Worcester Floods 2014

[Banshee]

Me and my girlfriend took a drive down yesterday evening to see what was occurring as we'd heard it was getting bad down there and they were right

[puddle hoppers inc.]

its only going to get worse too!

[Banshee]

Originally Posted by puddle hoppers inc.

its only going to get worse too!

Tell me about it!!!!!

You around tonight so I can grab that oil?

[puddle hoppers inc.]

no mate, in bed, gotta be up at 2!!! will pm ya in morrow banshee

[Banshee]

Originally Posted by puddle hoppers inc.

no mate, in bed, gotta be up at 2!!! will pm ya in morrow banshee

No worries

[exosteve]

great pics. and is that one of the causes the debrie blocking the bridge

[Banshee]

Originally Posted by exosteve

great pics. and is that one of the causes the debrie blocking the bridge

It appears so, the water was just diverting round it all and causing the river to become ever wider

[Sweety]

Great pic's I think one of the biggest problems is the rivers in this country all need dredging & the government should never allowed houses to be built on the flood planes of rivers

[solarman216]

Originally Posted by Sweety

Great pic's I think one of the biggest problems is the rivers in this country all need dredging & the government should never allowed houses to be built on the flood planes of rivers

Did you not know that the Environment Agency has been selling off it's fleet of dredges as (1) they do not dredge rivers any more as it is better to spend the money on wild life conservation, and (2) they need to be sold as they are getting old and need to be sold while they have a value, one particular item is a supper dredger with only 3000 hours on the clock, Daily Mail a few days ago, OH and they then said not to worry we can hire in subcontractors , Rick

[Sweety]

Originally Posted by solarman216

Did you not know that the Environment Agency has been selling off it's fleet of dredges as (1) they do not dredge rivers any more as it is better to spend the money on wild life conservation, and (2) they need to be sold as they are getting old and need to be sold while they have a value, one particular item is a supper dredger with only 3000 hours on the clock, Daily Mail a few days ago, OH and they then said not to worry we can hire in subcontractors , Rick

I'm all for wild life conservation but at times action is needed our local burn bursts it's banks all of the time & even gets 10ft up & over it's flood plane & into the houses so the Environment Agency had a great idea of spending 1/2 a million putting in a second pipe for the burn under the road & a bit of landscaping by the bridge has it worked ? hell no now there are 20 or so £250-600K homes that can't be insured or sold due to the very high flood risks it's a no brainer TBH the burn needs dredging to remove the 30 years dumping of shopping trollies, bikes etc & there isn't much aquatic life in that burn as you often see oil slicks in the water & what ever else the factories further up are dumping in it

[solarman216]

Originally Posted by Sweety

I'm all for wild life conservation but at times action is needed our local burn bursts it's banks all of the time & even gets 10ft up & over it's flood plane & into the houses so the Environment Agency had a great idea of spending 1/2 a million putting in a second pipe for the burn under the road & a bit of landscaping by the bridge has it worked ? hell no now there are 20 or so £250-600K homes that can't be insured or sold due to the very high flood risks it's a no brainer TBH the burn needs dredging to remove the 30 years dumping of shopping trollies, bikes etc & there isn't much aquatic life in that burn as you often see oil slicks in the water & what ever else the factories further up are dumping in it

Ah but Mr Pickles says that all of our over seas aid is helping to stop our rivers flooding cos it is helping GLOBAL WARMING, now you can all see why I have opted out of this whole sorry mess, I am self sufficient with no services whatsoever and say stuff the system, Oh and I am in a designated flood risk zone! yea right load of absolute numpties, if we flood then the whole country is under water, Rick

[Sweety]

Originally Posted by solarman216

Oh and I am in a designated flood risk zone! yea right load of absolute numpties, if we flood then the whole country is under water, Rick

Your right there Rick as we are all living on an island after all but if you go back in time we were part of europe until the sea level started rising but there was no 4x4's then to cause global warming hmmm must have been all the dinosaurs farting that started the global warming then nothing to do with coming out of an ice age which we're still doing right now but not all is lost just another 64,000 years to go until the planets re-aline & hopefully earth changes axis yet again then we should start going into another ice age

[solarman216]

Originally Posted by Sweety

Your right there Rick as we are all living on an island after all but if you go back in time we were part of europe until the sea level started rising but there was no 4x4's then to cause global warming hmmm must have been all the dinosaurs farting that started the global warming then nothing to do with coming out of an ice age which we're still doing right now but not all is lost just another 64,000 years to go until the planets re-aline & hopefully earth changes axis yet again then we should start going into another ice age

Yes mate we are all being suckered by the powers that be to pay more for what does not exist, but not me matey Rick

[AlexD333]

Any closed and flooded supermarkets full of unattended veg oil?

Sorry, got to look on the bright side right

[bry]

I have been watching some of the flood area's on Sky News This morning.Some of the the people are chest high in flood water/sewage.And no official help.Just the locals doing whatever they can...