint posted:

velvet donkey posted:

It's up to you. If you want to live in a flood  zone do your research.

Tis a fair point - you know which area floods . . . 

Sometimes even areas not designated can flood due to unexpected rainfall.

Problem is houses were often built long before any thought of flooding so it's only fair they are protected - it's often not difficult - use some of the fat cat's wages who run these 'agencies'.

But rivers and flood plains were there long before houses!

I remember being 'informed' of such things as dredging (controversial these days) and having plenty of trees helping with water management, in primary school but I read an article which talked about tree planting to help with water management and the tone was coming across as though this was a recent discovery!

Looking at some of these pictures you'd think you were seeing a road crossing a lake rather than looking at a road going through a town!

Extremely Fluffy Fluffy Thing posted:

Saint posted:

velvet donkey posted:

It's up to you. If you want to live in a flood  zone do your research.

Tis a fair point - you know which area floods . . . 

Sometimes even areas not designated can flood due to unexpected rainfall.

Problem is houses were often built long before any thought of flooding so it's only fair they are protected - it's often not difficult - use some of the fat cat's wages who run these 'agencies'.

But rivers and flood plains were there long before houses!

 

 

I remember being 'informed' of such things as dredging (controversial these days) and having plenty of trees helping with water management, in primary school but I read an article which talked about tree planting to help with water management and the tone was coming across as though this was a recent discovery!

Agreed but rivers can suddenly overflow when they haven't in years

Some can change over time - that's what global warming is saying - a rarity is becoming the norm

I think the main argument is that inner city flooding can be managed better by sluice gates and upper farmland being flooded instead of at risk homes just being left to constant damage