"Not going to force them to leave" The point is, you're not going to *help* them to leave. People will just lose everything. Banks will be bailed out again.
I said 30 years ago, never build near a river or stream as this will happen and I a was right. We need to go back to the 1800s to do what they did with the rivers by dredging the rivers and maintaining them, this would help a bit. Same goes for the canals around the UK. The government should be saving this water for future use as we will run out of water, hence warmer summers and droughts.
Eco retards will never allow dredging, think of the fish or bugs or whatever they dream up, they want us to go back to the stone age before we had fire!
@@ahuman6825 actually dredging can make it worse because it allows the water to flow faster - and that can cause flooding downstream if not very carefully planned and designed. Nothing wrong with fish & bugs in rivers either. That's what makes it an ecosystem and not just a drain.
The top climate scientists working on what effects global warming would have on the UK specifically warned of increased precipitation (well over a decade ago). Add to this the removal of the speed bumps; wet lands, river bends, long lost beaver damns on rural tributaries (for agriculture expansion)... and the government(s) act surprised. Drastic measures are now needed before even worse hits.
these words also apply to northern Germany! we are all stuck in the same dilemma. here we hope for our young people who rebuke politicians. much strength and greetings from lower saxony. horst
Not a problem, I think, suddenly it turns out that every pub, hair salon, and taxi driver, knows how to deal with flooding created by exceptionally heavy rain; with all this good advice available it should be fixed by Easter!
@@theenglishtrucker1849 we use ground retension ''wooden piles here, they last forever, they ram into ground about a metre, and that save,s digging holes and only requires bracing over metre high
How about those homes and communities most under threat are helped to relocate? That instead of expensive flood defenses that may or may not work, we surrender the land as an area to take flood water during floods, and help fund those people to instead to move elsewhere to rebuild? I'm not saying no flood defenses should be built, just that in some cases we should have a program to simply fund relocation instead. Though I have begun to wonder why we have insurance at all...
A. Westenholz that would mean relocating literally everyone in Shrewsbury and the surrounding areas... personally I don’t agree with this but I live in Shrewsbury so 😂
@@holly_xoxxo8972 Would it? Did the whole town flood? Or is it even likely to? I'm honestly curious if the older Medieval part of the town (and then abbey) flooded, or if they built on whatever higher ground there was. I realize that the river has probably moved since then, but I'm still curious.
@Mickey Mouse We have infrastructure in place in major city's that prevent them flooding. Why are we as a nation not implementing that for every flood plane we have chosen to build on?
Britain being the third highest weapon trader, taking war loot, money laundering from third world all in d west inc uk but cannot help their own people with it? Where does it all go?
I feel so so sorry for you all! I dont know how you cope. I think I would crack up if it happened to me. Fair play to you for your patience and resilience!!
Don't worry from now on they have be assigned to the kitchen to cook hearty meals for the manly reporters after the have been out risking life and limb to bring us the latest updates on disasters in the UK. Andy England 🇬🇧
These people don't have insurance anymore, because no one will insure. No one will buy their houses off them. You need a job, money, housing and a community to move away. It's absolutely not that simple. Don't blame the people.
The most long term effective way to protect homes built in the Flood Planes is to make it #Mandatory by #Law that developers Raise the land before building on it, common sense really.
That wont help as much as you think, this is why in NL we have given floodplains back to nature so we can purposely flood THAT area iso trying to make higher barriers that will only speed the water up and cause problems elsewhere. Floodplains gonna flood.....
Don't build any more houses next to any main rivers,in the country this climate change has affected many houses ,to flood for to long,we are having more rain in winter,than we have ever had ,i work in the building trade,and it's been a long time since we have had a bad winter and plenty of snow,all caused by climate change
All these instant hydrology experts. What will be the effect of raising the level of a flood plain when the river is full of water and it can't flood over the newly raised flood plain?
Most of London is below sea level so how about abandoning that. most of the Netherlands is below sea level also but they manage ok surprisingly 🤔 Evet cooper removed the planning restrictions that stopped people building houses on flood planes while she was a minister in the Labour Party. ( ps it’s very cold and snowing today )
Lee J start dredging properly every year and start thinking about humans houses instead of pandering to the conservationist nutty lobby. stop building on areas that will flood !
i am near a town and they are in a flood plain, and they have had a business that has its car park completely flooded out, and also they build a care home on a flood plain and again, all the cars underneath the property has been flooded out.
