Amazing how the politicians and warmists blame global warming when it's the fault of the EU in banning river dredging. I personally blame the government for not standing up to the unelected bureaucrats in Brussels.
Really, Harry? I didn't know that at all at all. It's all down to the Eurocrats not allowing us to dredge our rivers? Well, I neffer... Anyhoo, I personally blame the rain.
There's been quite a bit about the dredging issue in the media, one of the most respected voices is Paul Homewood. https://notalotofpeopleknowthat.wor...e-authorities-wont-tell-you-about-the-floods/ Quite right about the rain and the rivers are supposed to take the surplus away, but they do have to be maintained.
Yes well actually it has a big part to play. 11% of England is now concreted over so that doesn't help either. The run off is immense. And nothing but clogged up rivers to try and cope with it.
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/dec/29/deluge-farmers-flood-grouse-moor-drain-land A different viewpoint.
Whilst it is sad for the home owners, I wonder if there at least the smaller builders in the affected towns will get a reasonable chunk of the work
Your link is right Chippie, no dredging is only one aspect and what happens upstream contributes to the problem too. One thing's certain, global warning, or climate change as it's now called, isn't the cause because equally heavy rainfalls have occurred many times in recent years. My sympathy is with those folks who have been flooded, particularly those who can't get insurance.
Both villages flooded but they are both on high ground so houses ok. Couldn't get in or out though as road was in valley.
You just don't get roadside ditches being regularly cleared out nowadays, & it's the same problem with streams,brooks & rivers. I was looking at some old photo's of me looking over a bridge at a river, taken over 40 years ago, it had two spans, today it has one,the silt has built over the years widening the river banks & narrowing the river to a mere stream.
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