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Millions of gallons of water could hit the west of the capital, bringing some of the worst flooding in living memory.
An Environment Agency spokeswoman said: "The Thames will reach its peak next week and more storms and rain could cause major problems."
Originally posted by stumason
I have asked our higher up's if they can source a Chinook from the RAF via Gold Command to lift the gennie in, but not sure if we'll get it. Most are in Iraq and Afghanistan.
[edit on 23/7/07 by stumason]
Originally posted by stumason
People aren't panic buying, where have you seen this? Most reports seem to indicate a typical British response.
In the area worst affected by the floodwater from the Severn and the Avon over the weekend, some homes were left without running water and supermarkets reported panic buying of bottled water and food, which is expected to create serious shortages for several days.
Panic buying following floods
Originally posted by Chorlton
..One woman rings up and says. " I havent got enough clean water...
I did see on the news that one supermarket had a queue of over 200 people, mostly buying bottled water. When the store manager went outside some folk were selling the water to the rest of the tail end of the queue for £5. They'd paid £2 inside the shop.
Originally posted by Denied
People are panic buying and clearing the shelves.
Originally posted by stumason
It's all very well saying don't build on flood plains, but when 15% of the country is flood plain and the vast majority is within a few miles of a river, where do we build homes?
Originally posted by Chorlton
Ive always suggested that when building on a known flood plain, which IMHO should be a last resort after brownfields sites, they should build garage/utility room on the ground floor then the living accomodation on top of that.
But you aint never going to stop nature flooding onto a flood plain.