One Man's struggle against the floods
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Woah, that is a lot of water. I think man needs to create a system to move vast amounts of water from flood areas to drought areas. We can go to the moon, this should be easy.
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For the amount of water lapping up round him, I'll bet he's pretty pleased that it's not worse. Hope he's stocked up with some serious tinned spam. Wonder if he's any good at fishing? Bedroom window anyone...Thanks for sharing Ziggy. Great photo.
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I hope that flooding doesn't get any closer to you, zigs. Stay safe out there. I hope the flooding stops soon. We've had some serious flooding where I am in New York state so I've seen how bad it can be. Good luck to you.
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Oh my - am sure that this is the sort of occasion when the owner of that house - if he is still living there - must wish he had invested in that inflatable dingy he had always be thinking of buying - especially as that is a seriously large expanse of water - somewhere where its not supposed to be and no way of leaving either - let alone getting out to buy food - other than by boat or rescue helicopter
That looks like farming or grazing land to me - which if it is - must be a truly devastating sight for all those that own the land there - as it will probably be quite some time before it is usable again.
Hopefully it won't get any worse and come further your way Zigs.
That looks like farming or grazing land to me - which if it is - must be a truly devastating sight for all those that own the land there - as it will probably be quite some time before it is usable again.
Hopefully it won't get any worse and come further your way Zigs.
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What happened is that, here in Britain, until 1989, the publicly owned regional water boards were responsible for all water infrastructure, reservoirs, river clearing and dredging, pollution control, domestic, agricultural and manufacturing water services, the lot.
People and businesses paid water rates to those water boards.
For ideological reasons, the far-right government of Margaret Thatcher decided to privatise the parts of the water boards which could generate profits, and dump the rest onto the National Rivers Authority.
Since then, we have had extortionate rises in cost for our services, coupled with neglect of water courses to reservoirs, which exacerbate shortages, and the NRA has been denied funding equivalent to cross-subsidy, which would have allowed it to continue to perform the necessary dredging of rivers.
It is estimated that the rivers in the flood-affected areas are 41% silted up, and this has contributed greatly to the flooding.
It will now take many times the cost of dredging to put the problem right, and that doesn't include the cost of human misery.
Penny wise, pound foolish.
People and businesses paid water rates to those water boards.
For ideological reasons, the far-right government of Margaret Thatcher decided to privatise the parts of the water boards which could generate profits, and dump the rest onto the National Rivers Authority.
Since then, we have had extortionate rises in cost for our services, coupled with neglect of water courses to reservoirs, which exacerbate shortages, and the NRA has been denied funding equivalent to cross-subsidy, which would have allowed it to continue to perform the necessary dredging of rivers.
It is estimated that the rivers in the flood-affected areas are 41% silted up, and this has contributed greatly to the flooding.
It will now take many times the cost of dredging to put the problem right, and that doesn't include the cost of human misery.
Penny wise, pound foolish.
Agreed, there are people starving in Africa because they don't have water for crops and livestock. With all the new things being invented on a daily basis, you would think that they would have come up with a way to transport water to drought areas.
Whatever happened to cloud seeing? They need water in California, too.
Zigs, quit hoarding!!
Zigs, quit hoarding!!
I'm still seeing clouds
You're more than welcome to it I did suggest we all fill up our plastic bottles instead of putting them out on recycling day, and post them to California
You're more than welcome to it
I did suggest we all fill up our plastic bottles instead of putting them out on recycling day, and post them to California
But.. I'm in WI, USA (under 4 ft of snow) How far can you throw?
How far can you throw?
Yep, I'm in the center, but I am only about 3 miles from Lake Michigan which is huge. I'm probably 50 above the water level, at least. The rivers here still flood though because they don't empty into the lake they go down to the gulf of mexico.
Last night they said all of the Great Lakes were 90% frozen. That's very unusual because of their size.
If I drove for 74 hours I could get close to one of the oceans!
Last night they said all of the Great Lakes were 90% frozen. That's very unusual because of their size.
If I drove for 74 hours I could get close to one of the oceans!