@@dgh469 lol, go and watch a vid on what the Dutch did with their land and how they became masters at reclaiming land from the sea. They developed the methods used today. Its interesting stuff. Cambridge in England was once close to sea water but the Dutch were employed to help claim the land in what is now called East Anglia.
@@johnlacey7126 i've seen many ... &, of course, you're right ... where's BoJo on this issue ? ... helping his Tory mates stash buckets of cash abroad !
Or you do like we do. Build dams, create areas were you can direct the floodwater to go to. Then you can even live below the sealevel. (The Netherlands)
@@ibanez2607 well, as far as i know .. you did it after a terrible flood that cost many lives. Building the dams was not only a major national project but also very, very expensive. Lets take a guess what the UK, post Brexit, can not afford anymore...
Ragna Eyjadóttir that costs money especially when you can't sell your home due to being in a flood zone area ,most ordinary families can't afford to just up and move 😏
I wonder if the Environment Agency have performed any damage assessments over say the last 25 years, and what levels of investment have been made by the government/ governments have been made. 10 years of austerity and a 5% budget reduction by every government department since the new cabinet was formed, suggest COMPLACENCY.
The complacency towards the urgent need goes back far longer than 10 years unfortunately. Much like the risk caused by fire regs for buildings not being updated by government. Westminister, devolved govs & councils and authorities across the UK have failed to deal with flood defense and disaster planning. It's all a recipe for distaster now beginning to unfold.
Neurosis I Agree on the whole, yet a lot of progress could have been made in the last 10 years. The widespread damage caused by this flooding is akin to damage in wartime. Total loss. This needs to be considered in the context of HS2 massive investment.
We should reduce population,, this will help cut down on housing on flood plains. No point buying property on flood plains if insurance companies don't insure them.
The minister saying they can deal with the flooding??? What have the government not prevented it is my question? People have been badly let down in all the areas which have been flooded.
The Netherlands made a Masterplan for the comming 100 years, not perfect, but its there. Does the UK not have a Masterplan????
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England s punishment for being the second most murderous terrorism group of kill maggots , carrying out genocide in the middle east and Africa, ever since WW2.
That's just what i was thinking. I live in a bungalow very near the Thames, but my house insurance isn't loaded against flooding, why? The bungalow is built on stilts and when flooding occurs it just flows underneath it.
Drill hole thru earth, instal big shower head. Whenever there will be a fire in Australia just open the tap in UK, no fire in Australia open the tap anyway lets them enjoy nice warm rain. Everybody win.
The mold is going to be deadly ...please help these people they need to be put in New homes thère are empty mansions convert them ...UK AND USA what are the governments doing to help the people affected by this horrible flooding
Simply put two things, cost and, ahem, best use of land. Developers will not spend more than needed unless legislated and more and more development is taking place with fewer garages (more like just a bike shed now). Putting garages under would have a impact on height and accessibility.
@@jimporter Well I think we are going to have to consider the overall long term cost of frequent flooding when building on flood-planes and damn well get over it! If the Government, Environment Agency or local Council Planning Committees need to legislate for this then that is what they need to do! If we have to build on flood-planes then we need to make sure we are building houses that can cope with flooding and that means having a ground floor that can be flooded when necessary and designed that they can drain easily (like a garage would), this obviously wouldn't be necessary on all flood-planes, those that have effective protections in place wouldn't need it but places that don't do need it and it is silly to build houses in places you know are going to be flooded without taking that into account in the design and architecture. Of course it would add a storey to the buildings, not really sure why this would be an issue in and of itself, they will obviously be on low level ground otherwise it wouldn't be a floor-plane so are unlikely to be particularly obstructive and the whole housing estate would be in keeping with the design so it wouldn't look out of place but those buildings may not be suitable for all residents, like those with limited mobility but if they can manage two storeys I would imagine they can manage three, (those with limited mobility are more likely to want a bungalow or ground floor flat which is probably not going to be built on a flood-plane in the first place). Ultimately if we are going to build homes in places that we _know_ will be flooded then we need to build with that in mind and while it may cost a little more to build and therefore buy the house at least you won't have to pay for all the damage every time it floods, it's not like you will be able to get flood insurance so this is coming out of your pocket and therefore it makes sense to pay a little extra now rather than a lot for evermore.
