19-02-2014, 10:32 AM
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When we used to keep a caravan in Glastonbury one of the things I remember most was what Somerset meant, It was a settlement only used in the summer months and the population moved back inland to higher ground while it was flooded during the winter. So this idea it is a good place to build permanent houses seems odd to me. Also the idea it's global warming causing it doesn't add up.As to sending aid, well perhaps the politicians and royals wandering around in wellies could arrange some of their vast wealth towards helping the people ?
23-02-2014, 12:48 PM
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If the villages in Somerset are anything like the ones around me in Lincolnshire, many of them have, over the years, become infilled with large expensive properties, obviously owned by the wealthy. (I wonder how they got planning permission?...) These people can easily afford to pay for flood defences and renovation, but no doubt will be at the front of the queue when it comes to hand-outs.
22-03-2014, 11:46 PM
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Originally Posted by Julie1962
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When we used to keep a caravan in Glastonbury one of the things I remember most was what Somerset meant, It was a settlement only used in the summer months and the population moved back inland to higher ground while it was flooded during the winter. So this idea it is a good place to build permanent houses seems odd to me. Also the idea it's global warming causing it doesn't add up.As to sending aid, well perhaps the politicians and royals wandering around in wellies could arrange some of their vast wealth towards helping the people ?
I recall hearing exactly that Julie. How come planning permission was ever granted to build on an area always known to flood. Makes you wonder don't it . . .
22-03-2014, 11:47 PM
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Originally Posted by spitfire
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It seems that charitable folks are not global players, but a sniff of a domestic disaster ignites the urge to donate a Cock and Hen.
23-03-2014, 12:31 PM
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Even stranger is that locals to the area are well aware of the annual flooding in the levels and the fact that existing housing in the area was traditionally perched on the small areas of higher land in the levels. Also proposed development would require a "Flood Risk Assessment " to be prepared by a qualified engineer and approved by the EA before consideration by the planning authority.So how the blazes did consent for construction get through the system and who is buying the houses ? incomers ?. When I was touring in the area a few years back the one thought that kept going through my mind was that "this is a winter wet crotch area if ever I have seen one" and at that time no construction of note was going on in the Levels.
17-06-2014, 08:23 AM
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So, now it appears that the Environment Agency stance that "It is best not to dredge rivers because they will naturally scour clear", was in fact a load of total nonsense and a blatant excuse not to spend the necessary !http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-27867179
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