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Thread #102813   Message #2109018
Posted By: Liz the Squeak
23-Jul-07 - 03:50 AM
Thread Name: BS: Everyone ok? (Floods UK)
Subject: RE: BS: Everyone ok? (Floods UK)
So far, so good, but it looks like we're going to get ours in the south east later today and during the week. The house opposite me is having a whole load of building materials delivered - I think it's Gopher wood...

Sympathies to all affected, common sense should be allowed to prevail but regret that this is not always the case. There was something on the news at the weekend about a row of houses that had been keeping the waters at bay with garden walls, sandbags and makeshift barriers. A 4X4 driver came down the road at stupid speed (because he could, not because he was an emergency vehicle or anything sensible) and created a bow wave that just burst all their defences and created damage where there had previously been none. Residents at the ends of the road were telling people to drive slowly but he ignored them.

Good luck everyone.

LTS