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AIBU?

To have no sympathy with Paul Daniels and Debbie McGee for having their house flooded

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ReallyTired · 14/02/2014 10:19

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-26184129

I feel more sorry for people in council housing along the river than multi millionaires who can CHOOSE where to live.

If you buy a multi million pound house by the river thames then you should not be surprised if it gets flooded. I don't agree with the idea of dredging the river thames as I feel it would destroy wild life.

I agree with them that planning permission should not be given for properties that are guarenteed to flood. Or if people must build on the flood plain then the houses should be built on stilts so that the occupants stay dry. My parents' house is on the flood plain and it is built two feet off the ground so reduce the chances of getting flooded.

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Minnieisthedevilmouse · 14/02/2014 10:56

Everyone you moron knows the risks before they buy their house. Rich or poor. Both choose to live there.

Much of the m25 area is a flood plain. Best all move out of London too. Just coz it hasn't flooded for a while doesn't mean it won't....! (Cue evil laugh....)

Op your initial post seems ridiculous tbh.

Tryharder · 14/02/2014 10:57

EEEEK.

Before you all flame me, what I meant is that council tenants will be rehomed by the council if their current homes are rendered unhabitable. Plus the council will pay for the repairs.

If you are a homeowner and your insurance company tells you to fuck off then tough shit!

nova1111 · 14/02/2014 10:58

Where we live (small town, miles from anywhere) probably about 50% of the town is in the flood zone. We moved here because my partner has a job here. Had it not flooded in the year we moved here, I wouldn't have even thought about checking what was/wasn't in the flood plain. We bought a house up a very long hill, pretty much the only one for sale in our price range that wasn't in the flood zone. Our house has flooded twice, as have most of our neighbours' homes. 1950's water pipes to blame.

I have huge sympathy for those affected, whatever their income. It's devastating enough when it's a small amount of clean water - takes about a year to get sorted. I can't begin to imagine what it's like when it's feet of filthy water at a time when resources for recovery are going to be very scarce.

ReallyTired · 14/02/2014 10:59

"It really is horrible and nasty to suggest that they aren't deserving of any sympathy just because they have had successful careers that have enabled them to buy a nice home."

There are lots of places where they could have bought a nice home. They chose to buy a house with a garden that backs onto the river. If the river is dredged then it will change the appearence of the area. The river wildlife would be destroyed and that would ruin the area.

I think that the enviormental agency have done an amazing job of controlling flood waters around London and Surrey. The present flooding is nothing compared with 1968. Millions have been spent on a series of locks, sluices and the Thames barrier. I feel its unfair to blame the govement for the sheer amount of rain we have had this year.

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HappyMummyOfOne · 14/02/2014 10:59

So its ok they get flooded as they are richer than some? You do realise without tax payers there would be no council housing and benefits?

Why should only those in council housing have sympathy and help?

Thetallesttower · 14/02/2014 11:00

Some of my friends have had their house flooded- it hadn't flooded in the 25 years they were there previously, what are they supposed to do?

It's all very well to say, look back to 1968- realistically, huge amounts of the country are vulnerable to flooding, what with having lots of rivers and um being on an island.

The town I used to live in used to flood frequently- they build sea defences, now it doesn't flood. I hardly think councils are going to prevent people living in established settlements that have been there 100s of years especially as we are short of land. Would you have said to people who live in this town it was all their own fault for living there for a couple of generations?

thecook · 14/02/2014 11:00

Do you have a jealousy problem OP?

tracypenisbeaker · 14/02/2014 11:03

Would you say that you wouldnt care if someones home was ripped up by a hurricane if they chose to live in a country that was prone to bad ones?

WooWooOwl · 14/02/2014 11:03

Dredging the river around Henley would not ruin the area anywhere near as much as flooding does.

nova1111 · 14/02/2014 11:05

Also, areas that were previously not in the flood zone, as per the environment agency map, are now in the flood zone. So if you'd bought your home say 7 years ago and looked at that map, you might well find that now it's a different matter altogether.

