We recently had some exceptionally heavy rainfall here in the southern part of the Lake District National Park in Cumbria. It rained for 2 or 3 days and nights, coupled with some strong winds to boot.
Naturally enough some rural village areas suffered from flooding due to the lack of proper storm drains, as well as having to tolerate rain water cascading down from the nearby Fells – including Scafell Pike – the highest mountain in England.
But then towns and some cities also suffered from flooding (Workington, Barrow, Carlisle, to name but three); and again most issues were due to lack of storm drains, or drains that haven’t been cleaned out in years; or the various rivers that run through these places, and that haven’t been dredged or fully reinforced as a form of flood-defence.
But what really is annoying – and this isn’t just a local problem – is how planning committees just don’t seem to care much about the issues of flooding when it comes to approving new housing estates, some of which are actually in or near floodplains!
All these councils care about is the extra council tax revenue when they sign off on the latest application for 500 toybox homes. The issue regarding possible flooding is just kicked down the road for some future council committee to worry about.
How the fuck they’re allowed to get away with this pisses me off. Plus they always plead poverty when it comes to “doing something” such as cleaning the storm drains, improving how rain water is redirected away from built-up areas, or building flood defences.
And then you have insurance companies dragging their fucking feet trying to wiggle their way out of not paying out on perfectly genuine claims!
Every year its the same old shit: heavy rain = floods = fuck all gets done about it.
Cunts!
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