tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post4932880662308551393..comments2024-02-20T07:06:56.933+00:00Comments on THE SKINNER: FloodNeal Asherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13933911904170752700noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post-4567097657674503362009-11-27T07:50:23.603+00:002009-11-27T07:50:23.603+00:00Ah Alex, it serves them right what with their coal...Ah Alex, it serves them right what with their coal-fired power stations, SUVs, lack of recycling, aeroplanes...Neal Asherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13933911904170752700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post-36942962372632366352009-11-26T22:47:39.183+00:002009-11-26T22:47:39.183+00:00From Wikipedia: "On 30 January 1607 the Brist...From Wikipedia: "On 30 January 1607 the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bristol_Channel_floods,_1607" rel="nofollow">Bristol Channel floods</a> resulted in the drowning of an estimated 2,000 or more people, with houses and villages swept away, an estimated 200 square miles of farmland inundated and livestock destroyed, wrecking the local economy along the coasts of the Bristol Channel, in what was then the Kingdom of England."<br /><br />Now that's what I call a serious flood.Alex Cullhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00138628377297964672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post-61329178175449325432009-11-26T09:07:51.701+00:002009-11-26T09:07:51.701+00:00Inchy, that's how it happens. So, when there&#...Inchy, that's how it happens. So, when there's a claim on the news that so-and-so place never experienced floods like this ever before (must be AGW) it's really because, well, never before did this place have a fifty acre estate a few miles upstream. Or maybe twenty miles of motorway nearby dumping its surface water into a river.Neal Asherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13933911904170752700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post-22436900409978991762009-11-25T20:17:27.554+00:002009-11-25T20:17:27.554+00:00At the end of my street is a newish (5 years or so...At the end of my street is a newish (5 years or so) housing estate where all the stupid people live. You know, the people with two cars on the drive, a Mini/Beetle for the wife, an Audi/Merc/BMW for hubby and cupboards full of Tesco Value beans because they spent all their money trying to look rich.<br />According to my local newspaper, the residents of this upmarket estate are currently involved in a legal dispute with the estate builder because the cost of home insurance for them has soared in recent years. It's soared because the estate is built on a flood plain and it took the builder 3 years to "sort" the drainage, but with the flooding that has become the norm in the past few years, their costs have increased dramatically.<br /><br />The funny thing is that almost all of the residents have moved to my town from further afield and are not what I'd call indigenous. All us locals are of the same opinion: "Bugger that, I remember when it used to be marshland".<br /><br />The lawns are tiny, there's hardly any large grassed areas and it's the world capital of monoblock.<br />It'll all end in tears.Inchyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05881822060745007191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post-72394228466578991012009-11-24T09:10:53.584+00:002009-11-24T09:10:53.584+00:00yeah the snow always makes me laugh - bearing in m...yeah the snow always makes me laugh - bearing in mind in New York they generally get about 4 feet of the stuff, in this country one inch will stop all the trains...Jebel Kronghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08649767649901897211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post-4856288212233800722009-11-23T16:17:02.933+00:002009-11-23T16:17:02.933+00:00Usually it's about one inch of snow that bring...Usually it's about one inch of snow that brings chaos. Then in the summer we get warned to put on our factor 2 million so we won't melt into a pile of skin cancer tumors. It's all rather pathetic.Neal Asherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13933911904170752700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post-45223095172572331562009-11-23T14:46:14.434+00:002009-11-23T14:46:14.434+00:00Couldn't agree more. It's the same mentali...Couldn't agree more. It's the same mentality that brings us the same headlines every winter: "Arctic conditions bring chaos to British roads!"<br /><br />Um, you mean it snowed last night? And that's headline news?<br /><br />It's in response to our 'demand' for news 24/7.Michael Stonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14362324064346137974noreply@blogger.com