must be hell living in a flood zone

that pub in York, The Kings Arms  gets flooded nearly every year.

shouldn't laugh

Dec 26, 2015 -- 10:28PM, RLKingPunter wrote:

that pub in York, The Kings Arms

Dec 26, 2015 -- 10:28PM, RLKingPunter wrote:

that pub in York, The Kings Arms  gets flooded nearly every year.

>Great pub that.

Well, normally.

wasn't one on the bridge,1/2 missing

check the diff



https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CXJ-0qIW8AASPKB.jpg:large

The King's Arms have squared up to the problem by making all the fixtures and fittings removable.

No soft furnishings etc, but I don't know what they do about the beer cellar (assuming there is one)!

A block of flats near me has just been built.  When it rains heavily drains overflow.  They have  built a wall that directs the flood water right in to the front door.  Just waiting for the first heavy rain for the fun to start.

I got stuck in a flood in Naburn, York, back in '91.

Heading for a business meeting, and determined to get there.

Came upon the flood but reasoned it couldn't be that deep, so slowly crawled through it.

I was in my "Scirocco" which was very low to the ground, and despite due care it died!

The water was up to the sills, and a bus, and a truck, came through, and hit me with a massive bow wave.

Eventually I persuaded it to start, and reversed slowly, with lots of throttle to clear the exhaust, and was lucky to get away with it!

Very scary, and that would have been no more than a foot deep.

I know York gets it bad but jeezus never seen it as bad as this, lets just hope they get plenty of government aid

Was feeling more optimistic til I read this.... now I realise im up to my neck in it. :(

Victims of flooding are asking why we spend 12 billion a year on foreign aid when our own towns need protecting?

I thought governments were supposed to look after their own citizens before they start looking after the rest of the world.

Government of climate change deniers in cutting flood defences to the bone shocker.

I'd imagine it must be hell living anywhere outside of London and particularly so in the north of England.

cameron on his way to scene where sky are,

could come in for  barrage of abuse! Good

Government of climate change deniers

They don't deny climate change though do they?

They agree that the climate is changing. It's the idea that it's caused by man that they're sceptical about

When you get a waterfall coming over the top of Malham Cove which is what happened a couple of weeks ago you know its serious, its never happened before in living memory.

don't seem to be many muslims chipping in with the sand bag help
on sky,
helping others not really their sort of thing i suppose

"Victims of flooding are asking why we spend 12 billion a year on foreign aid when our own towns need protecting ?"

Agree, we should look after our own first, and also stop building new developments on land prone to flooding. 

Cameron up there today, so expect pictures of him in his wellies on the news tonight and papers tomorrow...... And sure the people up North will appreciate his supportive appearance !!!!!!!

them green wellies were immaculate

I assume Cameron will use the well worn political phrase 'This must never happen again'.

professor from sheffield - water engineering -  local cuts, environment can't say too much to government coz will be dismissed etc!!!  Govt  have ignored studies and advice from recently and way back - all pointing to this and what has happened.  Basically if is a giant fk up.

it is a giant fk up

I also remember when the sommerset dredging scandal came to light how 40 million was given to look after the voles etc  ha ha

but fk the human beings

http://www.breitbart.com/london/2015/12/28/the-eu-is-to-blame-for-britains-flood-disaster/

don't seem to be many muslims chipping in with the sand bag help
on sky,

Some of the stuff here is beyond parody

Our Kate zeroed in on one young muslim - funny that - but SKYISLAM is geared up for that.

Thanks to the European Water Framework Directive – which passed into UK law in 2000 and which is enforced by the Environment Agency – the emphasis has shifted from preventing flooding to encouraging it.

Under EU legislation, dredging rivers is considered environmentally unfriendly because it takes them away from their “undisturbed”, “natural” state.
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http://www.breitbart.com/london/2015/12/28/the-eu-is-to-blame-for-britains-flood-disaster/

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already posted it burton - did a little deeper if you have time

we had the save the vole 40 million farce in somerset and this is simply the repeat of it

Great article.

Just when you thought things couldn't possible get any worse for the residents, out of his limo pops Cameron with his new wellies on.