Miss Chief not going to disagree with you. Many councils and national design standards are stipulate 3 storey houses for better use of land so putting garages under would make it four, then you get into fire egress issues. Couldn’t agree more that thinking has to change. Even these measures though are not enough as these would still be other issues even if the houses are safe.
@@jimporter I don't know that one extra storey would pose a problem on low lying land (irrelevant of how many the norm is ;). Fire exits are indeed a more serious issue but that is easily solved by having an external staircase, you could even have a large balcony over the _"flood floor"_ with a metal spiral staircase going up to smaller balconies on the floors above and then have external stairs going up to the first floor balcony (for general use as well as a fire exit, who wants to go down to the garage to answer the door ;). My real point is that these issues are easily solved by engineers and architects if they just try, I'm an electrical engineer if I can come up with solutions of the top of my head I am sure civil engineers and architects can do a vastly better job with but a little effort.
@@jimporter If you Search this address on Google Maps: 42 Foxhole Road, Swansea, Wales and do a street view you will see an example of some houses (two storeys over a garage) that would be fine on a flood-plane, I drive past them every so often and while they could do with a clean they were pretty smart when they were built, although this isn't on a flood-plane but you get the idea ;)
I am not British so I have to ask this question because is killing me , did the Queen or the Royal family ever donate money toward this type of disasters ??? ?????
So glad I live on a hill... if you live anywhere less than 10 meters above sea level just invest in canoes. It's over. I don't know if it's just me but this looks more like the effects of a tsunami than just a bit of heavy rain, as in, it looks like a natural event; as the oceans swell up with arctic ice, it needs somewhere to go...
A lot of rivers had flood planes,it is the developers that are at fault.You can't force a river into a channel it only speeds up the currant,it only takes 18 ins of fast flowing water to sweep you away.Water is a great force when in volume.It is hard seeing people that can not get insurance to cover there losses.The developers and planning certainly have to look at future development.
@Lee J There would be quite a lot to that mandate, like mains services that were flood proof, access that was flood proof, provision for emergency services access at all times, and possibly a method for dealing with floodwater if it did enter houses. There's also the question of whether you want to keep the flood plain working as a flood plain. If the River can't flood into the plain, then more water is going to go downstream to the next flood plain... This may not be what people want. It's difficult, but we can't all live on hilltops!
@Lee J The Environment agency has to be consulted on these proposals, and they say that their recommendations are usually followed. However, both responsibilities and budgets are spread all around government bodies, National, devolved and local, so it's very difficult to get a handle on what's being done.
Now I live on a floodplain and I have just realised something. None of these flooding areas have weeping willows! Weeping willows are excellent for water absorbance, round my area we have about at least 100 of the fuckers all around the river bank, they grow pretty big and their numerous roots insure that they absorb a lot of water and surprisingly. Even though I live on low land my town has never flooded. In summary plant more weeping willows!
A: You can't get insurance on your house B: ok A: your house has flooded before B: ok A: your house will flood again B: ok A: your house has just flooded B: wtf what are the government going to do about it, where's Boris, where's my billion pound flood protection, what do I do I'm ruined, it's everyone's fault except for mine.
We never had these problems before the EU stopped us dredging the rivers.This problem is easily solved but no one is actually doing anything but talking garbage. Get the rivers dredged, just like we clean out the roof gutters & the water will drain away.
in leicester because we live in a bowl they dug a channel around the city to funnel the water away. the towns that flood a lot why can't they make a tunnel like they did with the machines that made the chunnel and bore right under the town split the river just before the town and rejoin the water way back together on the other side is that a daft idea
It'll be fine once Boris finishes the super canals from Scotland and Wales to help with the droughts the areas been facing! No danger of anything going wrong there or the government reneging on past promises to provide sufficient defences
Must be land sinking? Extreme weather has always,... been. Nothing to see here, folks.... If people build on floodplains? Sorry for individual owners but this is why Vikings found it easy to invade the islands People have lived on marshes for centuries but housing was different for them This why authority wants to form the shape of the people.. Get some good waders....?
