Flood warnings today. The red warnings mean ‘act now’
Britain is becoming wet & wild as predicted by climate experts. And the gov tell us there isn’t enough money to build or maintain flood defences, to restore eco systems, to dredge ditches and unblock drains.
It’s fuck you, fend for yourself.
I went for a walk in South Dalton and someone had scooped out big chunks of the grass verge to allow the water to drain off the road. It’s a quick, old fashioned method. It went from flooded to not flooded in minutes.
Simple, piss cheap, just need a couple of lads with a digger and they made the road safe.
But with these shitbloke neolib shitheads in charge, there’s no money for it apparently. They’re too busy telling us trans people are evil and shouldn’t be allowed to play tennis culture war dogshit
Guardian research has found that more than 4,000 of England’s vital flood defences are so damaged they are almost useless. The number of damaged flood defences has increased across all regions in the past five years.
For people who haven’t been in floods before, some very very quick and basic tips:
Never go upstairs, into your attic, or on your roof if your house is flooding because you WILL end up trapped and possibly stuck right on top of a collapsing building.
Stay out of flood water unless it is a choice between entering the water and sure death. Flood water can contain dangerous pathogens, corpses of both animals and people, live and agressive animals, heavy objects like tree branches and furniture, dangerous debris like broken glass and sharp metal, and live wires.
Flood water is a lot deeper, faster, and stronger than you think it is. It’s not just ppwerful enough to knock you off your feet, it can also carry things like cars. You will not win against the flood water. It also rises much faster than you think it will and water that seemed manageable to walk through can very quickly become overwhelming.
If you are in a possible flood zone, now is the time to prepare a go-bag, preferably a waterproof one. Include emergency supplies like flashlights, batteries, bottled water, shelf stable food, blankets, spare clothes, a battery powered radio, and cash (pet supplies like spare bowls, bagged food, and leashes/harnesses too if you have pets). Strongly consider getting your paperwork and identification papers especially together in a waterproof container and put them with your emergency supplies.
Hi, I live in a desert which means in rainy season we get flash floods.
Please also:
—REMEMBER YOUR CHARGER CORD AND MEDICATION.
—digitize anything you don’t want lost, if there’s time. I’m normally extremely anti-cloud but this is the kind of thing for which it can be a lifesaver.
—you know The Thing? The “if your house was on fire and everyone could get out but you could only save one object, what would it be” thing? Put it in your go-bag.
—I don’t know if they’re called overpasses in England, but these things:
STAY OUT FROM UNDER THEM, ESPECIALLY IF THERE’S A DIP IN THE ROAD. A common warning here is that the area under an overpass can fill in under a minute during a flash flood.
—DO NOT TRY TO DRIVE THROUGH FLOOD WATER. I have literally parked my car and walked across people’s lawns rather than drive through flood water. I was in a familiar area where the water depth was known and I only had a block to go, but walking that block with groceries in freezing-cold rain was safer than driving it. Why? BECAUSE MY ENGINE WAS BELOW THE WATER LEVEL. Especially in newer cars, that’s a fast trip to Oh Fuck.
—Londoners and anyone else with an underground metro system: STAY OFF IT. The tunnels can and will flood and you can very easily find yourself trapped in a subway car with water rising and no way out.
