Am I Just Being Naive

[teacake44]

If you live in a mountainous area near to rivers and streams, is it not a forgone conclusion that some time or other you are going to experience some sort of flooding, sometimes worse than other times. I can take you to places were flooding reached higher levels back as far as the 1890 onwards. There's always a price to pay for a serine view weather it be sea front or river bank.

[emmie]

not being naive, watching the news this morning many people who live in mountainous areas are likely to be hit, with rain cascading down the hill, and creating huge flooding, i feel sorry for them, as they were hit many times over the last few years, but if it's climate change then i haven't a clue how to combat that,

[Bobbisox1]

TC , if we flood it’ll be a miracle as we are very high up for the river to reach us but seeing the devastation in the Y Dales etc is awful, yes, always that price to pay sadly

[Cloverjo]

I suppose so, teacake. But I guess the risk is worth the view and peace and quiet. I live right by the sea, and the tides have looked quite threatening recently, but I wouldn’t want to move.

[Peter Pedant]

// serine //
a somewhat acidic term - amino acidic.....

[teacake44]

It is awful for your home or business to be hit, but you can't have your cake and eat it, as they say. A lot of these businesses do very well for themselves in the good months with tourists. There's lots of drawbacks living in a large town, and advantages, as per living in the dales. You have folk waiting and fuming at airports because their flights are cancelled, well sorry but if you book a weeks holiday were you need to fly in February expect a problem. Do they really want to risk taking off with kids and maybe end up in a pile at the end of the runway.

[emmie]

i actually do feel sorry for those who have booked flights, i believe it's half term so they may not be able to get another later on in term time..

[teacake44]

The point is emmie, they don't cancel flights for the fun of it. I'd rather have disappointed kids then dead ones.

[Old_Geezer]

What is naive is authorities thinking it's fine to permit building in flood areas knowing they are causing misery for many just so some commercial concern can make a fast buck. One wonders why they are willing to be so inept.

[teacake44]

That's a good point OG, but no one forces you to buy a home were they build them, you have to be responsible for your own decisions. Its not difficult to work out that a valley plot may flood.

By what I've seen on TV not many have made an effort to protect their front or back door with sand bags, this just being a basic protection that can work were flood levels are on average 3/4 feet, again you have to take some responsibility for yourself.

I'm dam sure if I purchased a home next to a river I would carry a stock of sand bags in my back garden all year round.