Jasper Edwards 7,000 yrs ago was covered with forests the underlying soil hasn’t changed. See Scottish Caledonian reforesting for amazing work www.lakedistrict.gov.uk/learning/archaeologyhistory/archaeologytimeline/archaeologyprehistory
More people come to the UK needs more houses that needs more concrete and less lands to soak up the flood water . . . . Its common sense NOT global warming Greta.
Maybe time to look at buying Gondolas and make parts of the UK into "the Venice of the north"... ;-). Sad state of affairs really and it probably will only get worse :-(
"Not going to force them to leave"
The point is, you're not going to *help* them to leave. People will just lose everything. Banks will be bailed out again.
River banks will be baled
@@BeneyGesserit too soon
@@BeneyGesserit genius 😂
I said 30 years ago, never build near a river or stream as this will happen and I a was right. We need to go back to the 1800s to do what they did with the rivers by dredging the rivers and maintaining them, this would help a bit. Same goes for the canals around the UK. The government should be saving this water for future use as we will run out of water, hence warmer summers and droughts.
Gary Kinsella. It’s not rocket science man.. we all saw it coming. Build near a river and one day you’ll be flooded.
Eco retards will never allow dredging, think of the fish or bugs or whatever they dream up, they want us to go back to the stone age before we had fire!
@@ahuman6825 actually dredging can make it worse because it allows the water to flow faster - and that can cause flooding downstream if not very carefully planned and designed. Nothing wrong with fish & bugs in rivers either. That's what makes it an ecosystem and not just a drain.
Been through this several times. I really can relate to what you are going through. Hope you can find a better place to live and do business.
The top climate scientists working on what effects global warming would have on the UK specifically warned of increased precipitation (well over a decade ago).
Add to this the removal of the speed bumps; wet lands, river bends, long lost beaver damns on rural tributaries (for agriculture expansion)... and the government(s) act surprised.
Drastic measures are now needed before even worse hits.
these words also apply to northern Germany! we are all stuck in the same dilemma. here we hope for our young people who rebuke politicians. much strength and greetings from lower saxony. horst
Neurosis. Dams.
Not a problem, I think, suddenly it turns out that every pub, hair salon, and taxi driver, knows how to deal with flooding created by exceptionally heavy rain; with all this good advice available it should be fixed by Easter!
Flood zones may need to be abandoned! How about... Flood zones should never be populated to begin with.
Houses on stilts in the Future ! >>>> I did it and no more problems !!
That won't get approval from the Council take months lol
yes wooden piles nothing under two foot high
@@liten48 Id prefer piles made from Roman concrete. Just to make sure they stand the test of time.
@@theenglishtrucker1849 we use ground retension ''wooden piles here, they last forever, they ram into ground about a metre, and that save,s digging holes and only requires bracing over metre high
And then catch a boat to work 🌊
How about those homes and communities most under threat are helped to relocate? That instead of expensive flood defenses that may or may not work, we surrender the land as an area to take flood water during floods, and help fund those people to instead to move elsewhere to rebuild? I'm not saying no flood defenses should be built, just that in some cases we should have a program to simply fund relocation instead.
Though I have begun to wonder why we have insurance at all...
A. Westenholz that would mean relocating literally everyone in Shrewsbury and the surrounding areas... personally I don’t agree with this but I live in Shrewsbury so 😂
@@holly_xoxxo8972 Would it? Did the whole town flood? Or is it even likely to? I'm honestly curious if the older Medieval part of the town (and then abbey) flooded, or if they built on whatever higher ground there was. I realize that the river has probably moved since then, but I'm still curious.
A swirl of toxins and household chemicals, pesticides and sewage. Cheers 🥂
planners need to be held responsible for allowing buildings that do not work with floods
High speed rail links and sprucing up Big Ben priorities, meanwhile these people just get used to flooding.
@Mickey Mouse We have infrastructure in place in major city's that prevent them flooding. Why are we as a nation not implementing that for every flood plane we have chosen to build on?
@Mickey Mouse Clearly their point went three miles over your fucking head.
Feel extremely sorry for these people...no one will buy there houses or get insurances...this will definitely happen again.
It's called adaptation and relocation
Britain being the third highest weapon trader, taking war loot, money laundering from third world all in d west inc uk but cannot help their own people with it? Where does it all go?
