Wednesday 11 July 2012

Floods

Has it rained recently where you are? Bloody well has here. Thankfully the government induced 'water shortage' is over and we can use hosepipes between showers. (In case you are unaware, the cause of the water shortage in the UK is the lack of reservoir capacity. Whilst the population has grown somewhat, politicians have followed an EU edict to not increase storage capacity but, through cost increases and legislation to cause usage to fall. We need to be more efficient with our water because soon there won't be any due to global warming. No, that is seriously what they claim).

Needless to say the excessive bounty from the sky has led to flooding. Now flooding can have many causes; too much rain too quickly and existing water courses can't cope, already sodden earth cannot absorb more and so it washes over and the simple flat areas around rivers will 'flood'. The one the 'experts' like though is that patio's and decking cause floods. Well yes, because they too shrug off water.

The one thing we don't seem to hear mentioned too often though is the regularity with which planning authorities have allowed house building on known flood plains. Flood plains are those areas near rivers that are prone to inundation when rivers exceed their usual capacity. So whether it is falling for some obvious scam, like 'climate change', or allowing building in dangerous places, government incompetence and lack of oversight or care, are behind most of our problems.

And it's just started raining again.......

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