why dont we get flooding top the same extent as the brits? (1 Viewer)

[rampz]

is it cos we havent had as much rain? or is to do with drainage or rivers or something. i guess were lucky in anyways.


typo in the title there.

 

[pete]

wrath of god, probably

 

[rampz]

wrath of god, probably

your right though. have you ever been to worcestershire? exactly like sodom and gomorroah.

 

[Scientician 0.8]

Yeah if we had invaded Iraq along with them I'd be building an ark right now.

 

[RSJ]

BRITS IN (deep water).

 

[theoootini]

i blame the taptips campaign. the gods are angry

 

[nlgbbbblth]

some builders tarmac-ed over a drain in north Dublin during the week.

floods.

 

[classic seanc]

We’s got more bogland, like a big sponge innit.

 

[Diddles]

800 years of oppression by the Brits made our land water resistant, like a duck's back.

 

[HMD]

My pants got flooded on the way into work on my motorbike because of a leaky seam in my rain gear. Now i've got soggy trouser until my manly groin heat dries them.

 

[cephalopod]

They have been getting a lot more rain than us though. Also greater population and more urbanisation in flood-plain areas.

 

[Space]

They have been getting a lot more rain than us though. Also greater population and more urbanisation in flood-plain areas.

Nail on the head. Way more and bigger built up areas.

 

[broken arm]

Nail on the head. Way more and bigger built up areas.

Also, small things like the recent fashion to pave/concrete over gardens for convenience etc. less soakage.

The new housing green paper says that they will still continue to build houses on flood plains. Why? (according to a government spokeperson on the radio this morning) because 10% of housing is already on flood prone land????

Lots of farmers are already losing livestock, some water treatment plants are being flooded so about 150,000 homes have no acess to water and the RAF was drafted in this morning to protect an electricity substation which feeds 500,000 homes......

 

[oh shit]

how are the RAF going to do that? shoot the clouds?

 

[broken arm]

how are the RAF going to do that? shoot the clouds?

shoot the raindrops back to god

 

[oh shit]

but aren't they in qatar shooting the arabs?

 

[broken arm]

but aren't they in qatar shooting the arabs?

i hope so.

 

[pete]

The new housing green paper says that they will still continue to build houses on flood plains. Why? (according to a government spokeperson on the radio this morning) because 10% of housing is already on flood prone land????

Because it's an acceptable risk?

 

[oh shit]

because those houses are for poor people!!!

 

[pete]

because those houses are for poor people!!!

like 10 Downing Street