B Anjum thay are trying to get over the ice wall (antartic)that surrounds the flat stationery earth thst is not in space
I feel so so sorry for you all! I dont know how you cope. I think I would crack up if it happened to me. Fair play to you for your patience and resilience!!
If you’re going to build houses on flood plains make sure they can float? They do in Holland and a lot of that land is reclaimed.
Please quit assigning delicate women reporters to flood stories.
Don't worry from now on they have be assigned to the kitchen to cook hearty meals for the manly reporters after the have been out risking life and limb to bring us the latest updates on disasters in the UK. Andy England 🇬🇧
Wow great video Keep up the good work
6:19 Ironic
Refreshing to see Mother Earth fighting vigorously attempting to shed the parasitic scourge of the human creature off its back.
You shouldn’t build in a floodplain. It’s really quite simple.
What are you going on about. Andy England 🇬🇧
stop culling the trees and clean the drains ...instead of blaming the weather
I would up and move if that was me. So that if it's going to keep happening !
Easier said than done though! If the houses are put up for sale, who on earth will buy them, I wouldn't!
@@veganvixenhelen lots of people do, because they are cheap, it is crazy
These people don't have insurance anymore, because no one will insure. No one will buy their houses off them. You need a job, money, housing and a community to move away. It's absolutely not that simple. Don't blame the people.
People can't afford to move as their property won't be sellable due to flood risks !! Would you want to bye it .
People can't sell their homes, can't get insured, between a rock and a hard place
The most long term effective way to protect homes built in the Flood Planes is to make it #Mandatory by #Law that developers Raise the land before building on it, common sense really.
That wont help as much as you think, this is why in NL we have given floodplains back to nature so we can purposely flood THAT area iso trying to make higher barriers that will only speed the water up and cause problems elsewhere. Floodplains gonna flood.....
Don't build any more houses next to any main rivers,in the country this climate change has affected many houses ,to flood for to long,we are having more rain in winter,than we have ever had ,i work in the building trade,and it's been a long time since we have had a bad winter and plenty of snow,all caused by climate change
@@wernerz8314 You make a valid point.
@Mickey Mouse what's wrong with comment, try explaining yourself
All these instant hydrology experts. What will be the effect of raising the level of a flood plain when the river is full of water and it can't flood over the newly raised flood plain?
Most of London is below sea level so how about abandoning that.
most of the Netherlands is below sea level also but they manage ok surprisingly 🤔
Evet cooper removed the planning restrictions that stopped people building houses on flood planes while she was a minister in the Labour Party.
( ps it’s very cold and snowing today )
Lee J start dredging properly every year and start thinking about humans houses instead of pandering to the conservationist nutty lobby.
stop building on areas that will flood !
The Dutch build houses that float, they are not boats, they are actual floating houses.
This is a no-brainer, Don't build on flood plains.
"Brains"? never heard of them!
Venice now.
u get English Refugees this days!?
So the English is to learn French now? 😂😐
@@بینام-ذ6ض No point you already know English. 😁
Stop the blame game and grow up !!
I remember few years back how the south laughed at the north for the flood 😂😂😂😂😂😂I live in the north
when are people going to accept that a warmer atmosphere carries more moisture? Shocking that insurance companies refuse to insure some people now.
Well at least the fish and ducks are happy
learn from the lessons from the mississippi river folks
Yes. 1973 and 1993.
wtf don't you build garages beneath all homes, and ask the Dutch how to do it ?
i am near a town and they are in a flood plain, and they have had a business that has its car park completely flooded out, and also they build a care home on a flood plain and again, all the cars underneath the property has been flooded out.
@@beaulieuc8910 ask the Dutch ? ... 70% of the Nederlands is below sea level ...
@@dgh469 lol, go and watch a vid on what the Dutch did with their land and how they became masters at reclaiming land from the sea. They developed the methods used today. Its interesting stuff. Cambridge in England was once close to sea water but the Dutch were employed to help claim the land in what is now called East Anglia.
@@johnlacey7126 i've seen many ... &, of course, you're right ... where's BoJo on this issue ? ... helping his Tory mates stash buckets of cash abroad !
daryl H because I’m not a builder! Don’t blame _me_
They should ban building homes on low level land
So, you settle where you should not .. and nature gives you a hint to remove yourself from that area .. take that hint, i guess.
Well said.
