New Posts For Thread: Does anyone here feel a lack of sympathy for all these flood victims?https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30195765/does-anyone-here-feel-a-lack-of-sympathy-for-all-these-flood-victimsSince the area has been vulnerable to flooding for the past 20 years....you'd think that any wiseman would've moved out by nowNot too surprising. After all, we're all in this together. Surely, you would help your fellow countryman in his hour of greatest need.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30195765/does-anyone-here-feel-a-lack-of-sympathy-for-all-these-flood-victims?post_id=542716179#542716179Not too surprising. After all, we're all in this together. Surely, you would help your fellow countryman in his hour of greatest need.Thu, 18 Dec 2014 17:28:36 -0600Owners of some of Britain's costliest homes will benefit from subsidised flood insurance, the Government has announced.The state-backed "Flood Re" scheme, which guarantees affordable insurance for households in flood-prone areas, will include properthttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30195765/does-anyone-here-feel-a-lack-of-sympathy-for-all-these-flood-victims?post_id=542714525#542714525Owners of some of Britain's costliest homes will benefit from subsidised flood insurance, the Government has announced.The state-backed "Flood Re" scheme, which guarantees affordable insurance for households in flood-prone areas, will include propertThu, 18 Dec 2014 15:53:32 -0600Yes, GAZO. Dredging is a big issue.600 yards from me at Longaller is a working mill - the water drives a turbine to provide the electricity for a few houses around it. The owners said they'd been petitioning the Environment Agency for years to be allhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30195765/does-anyone-here-feel-a-lack-of-sympathy-for-all-these-flood-victims?post_id=537851065#537851065Yes, GAZO. Dredging is a big issue.600 yards from me at Longaller is a working mill - the water drives a turbine to provide the electricity for a few houses around it. The owners said they'd been petitioning the Environment Agency for years to be allFri, 07 Feb 2014 07:55:31 -0600I live 600 yards from the Tone, though not on the Levels. There's zero risk of flooding here. But the chap who farms the fields beside the river lost his potato crop in the more intense and deeper floods of summer 2012, because he couldn't get in tohttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30195765/does-anyone-here-feel-a-lack-of-sympathy-for-all-these-flood-victims?post_id=537851017#537851017I live 600 yards from the Tone, though not on the Levels. There's zero risk of flooding here. But the chap who farms the fields beside the river lost his potato crop in the more intense and deeper floods of summer 2012, because he couldn't get in toFri, 07 Feb 2014 07:51:23 -0600those in somerset said they were used to the area flooding most years but since they stopped dredging it was reaching their homeshttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30195765/does-anyone-here-feel-a-lack-of-sympathy-for-all-these-flood-victims?post_id=537850851#537850851those in somerset said they were used to the area flooding most years but since they stopped dredging it was reaching their homesFri, 07 Feb 2014 07:41:55 -0600Ah yes, I thought I'd inherited that opinion from somewhere, it was you, even if I did fk it up in the paraphrasing. What you said, then. Hear hear.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30195765/does-anyone-here-feel-a-lack-of-sympathy-for-all-these-flood-victims?post_id=537850729#537850729Ah yes, I thought I'd inherited that opinion from somewhere, it was you, even if I did fk it up in the paraphrasing. What you said, then. Hear hear.Fri, 07 Feb 2014 07:36:47 -0600Almost, Ken. In fact it's insurance companies' other customers who have been subsidizing them, through higher premiums.Annoys me, as I would like to buy one of these properties, particularly an older one with land, and give it a go. Get rid of cheap,https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30195765/does-anyone-here-feel-a-lack-of-sympathy-for-all-these-flood-victims?post_id=537850621#537850621Almost, Ken. In fact it's insurance companies' other customers who have been subsidizing them, through higher premiums.Annoys me, as I would like to buy one of these properties, particularly an older one with land, and give it a go. Get rid of cheap,Fri, 07 Feb 2014 07:31:48 -0600Insurance companies have subsidised people living on flood-plains for years.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30195765/does-anyone-here-feel-a-lack-of-sympathy-for-all-these-flood-victims?post_id=537847891#537847891Insurance companies have subsidised people living on flood-plains for years.Fri, 07 Feb 2014 02:29:08 -0600Since the area has been vulnerable to flooding for the past 20 years....you'd think that any wiseman would've moved out by nowhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30195765/does-anyone-here-feel-a-lack-of-sympathy-for-all-these-flood-victims?post_id=537847877#537847877Since the area has been vulnerable to flooding for the past 20 years....you'd think that any wiseman would've moved out by nowFri, 07 Feb 2014 02:27:02 -0600