flood watch

[adam2]

King of Spain pelted with mud, as a protest against the slow and inadequate government response to the flood disaster.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cvg4p0y3xlpt

[Forever_Winter]

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/ ... -valencia/

Indeed Adam not looking good for the King of Spain....oh dear...

[Potemkin Villager]

This is quite prescient. https://news.sky.com/story/where-are-th ... wtab-en-gb

I have a horrible feeling it would not play out very differently if/when something similar happens in UK or Ireland.

There is just a lot of posturing and arm waving at a political level and nobody taking charge of or any emergency plan. No wonder folk are incensed. Then there is a matter of a lot of development on flood plains etc. The politicians really do not get it. The Guardia Civil are maybe not the best body for this as they have a lot of history going back to Franco and the civil war.

[adam2]

This is quite prescient. https://news.sky.com/story/where-are-th ... wtab-en-gb

I have a horrible feeling it would not play out very differently if/when something similar happens in UK or Ireland.

There is just a lot of posturing and arm waving at a political level and nobody taking charge of or any emergency plan. No wonder folk are incensed. Then there is a matter of a lot of development on flood plains etc. The politicians really do not get it. The Guardia Civil are maybe not the best body for this as they have a lot of history going back to Franco and the civil war.

I agree, that the UK response would be found wanting when a similar event happens here.
UK response ! give parking tickets to all the drowned vehicles piled in the streets.
Issue fixed penalty notices to those placing ruined belongings outside their homes "putting out refuse on the wrong day"

[Potemkin Villager]

I agree, that the UK response would be found wanting when a similar event happens here.
UK response ! give parking tickets to all the drowned vehicles piled in the streets.
Issue fixed penalty notices to those placing ruined belongings outside their homes "putting out refuse on the wrong day"

Ye gods but you seem to be, probably justifiably so, just even a tad more cynical about the bureaucratic and legalistic "arse covering" and blaming others, to distract from their own shortcomings, mindset of TPTB than myself!! Six years trying to make a difference in local government was enough for me. I now see a younger generation getting more and more frustrated as they start to realise that they are just being used to try and make it look as if something substantive is being done.

This is will prove to be one of the significant reasons why any "official" response to the manifestations of climate change
and what needs to be done to respond to and mitigate them, will be continue to be so outstandingly underwhelming. The cute hoor politicos and more than my job's worths will see to that.

In the end of the day we are all on our own and dependent on our neighbours.

[adam2]

Significant flooding is still/again a problem in Spain https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crk4zlkdgk8o

[adam2]

My cynical remarks regarding parking tickets etc. following a disaster are based on experience !
After a riot in the City of London resulted in considerable damage, the main response of TPTB was to issue parking tickets to vehicles of contractors removing debris, and also fixed penalty notices for "fly tipping"

[BritDownUnder]

My cynical remarks regarding parking tickets etc. following a disaster are based on experience !
After a riot in the City of London resulted in considerable damage, the main response of TPTB was to issue parking tickets to vehicles of contractors removing debris, and also fixed penalty notices for "fly tipping"

I was working in the City during one of the riots. We spent it drinking in the Vino Veritas wine bar though I did pop out to have a look at some of the riots. I recall a rather nice Mercedes sedan car on fire with the whole of the passenger compartment burning fiercely but the safety hazard warning lights were working very well - informing people of a hazard, obviously. Good German engineering to have such things still working under such conditions.

[RenewableCandy]

Here in York the Gurkhas of Imphal Barracks do a lot of the emergency 'stuff' during/after our floods (which are quite a common occurrence).
But HMG in their wisdom are closing the baracks down.

[adam2]

More flooding in Spain, likely to worsen as heavy rain is forecast.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c80lxd9kne0o

Global warming, perhaps, aided by all those cheap flights taking tourists to Spain.

[adam2]

Storm Bert has caused widespread flooding and other disruption in many areas of the UK. Northern and Western areas worst affected.
The damage was worse than was expected or forecast and there has been considerable criticism of both the forecasting/warning system and of the response.
Considerable flooding near me, not DIRECTLY affecting myself as I am atop a modest hill, but road closures and power cuts very prevalent. Some local food shortages due to blocked roads delaying supermarket deliveries.

[Forever_Winter]

Looks like South Wales got badly hit. River Taff burst it's banks and the location was only under a yellow weather warning.

Also, why are flood plains still getting built on?