That's what happens when you vote in the party that guts government spending
across the board, including that on flood defenses.
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On Feb 12, 2014, at 7:32 AM, Chris Barker wrote:
> There are some who might agree with you with regard to the Levels, Chuck, but
> there presumably was some sort of expectation on the part of the inhabitants
> that the authorities would maintain the anti-flood measures.
>
> Just to the north of me is the Fens of East Anglia, drained in the 17th
> century (with the help of those wonderful Dutch engineers). It's therefore a
> flood plain, and there are water meadows to help to absorb rainfall when it
> comes and before it can be drained to the sea. It's reasonable for the
> inhabitants to assume, I reckon, that the current anti-flood measures will
> remain effective for the forseeable future. I suspect that the Levels'
> inhabitants took the same view.
>
> In addition, I have been listening to interviews with inhabitants who have
> been there over 40 years without a major problem.
>
> Chris
>
> On 11 Feb 14, at 23:12, Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> I was just checking the map and see that this is near Taunton. My
>> father is from Taunton, Massachusetts which was named after it. The two
>> towns maintain some sort of ties.
>>
>> The area where I live in New York has seen two "once every hundred
>> years" floods in a 5 year period. I live on the top of a hill but those
>> who live along the Susquehanna River are getting a bit weary. But, if
>> you choose to live in a known flood plain...
>
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