Or you do like we do. Build dams, create areas were you can direct the floodwater to go to. Then you can even live below the sealevel. (The Netherlands)
@@ibanez2607 well, as far as i know .. you did it after a terrible flood that cost many lives. Building the dams was not only a major national project but also very, very expensive. Lets take a guess what the UK, post Brexit, can not afford anymore...
Ragna Eyjadóttir that costs money especially when you can't sell your home due to being in a flood zone area ,most ordinary families can't afford to just up and move 😏
@@ibanez2607 how sustainable is that going to be. You cant boss nature, nature wears the trousers
I wonder if the Environment Agency have performed any damage assessments over say the last 25 years, and what levels of investment have been made by the government/ governments have been made. 10 years of austerity and a 5% budget reduction by every government department since the new cabinet was formed, suggest COMPLACENCY.
The complacency towards the urgent need goes back far longer than 10 years unfortunately. Much like the risk caused by fire regs for buildings not being updated by government. Westminister, devolved govs & councils and authorities across the UK have failed to deal with flood defense and disaster planning.
It's all a recipe for distaster now beginning to unfold.
Neurosis I Agree on the whole, yet a lot of progress could have been made in the last 10 years. The widespread damage caused by this flooding is akin to damage in wartime. Total loss. This needs to be considered in the context of HS2 massive investment.
We should reduce population,, this will help cut down on housing on flood plains. No point buying property on flood plains if insurance companies don't insure them.
Building on a flood plane isn't really a problem as long as the ground floor is a meter above the highest known flood depth
Flood defence instead of scot-irish bridge... spend your money wisely.
The minister saying they can deal with the flooding??? What have the government not prevented it is my question? People have been badly let down in all the areas which have been flooded.
If that's your argument what are you proposing based on your knowledge of the subject?
Sunlit uplands, eh?
The rivers need dredging. There not getting done now and the rivers edge plants need maintained .
The Netherlands made a Masterplan for the comming 100 years, not perfect, but its there. Does the UK not have a Masterplan????
England s punishment for being the second most murderous terrorism group of kill maggots , carrying out genocide in the middle east and Africa, ever since WW2.
Fill the ground floor with concrete and build another floor above and have raised walkways for traders.
That's just what i was thinking. I live in a bungalow very near the Thames, but my house insurance isn't loaded against flooding, why?
The bungalow is built on stilts and when flooding occurs it just flows underneath it.
Absolutely awful.
Wetlands were protected once.
Time to build a levy
This guy is really good at blowing smoke
100 billon shy of a fix
0:26 Pug man!!!
Venice and all these places going under.
Her voice is so painful 😖
Real Estate advertisment must carry the warning ,,Black mold kills"
Drill hole thru earth, instal big shower head. Whenever there will be a fire in Australia just open the tap in UK, no fire in Australia open the tap anyway lets them enjoy nice warm rain. Everybody win.
Fucking genius. Get this man a Nobel.
The mold is going to be deadly ...please help these people they need to be put in New homes thère are empty mansions convert them ...UK AND USA what are the governments doing to help the people affected by this horrible flooding
stick their head in the sand like everyone did about climate change
not alot people have to start lookn after themselves, thats the reality of it
Asphyxiation due to water inhalation is probably going to be more deadly, but hey-ho
Why not build houses with garages of a flood friendly level on the ground floor so that the floors above are safe?
Simply put two things, cost and, ahem, best use of land. Developers will not spend more than needed unless legislated and more and more development is taking place with fewer garages (more like just a bike shed now). Putting garages under would have a impact on height and accessibility.
@@jimporter Well I think we are going to have to consider the overall long term cost of frequent flooding when building on flood-planes and damn well get over it! If the Government, Environment Agency or local Council Planning Committees need to legislate for this then that is what they need to do! If we have to build on flood-planes then we need to make sure we are building houses that can cope with flooding and that means having a ground floor that can be flooded when necessary and designed that they can drain easily (like a garage would), this obviously wouldn't be necessary on all flood-planes, those that have effective protections in place wouldn't need it but places that don't do need it and it is silly to build houses in places you know are going to be flooded without taking that into account in the design and architecture.
