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River Don?? He doesn’t post on here anymore does he!!
So did it flood?
Anyone know what time high tide is on the River Don, we’re on red flood alert here in Stainy with the River at record highs and still rising
He was a top lad and he is very much missed.I'm not sure there's any evidence to support that assertion though BB.From the private chats I regularly had with him, he was pissed off with several people in here, but none of them are the ones that I'd guess you are insulting in that post.
When do you see them ever cleaning drains out these days? That doesn’t help when we have a lot of rain.
Filo, I know someone who lives in Stainforth who is a local historian.Some years ago he told me that the engineer who designed the river banks made the Fishlake side a foot lower so that if it ever flooded that side would cop for the lot.Guess which side the engineer lived at.
Quote from: GazLaz on October 27, 2019, 01:26:00 pmWhen do you see them ever cleaning drains out these days? That doesn’t help when we have a lot of rain. Council cutbacks Gaz.That's the genius of how the Tories implemented Austerity. The vast majority of the reductions in Govt spending since 2010 have been in the money given to councils. So councils have had to massively cut back the services they can provide. And folk, understandably, get pissed off with councils rather than the Govt.It's shocking how roads and pavements flood every time there's any rain, because the drainage system is clogged and not looked after. The result of that, apart from increasing the chances of flooding getting into buildings, is that road and pavement surfaces get more badly damaged. So, over time, there's a huge additional cost to this apparent "saving". Madness.
Quote from: BillyStubbsTears on October 27, 2019, 05:35:08 pmQuote from: GazLaz on October 27, 2019, 01:26:00 pmWhen do you see them ever cleaning drains out these days? That doesn’t help when we have a lot of rain. Council cutbacks Gaz.That's the genius of how the Tories implemented Austerity. The vast majority of the reductions in Govt spending since 2010 have been in the money given to councils. So councils have had to massively cut back the services they can provide. And folk, understandably, get pissed off with councils rather than the Govt.It's shocking how roads and pavements flood every time there's any rain, because the drainage system is clogged and not looked after. The result of that, apart from increasing the chances of flooding getting into buildings, is that road and pavement surfaces get more badly damaged. So, over time, there's a huge additional cost to this apparent "saving". Madness.Yet our councils can still afford political advisors etc.... interesting choice of spending there.