Snippets about the floods

[BeardyMan]

(11 February 2014, 16:29)bigpaul Wrote: i mean, would someone really buy a house in an area that COULD get flooded? how is that being a responsible person? never mind being a prepper. if i could buy a house somewhere but i found out it was liable to flood i wouldn't buy it, i would rather buy something somewhere else that didn't flood but had a longer journey time, than chance being flooded, i just don't see the point of taking a risk however small, we seem to be getting more and more inclement weather its just not worth the hassle. i guess common sense really is in short supply in the modern age.

So if you've picked a house in the cheapest area for miles around, and it's the only one you can afford, you wouldn't buy it if there's a risk it may flood? You may be spoilt for choice then sir, but for most people we don't have such an option.

You have to buy whatever you can afford unless you want to rent forever. We can all wax lyrical on what we would or wouldn't do, but I don't think anyone has the right to ridicule people who have had to make the difficult decision. 90% of the Fens is below sea level, I presume everyone who owns a house their is short of common sense too? And everyone in Somerset? Everyone who lives near a river....