Spare a thought

[O.C.]

My mates house in Cumbria was severely damaged by the floods in November 2009, it took about 10 months to completely repair it was a desperate time for them.

I've been in touch with him over the last couple of days expecting the worst (his house is adjacent to the outflow river from Lake Windermere) and all has been well, BUT, last night he contacted me to say they were flooded out again 

Many thousands have been affected by this latest situation and will once again suffer the results....my heart goes out to them all

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/weather/12035833/Cumbria-flooding-Storm-Desmond-record-rainfall-environment-agency-live.html 

[virginiajim]

I saw that on our news this morning..

[virginiajim]

A very good friend of my Mom lost her sister, brother-in-law, and two nieces in the Felixstowe flood of Jan '53.

[Charlie747]

It's not good news 

[PRD]

 

[Debs]

Why do people buy houses where it can flood?

[davetherave]

Why do people buy houses where it can flood?

Maybe they weren't always flood risk areas, originally it would have been fine but with more houses/roads built/ pressure on the local enviroment/infrastructure and the dredging of rivers neglected it's easy to see how it happens.

Really feel sorry for those poor people

[O.C.]

Maybe they weren't always flood risk areas, originally it would have been fine but with more houses/roads built/ pressure on the local enviroment/infrastructure and the dredging of rivers neglected it's easy to see how it happens.

Really feel sorry for those poor people

That just about sums it up 

My mates home is close to a river, he and several generations of his family have lived there for years and years