Of course it would add a storey to the buildings, not really sure why this would be an issue in and of itself, they will obviously be on low level ground otherwise it wouldn't be a floor-plane so are unlikely to be particularly obstructive and the whole housing estate would be in keeping with the design so it wouldn't look out of place but those buildings may not be suitable for all residents, like those with limited mobility but if they can manage two storeys I would imagine they can manage three, (those with limited mobility are more likely to want a bungalow or ground floor flat which is probably not going to be built on a flood-plane in the first place).
Ultimately if we are going to build homes in places that we _know_ will be flooded then we need to build with that in mind and while it may cost a little more to build and therefore buy the house at least you won't have to pay for all the damage every time it floods, it's not like you will be able to get flood insurance so this is coming out of your pocket and therefore it makes sense to pay a little extra now rather than a lot for evermore.
Miss Chief not going to disagree with you. Many councils and national design standards are stipulate 3 storey houses for better use of land so putting garages under would make it four, then you get into fire egress issues. Couldn’t agree more that thinking has to change. Even these measures though are not enough as these would still be other issues even if the houses are safe.
@@jimporter I don't know that one extra storey would pose a problem on low lying land (irrelevant of how many the norm is ;). Fire exits are indeed a more serious issue but that is easily solved by having an external staircase, you could even have a large balcony over the _"flood floor"_ with a metal spiral staircase going up to smaller balconies on the floors above and then have external stairs going up to the first floor balcony (for general use as well as a fire exit, who wants to go down to the garage to answer the door ;).
My real point is that these issues are easily solved by engineers and architects if they just try, I'm an electrical engineer if I can come up with solutions of the top of my head I am sure civil engineers and architects can do a vastly better job with but a little effort.
@@jimporter If you Search this address on Google Maps: 42 Foxhole Road, Swansea, Wales and do a street view you will see an example of some houses (two storeys over a garage) that would be fine on a flood-plane, I drive past them every so often and while they could do with a clean they were pretty smart when they were built, although this isn't on a flood-plane but you get the idea ;)
Such a lot of water, how will it drain?
very slowly evaperates and soaks away
They will pull the plug just like in your bath but it's much bigger. Andy England 🇬🇧
I am not British so I have to ask this question because is killing me , did the Queen or the Royal family ever donate money toward this type of disasters ??? ?????
Mara Freeman They enjoy the Clinton Mafia more.
So glad I live on a hill... if you live anywhere less than 10 meters above sea level just invest in canoes. It's over. I don't know if it's just me but this looks more like the effects of a tsunami than just a bit of heavy rain, as in, it looks like a natural event; as the oceans swell up with arctic ice, it needs somewhere to go...
I wish this would get more attention instead of MM and PH. Terrible this.
A lot of rivers had flood planes,it is the developers that are at fault.You can't force a river into a channel it only speeds up the currant,it only takes 18 ins of fast flowing water to sweep you away.Water is a great force when in volume.It is hard seeing people that can not get insurance to cover there losses.The developers and planning certainly have to look at future development.
Good point, although you do have to decide where to build houses if not in flood plains...
@Lee J There would be quite a lot to that mandate, like mains services that were flood proof, access that was flood proof, provision for emergency services access at all times, and possibly a method for dealing with floodwater if it did enter houses.
There's also the question of whether you want to keep the flood plain working as a flood plain. If the River can't flood into the plain, then more water is going to go downstream to the next flood plain... This may not be what people want.
It's difficult, but we can't all live on hilltops!
@Lee J The Environment agency has to be consulted on these proposals, and they say that their recommendations are usually followed. However, both responsibilities and budgets are spread all around government bodies, National, devolved and local, so it's very difficult to get a handle on what's being done.
There is a simple remedy for many, not all. And that is to build on stilts... because this is not going away
Now I live on a floodplain and I have just realised something. None of these flooding areas have weeping willows! Weeping willows are excellent for water absorbance, round my area we have about at least 100 of the fuckers all around the river bank, they grow pretty big and their numerous roots insure that they absorb a lot of water and surprisingly. Even though I live on low land my town has never flooded. In summary plant more weeping willows!
Divine Providence...
your choice ....flood or FIRE !
A: You can't get insurance on your house
B: ok
A: your house has flooded before
B: ok
A: your house will flood again
B: ok
A: your house has just flooded
B: wtf what are the government going to do about it, where's Boris, where's my billion pound flood protection, what do I do I'm ruined, it's everyone's fault except for mine.
