Who's flooded then?

Something odd going on here.

Work has gone MENTAL cos we're stuck with doing the EA's floodline "service". Everything else has been kicked into touch by it, and I spend my nights compiling stats on it for the EA to hand to that Brown person in Downing Street.

But none of you lot are saying anything about flooding????

Are there no noolers in that once lovely vale of engerland that's now a ruddy big lake?

Or have they all just been netless?

PS, don't phone floodline for help, it's great for information, especially when it's all kicking off like now, but no use at all if you need actual assistance with impending deep water.

Ok here than fcuk , phew.I live fairly close to the town centre which is all on a hill from the rest of the suburbs.The River Avon flows through one part of the town but no chance of the water ever gettin near my gaff.Bu then again , the drains could overflow :shit: nah there's a hill going down 2 doors from here

hull's a bit of a puddle, apparently. they're very cross because no-one else seems to have noticed.

the forgotten city

and donny's fairly soggy by all accounts. i'm slap bang in the middle of the two and not even paddling.

I spoke to my mate who's doing up a house in the centre of Oxford. His house didn't have a roof and when the big rain came he had to rip up the upstairs floor to stop the top floor flooding.

No THAT'S a shower

Luckily I live on high ground so no flooding for me.

We just cop the snow in the winter instead

PS But we don't seem to get snowy winters now

Suppose it makes a change from the usual hosepipe ban

high ground for me too. overlooking the city.

monsoon like rain at times, but sunny intervals the next. weird.

Luton is at the source of the River Lea, so it's not big enough to flood with any real effect. I live on top of a big hill anyhow.

Did nearly drown cycling home last friday afternoon though Water upto the hub of my wheels, so that's over 13inches.

The news coverage has been a right piss take I think

Half of the North floods a few weeks back and it's not really anything major in the news. Then some rich wankers in posh Herefordshire and Worchestershire and some really, really rich wankers by the Thames get affected and it's a national disaster with hour long news specials.

I've got 8 inches here, but no ones complaining.

MAILLOT JAUNE. Yet to be caught. wrote:

The news coverage has been a right piss take I think

Half of the North floods a few weeks back and it's not really anything major in the news. Then some rich wankers in posh Herefordshire and Worchestershire and some really, really rich wankers by the Thames get affected and it's a national disaster with hour long news specials.

Bollocks. My house in Worcester had 4 and a half feet of water through it 9 years ago, and is about 20 yards from the flooding this time around. I'm no rich wanker. Ordinary human beings get affected by it too. The house value dropped 50% overnight. You want negative equity and an unsaleable property? Go live in Worcester.

oldmonkey wrote:

MAILLOT JAUNE. Yet to be caught. wrote:

The news coverage has been a right piss take I think

Half of the North floods a few weeks back and it's not really anything major in the news. Then some rich wankers in posh Herefordshire and Worchestershire and some really, really rich wankers by the Thames get affected and it's a national disaster with hour long news specials.

Bollocks. My house in Worcester had 4 and a half feet of water through it 9 years ago, and is about 20 yards from the flooding this time around. I'm no rich wanker. Ordinary human beings get affected by it too. The house value dropped 50% overnight. You want negative equity and an unsaleable property? Go live in Worcester.

Sorry to hear about it. Is insurance going to help out, and is it fixable?

oldmonkey wrote:

MAILLOT JAUNE. Yet to be caught. wrote:

The news coverage has been a right piss take I think

Half of the North floods a few weeks back and it's not really anything major in the news. Then some rich wankers in posh Herefordshire and Worchestershire and some really, really rich wankers by the Thames get affected and it's a national disaster with hour long news specials.

Bollocks. My house in Worcester had 4 and a half feet of water through it 9 years ago, and is about 20 yards from the flooding this time around. I'm no rich wanker. Ordinary human beings get affected by it too. The house value dropped 50% overnight. You want negative equity and an unsaleable property? Go live in Worcester.

Nevertheless, it only gets the big press when said wealthy tossers get flooded, regardles of how many actual humans get fucked over.

Never felt so grateful that everywhere in Bangor is uphill from everywhere else. We had the same rain that caused the last lot on the mainland, it affected about 4 tiny areas....which, admittedly, filled like small inland seas.

Rule 1 of house buying...buy a house on a hill

I'm thinking of selling arks with little Engerland flags on em.

Yep really appreciating being on a hill and nowhere near a river

Shedjacker wrote: Yep really appreciating being on a hill and nowhere near a river

Wait til we get the hurricanes and gales next year.

Better off living underground i reckon, but nowhere near a bloody river.

Aye , Burt , true.There was that hurricane in summer 2006 just 30 miles from here in Birmingham so yer never know

edit: or was it 2005? whatever , still you never know

Two houses and no need to work?? You're doing better than most round here, Tim.