Snippets about the floods

[NorthernRaider]

1 Thames barrier is shut again to protect central London offices, museums and other bits, this of course STOPS the flood waters from running down to the sea and causes it to back up and increase the flooding in the communities to the west of London.

2 The UK has had to go cap in hand to the Dutch to " borrow" high capacity pumps which they will try to deploy in Somerset ( 6 weeks to late)

3 I'm amending my prep plans again and trying to replot my B O routes at higher altitudes as its becoming clear crazy and severe weather events are going to impact us more often. I'm not daft enough to live close to waterways but I may have to travel through some flood risk areas.

4 Think its time some of us considered adding a decent quality inflatable boat to our gear.

In Surrey and Berkshire the news is reporting whilst many folks work to help each other, some folks are stealing their neighbours sand bags.

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5 [/color][color=#FF0000] A gent on the radio has just made an important comment, he said " If flood water is pouring into the aquifers the south gets its drinking water from, then so is the sewage from cess pits and overwhelmed sewage systems. Get your water filters set up folks.