Insurance companies happy to take money off people but not gamble and cover people in flood prone areas.
Barbras pub lost £14.000 in stock. Those cheeky water elementals are Havin a good time.
A magnetic Pole shift....
We never had these problems before the EU stopped us dredging the rivers.This problem is easily solved but no one is actually doing anything but talking garbage. Get the rivers dredged, just like we clean out the roof gutters & the water will drain away.
Jeez they can't catch a break
1:46 is close to my house😬
Not record levels, that is not true, the last storm a few years ago was worse, environment man is a forgetful alarmist
Why can't you pronounce this town correctly ????? It is pronounced SHROESBURY. Where did you learn English ?
Has the Canal and River Trust ( Quango, Jobs for the Boys )
Been neglecting the Dredging again ?
earthquakes floods locust disease. Wow sounds like the end of the world!!
Helena Jennings It’s just beginning.
ACTION speaks louder than words... just do whats best dammit
in leicester because we live in a bowl they dug a channel around the city to funnel the water away. the towns that flood a lot why can't they make a tunnel like they did with the machines that made the chunnel and bore right under the town split the river just before the town and rejoin the water way back together on the other side is that a daft idea
the tunnel wouldn't have to be that big
like a water park ride
but bigger
with a few iron grated covered vertical shafts that drop straight onto the tunnel in the centre of the towns where flooding is known to start
i'd draw it but comments section
It'll be fine once Boris finishes the super canals from Scotland and Wales to help with the droughts the areas been facing! No danger of anything going wrong there or the government reneging on past promises to provide sufficient defences
The voice over on this video is pathetic. She had been upstairs for 24HOURS! Come on... grow up it's a flood so what get on with it!
Alternatively build your house on stilts, and buy a dinghy to get the shopping or move the rubbish to the shore.
Boris will tell the waters!
Leave means Leave !
Taking back control !
One 'BIG' Love Island !
SOMEONE WOULD MAKE A GOOD LIVING HIRE IN BOATS OUT 🚣♂️
Time to start dredging the rivers, like in the old days when they had some common sense.
It doesn't prevent flooding. Leave these decisions to the experts
Must be land sinking? Extreme weather has always,... been. Nothing to see here, folks.... If people build on floodplains? Sorry for individual owners but this is why Vikings found it easy to invade the islands People have lived on marshes for centuries but housing was different for them This why authority wants to form the shape of the people.. Get some good waders....?
DRedge out the rivers every year.
It was the EU policies that stopped it some time ago.
2% of 8 billion =160,00,000
Greta the lil brat girly girl, tried to tell them, but nooooooooooo what does a kid know right? Ugh
Good on you! Very funny....but hey even without Greta you just have to look at all the climate related disasters happening around the globe.
@@robvannNS there have always been climate related disasters for as long as there's been a climate.
All these are the effects of the inbound Nibiru sheep and is getting worse by the day now ☄️🙄
build house in cumbeia in the moutains you cant grow trees there so ideal for houses
cumbria
Much of Cumbria was covered in forests historically it’s not a natural situation
@@andrew30m its all acid soil they say thay cant grow new trees but i dont believe that
Jasper Edwards
7,000 yrs ago was covered with forests the underlying soil hasn’t changed. See Scottish Caledonian reforesting for amazing work
www.lakedistrict.gov.uk/learning/archaeologyhistory/archaeologytimeline/archaeologyprehistory
Bring the Dutch in
Weather bomb interesting terminology there and not to far from the truth.
Is Tony Blair hiding inside this guy?
Dredging the river’s helps
Don’t buy property anymore sale your house just rent apartment room!
Let us come back to God the nation of the earth
which god. there are hundreds
Come back to Thor god of thunder and rain the sign are obvious, leave the false abrahamic relics
@@andrew30m oh, I think 'my' god is better than your one. #godtrumps
Roll On Jan 2021
Right time turn 2 Jesus
More people come to the UK needs more houses that needs more concrete and less lands to soak up the flood water . . . . Its common sense NOT global warming Greta.
Maybe time to look at buying Gondolas and make parts of the UK into "the Venice of the north"... ;-). Sad state of affairs really and it probably will only get worse :-(
Consult the dutch
Rubbish disaster. I want oceans burning and dinosaurs.
Stuart Smith , nice, and Raquel Welsh in a fur bikini...