MsLT · 14/02/2014 11:07

So they had the nerve to work, earn money, pay taxes and buy a house where they like and now that it's flooded, the b'stards are going to kill off all the wildlife by getting the river dredged?
What reality do you live in OP? What do you want? For them to lose it all? It's going to be a rubbish few months for everyone. You need to get rid of that chip on your shoulder, it seems to be weighing you down.

LtEveDallas · 14/02/2014 11:08

Thanks Kitten,

We have our fingers crossed, but realistically there is nothing they can do, if it happens, it happens. They are not anywhere near a river, but they live at the bottom of a hill and in 2007/2008 the rainwater came flooding down it in a torrent. Their garden was completely underwater, but the house was fine. Last night the last metre or so of their garden was underwater.

The houses behind them though (that are lower down) had flood water and sewage coming up through the drains, so flooded upstairs as well as down . Most of them were living in caravans on their drives 18 months on.

I have a horrible feeling they are not insured any more - but mum wont tell me.

drivenfromdistraction · 14/02/2014 11:08

Well, until about 15 years ago, no-one even imagined that flooding was an issue - it was just one of those 'very unlikely' events like being struck by lightning. My parents lived next to a river, fortunately they downsized about 5 years ago and moved away. I feel sorry for the new owners, regardless of the fact the property sold for a pretty high price.

SilverOldie · 14/02/2014 11:09

Not very nice are you OP. I have sympathy for EVERYONE affected by this weather.

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eddiemairswife · 14/02/2014 11:09

Paul Daniel popped up on Channel 4 News a couple of nights ago. He agreed that he lived in a lovely house in an area prone to flooding and wasn't too bothered about it. He didn't want sympathy, he just acknowledged that he was very fortunate to have enough money to allow him to go on living there.

ReallyTired · 14/02/2014 11:10

"Do you have a jealousy problem OP?"

No I have a lovely house, which is not in a flood plain. thank you very much

nova1111 since the building of the Thames barrier and a system of sluices the Thames flood plain is far smaller than it used to be. In 1968 there was a huge thames flood. All the areas that have suffered flooding have been flooded before in recent memory.

Trust me the present Thames flood is small compared with the RECENT past.

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elQuintoConyo · 14/02/2014 11:15

You should be ashamed of yourself, OP. Very ashamed.whar a horrible, horrible attitude.

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JerseySpud · 14/02/2014 11:16

That is harsh OP

Whilst i feel sorry for everyone who has been flooded, i feel exceptionally sorry for those who have been flooded since long before Chrstimas :(

DameDiazepamTheDramaQueen · 14/02/2014 11:17

Aren't you a ray of sunshine OP? If I was as horrible as you I would tell you to feck off, but as that is a PA I won't.

VeryBoringName · 14/02/2014 11:17

No I have a lovely house, which is not in a flood plain. thank you very much

In that case, I hope your pipes back up & flood you that way.

You sound like an absolute horror & are obviously just posting for effect rather than substance....

badgerknowsbest · 14/02/2014 11:20

Nice views op, showing so much empathy for others ever thought of volunteering with the Samaritans?

I have very selfishly chosen to live somewhere with a mountain behind the house, it will only be my fault if we get a landslide eh?

MsLT · 14/02/2014 11:21

No I have a lovely house, which is not in a flood plain. thank you very much
Good for you. I take it you have ensured your house is situated far away from and is protected from every single known natural disaster? Fire, storm...

NigellasDealer · 14/02/2014 11:22

Clutterbugsmum · 14/02/2014 11:26

I think that the enviormental agency have done an amazing job of controlling flood waters around London and Surrey. Yes exactly London, along the Thames flood. The the troops are sent in to help.

But what Deven, Cornwall, Somerset and Wales who have been flood for weeks they just had to get on with it with minium help. This country exsist out side of London.

CogitoErgoSometimes · 14/02/2014 11:28

YABU and an inverted snob into the bargain...

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