Flooding in york/cumbria

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Andy Meechan
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Post: # 107389Post Andy Meechan

Please help and support victims of recent flooding, people in the uk need help now!!!!!!
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lutonlagerlout
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Post: # 107390Post lutonlagerlout

how andy?
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seanandruby
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Post: # 107391Post seanandruby

culd be here
Not sure but think they charity appeal.
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Andy Meechan
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Post: # 107394Post Andy Meechan

If you look online there's lots you can do to help. Anything would help. Its unfortunate to say but I think there's going to be a lot more weather related disasters happening in the UK. Recent gobal warming talks in paris have got to be positive but I think it's too little too late. Read some info on PE website and it was quite thought provoking about as more land is built upon with nonpermeable surfaces it puts the surrounding areas under much more pressure. Environmental terrorism is often overlooked.

Hopefully 2016's better to the flood victims.
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Andy Meechan
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Post: # 107395Post Andy Meechan

Should of mentioned SUDS is positive.
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lutonlagerlout
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Post: # 107398Post lutonlagerlout

I know cookie lives in York
wonder what his thoughts are?
buying a house on a floodplain or next to a "babbling brook" may seem like a good idea at the time...
IIRC only 2% of the UK is even built on
with weather I do wonder what the answer is 5 years ago we were suffering from drought
but chucking billions at flood defences seems a waste to me as they are never good enough
better to actually stop developers building on flood plains
oh wait a minute they are the tories mates???
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Post: # 107408Post msh paving

cookie is on high ground, and away from danger, i txt him xmas day MSH :)
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Edgar
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Post: # 107416Post Edgar

For Cumbria I think the Cumbria Foundation is helpful. As a Cumbrian myself that's who I've given to. (Sadly I haven't lived there for 68 years!)
But I'm sure all the other areas will have similar appeals.

While on the subject the Cumbria Council have some interesting YouTube videos about the technical problems of patching bridges and in particular the Dunmail Raise road collapse. ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzlMXou8oXE )

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