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8th Jan 2014, 6:25 PM #601
UK still looks beautiful underwater.
What a mess thoughPity. I have no understanding of the word. It is not registered in my vocabulary bank. EXTERMINATE!
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8th Jan 2014, 6:32 PM #602
And I'm finally home :-)
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9th Jan 2014, 11:22 AM #603
Blimey! The sun is shining today. It's so good to have a nice day!
I've just got my handcuffs and my truncheon and that's enough.
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9th Jan 2014, 11:31 AM #604
It was blustery walking to Whitehall this morning - but it stayed dry so I'm not complaining!
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9th Jan 2014, 6:04 PM #605
I am currently waiting for the ghost bus !
I've been waiting here in the cold for 20 minutes only one bus has gone past - and that was full!
The traffic is so fudged around the town (Reading) that there are queues of people waiting at the bus stops on the business park. The buses can't get to us (because they take an age to get in and out of the town) and when they do get here, there are so many people queuing that they are quickly full before I get a chance to get on one!Assume you're going to Win
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9th Jan 2014, 6:42 PM #606
I'm now sitting on a nice warm bus
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9th Jan 2014, 7:52 PM #607
Home is home is home :-) .
A journey that would normally take under 30 minutes, took almost an hour!
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14th Jan 2014, 4:59 AM #608A journey that would normally take under 30 minutes, took almost an hour!Pity. I have no understanding of the word. It is not registered in my vocabulary bank. EXTERMINATE!
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14th Jan 2014, 1:18 PM #609
You don't want to be trapped in Basingstoke in the snow
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14th Jan 2014, 3:21 PM #610
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I don't like the sound of being trapped in Basinstoke...
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14th Jan 2014, 3:52 PM #611
He should try reading The Guardian....
Drowning in money: the untold story of the crazy public spending that makes flooding inevitable
We all know what's gone wrong, or we think we do: not enough spending on flood defences. It's true that the government's cuts have exposed thousands of homes to greater risk, and that the cuts will become more dangerous as climate change kicks in. But too little public spending is a small part of the problem. It is dwarfed by another factor, which has been overlooked in discussions in the media and statements by the government: too much public spending.
Vast amounts of public money, running into billions, are spent every year on policies that make devastating floods inevitable. This is the story that has not been told by the papers or the broadcasters, a story of such destructive perversity that the Guardian has given me twice the usual space today in which to explain it.“If my sons did not want wars, there would be none.” - Gutle Schnaper Rothschild
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15th Jan 2014, 3:05 PM #612
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So the gist is, if a farmer wants to stay farming, he rips up his trees and gets subsidised to farm; but if he wants to avoid being flooded out, he puts in more trees. And if he puts in more trees, he loses his subsidies. So if he wants to get back to farming, he rips up - oh
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10th Feb 2014, 12:03 PM #613
UK floods: Thames reaches record water levels
With significant parts of Wales and Southern England under water or with a real threat of flooding, just how cosy are you feeling - or have you brought out the sandbags already?
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10th Feb 2014, 2:14 PM #614
I was shocked to see the filed by the roundabout into Staines just5 being a lake. When I left the UK the other week, it wasn't anywhere near as bad as it is now.
Apparently we lost all power here on Saturday according to my Dad. Everywhere just looks so sodden and wet.
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10th Feb 2014, 2:30 PM #615
Loddon Bridge Park and Ride (and surrounding area):
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10th Feb 2014, 2:31 PM #616
Blimey!
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10th Feb 2014, 3:33 PM #617
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Where Richard, Jonno and I am, and where Darren used to be til recently, will probably become floodable if the Thames keeps rising. We've got the Roding valley here, the Lea river and Lea canal over the hill, and they all pour into the Thames. Then theres Tottenham Marshes. We have known Loughton station and high street to become flooded.
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10th Feb 2014, 4:12 PM #618
They keep closing the Thames Barrier at high tide; that will protect a bit of London.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk...y-9117673.html
And have a live flood warning map:
http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk...ds/142151.aspx
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11th Feb 2014, 9:20 AM #619
The BBC have this article up on why we're getting the wet and windy weather we are: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-26050452
The flooding is reaking havok on the railways.
Services were disrupted last night when signalling equipment was put out of action at Maidenhead.
Train operators First Great Western, say Network Rail has confirmed that flood-water is likely to affect track-side signalling and safety equipment this morning and they will only be able to run four trains an hour between Paddington and Reading in each direction. This is around a fifth of the services that would normally be scheduled.
They strongly advise customers not to travel unless it is absolutely necessary, and to consider alternative routes.Assume you're going to Win
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11th Feb 2014, 10:33 AM #620
The BBC reports that Magician Paul Daniels, has now left his home in Wargrave, Berkshire, which is surrounded by water but not actually flooded.
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11th Feb 2014, 2:58 PM #621
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Last edited by Stuart Wallis; 12th Feb 2014 at 2:41 PM.
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12th Feb 2014, 1:15 PM #622
A ‘red’ weather warning has been issued by the Met Office as parts of the UK prepare to be hit by winds of up to 100mph.
West Wales and north-west England are battening down the hatches ahead of gusts of between 80 and 100mph, while large waves could affect other coastal areas.
Yesterday the prime minister warned the worst of the weather was yet to arrive, and 70mm (2.75in) of rain is forecast in the West Country by Friday – more than the region would normally receive in the whole month.
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12th Feb 2014, 1:17 PM #623
Reading Gate retail park (in Berkshire)
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12th Feb 2014, 6:09 PM #624
The winds have been really gusting past the library all afternoon. There are trees down not too far from us here today, which is unsurprising. heavy rain for a bit but that stopped at least from around 3pm...
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13th Feb 2014, 9:15 AM #625
Saw a pic of a tree down on Nine-Mile Ride.
Some mad old Tory Lord was saying that these floods are a wake up call and that we should STOP spending on wind farms and solar energy.
Umm...?Pity. I have no understanding of the word. It is not registered in my vocabulary bank. EXTERMINATE!
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