Do you think the floods in the South are more newsworthy than the ones in the North?

[oliveoil]

as Sky and BBC have all decamped and are LIVE 24 hours a day, all in waders and macs

yet Sheffield and Hull didn't get the same coverage

why is this do you think?

Like I said SaintGeorge my sister was flooded when the ground water rose out of the drains as well and no mention in the news, other areas took precedence.

Okaaay, and the reason you are aiming your posts regarding your sister at me are....?

(True 2shoes. The one that got away!)

Sheffield got coverage. The Hull conundrum was brought on on BBC news (Saturday coverage last week).

The BBC apologized.

My point is there are floods in the south that are not reported, yet posters on here want to moan that all news that is reported is in the South. Lets face it the floods in Gloucester etc are in the West country and posters want to include it in the south. South west is Devon/Cornwll/Dorest etc.
I looked at your profile Saint George and I am sorry if you have been flooded, genuinely so.

Oh I agree bgd, a lot of areas do get missed out. I think the general moan here though is that it seems the further south you get, the more coverage there is (usually!).

Wherever you are I think live 24 hour news coverage, with reporters who can retire to nice warm, dry hotel rooms each night is really a kick in the teeth for those living through it anyway.

To be fair - and I live in Yorkshire - the floods here were the main story on BBC News 24 for quite a while, and made the main headlines of all the national papers. So one can't accuse the media this time.

All the same, I imagine most trendies in Islington will have tutted into their lattes, hopped on to their aluminium scooters and forgotten it in an instant. Probably because they expect life in the North to be pretty much like that all the time anyway.

What does annoy me is how much more quickly the Government have agreed to give aid now. It didn't seem to matter when it was only a few grim Northern council estates and suburbs under water. Now that pretty places are starting to be affected, they are taking it seriously...

And yes, friends have mentioned it being on the news as far afield as Australia and Sweden.

But Hull wasn't!

Like Desi said, even the BBC felt they had to apologise and put out a special program because they just forgot about us.

Yes, even to us in Sheffield the Hull floods seemed to come as a bit of an afterthought story.

StG - I have compassion in my heart for you.

What floods in Hull?

@ aloha

gloop 

gloo p 

gloop!

Throws bucket of flood water in aloha's direction.

We could do with a little fishy or whale at the bottom of all that water UQD

StG - update on my friend who was flooded a week last Wednesday?? United Utilities have agreed to survey the locality to determine was has caused the localised flood. A hugh relief, as without it, insurers were threatening to not provide cover. thanks again.

I know, but I'm not very good at all that.

Look, it's Tewkesbury Abbey:

A__
IIIIII

Snort, I am liking the art UQD.

Excellent news Pan, glad to hear they are doing something. Hope everything goes ok for her from now on.

Like the little drowning person!

Is it John Prescott?

No sign of a jag so it can't be.

I would hold his head under if it was.

Yes, what is that fat, unfeasibly ugly fecker from Hull doing about the flooding.

I doubt that he's allowed to walk the streets. He might start a bow wave.

Well, he's probably doing nothing. As recent current affairs indicate he is no longer Dep. PM?

Or..he could be used as a dam??

Two Sandbags!

Good thinking, boys. Lie down, you fat fecker. The nation is depending on you.

Gawd no, if 2 Jags sees water he thinks he's back on the ferry and would start asking for tickets.

Although Pauline's hairstyle would make a suberb dam. Enough hairspray to hold back the Atlantic.