Money no object says PM Cameron over flood aid.
Posted: Tue Feb 11, 2014 12:13 pm
Well that is what he said today 11 February 2014. Where is the money going to come from ? Has he found a little bit of common sense and decided to retain funds scheduled as aid to India and other countries. We send billions to such places and India have already told us they do not need our money - so why the heck do we keep sending such vast quantities abroad ?
I heard, today, on the TV news that it would take 6 months to get Somerset back to how it was before this winter. I presume that is after all these rain storms and wind have finished ! All along the south coast and now in the Thames Valley there are floods. Thousands of people have been evacuated away from where they live. The people of this country are vulnerable now that sewage is mixing freely with flood water. If we are not careful, severe illness could lay hundreds and hundreds of people low, and possibly severe enough to kill !
The ground is totally saturated so there is nowhere for excess water to go except across agricultural land, and into peoples' houses. The thought occurred to me that, at the moment, the winter sub-zero temperatures haven't reared their ugly head yet. So whatever does the country do when all this flood water freezes ? An upsurge of Torvill and Deans ?
The forecast for this week is for a lot more rain and high winds, on top of existing floods I suspect there will be many farmers going out of business and many homeless people. There is also a warning that temperatures will fall and there will be snow on high ground, and possibly moving onto lower ground.
This country will have to import far more cereals than normal to compensate for the destruction of grain growing fields.
It is such a pity that Cameron and his cronies didn't retain the 'aid funds' to overseas countries months ago and use it for dredging rivers, streams and building up flood banks. Maybe if he had done that we wouldn't be verging on a 'third world country' like we are doing now !
Charity begins at home Mr. Cameron !
I heard, today, on the TV news that it would take 6 months to get Somerset back to how it was before this winter. I presume that is after all these rain storms and wind have finished ! All along the south coast and now in the Thames Valley there are floods. Thousands of people have been evacuated away from where they live. The people of this country are vulnerable now that sewage is mixing freely with flood water. If we are not careful, severe illness could lay hundreds and hundreds of people low, and possibly severe enough to kill !
The ground is totally saturated so there is nowhere for excess water to go except across agricultural land, and into peoples' houses. The thought occurred to me that, at the moment, the winter sub-zero temperatures haven't reared their ugly head yet. So whatever does the country do when all this flood water freezes ? An upsurge of Torvill and Deans ?
The forecast for this week is for a lot more rain and high winds, on top of existing floods I suspect there will be many farmers going out of business and many homeless people. There is also a warning that temperatures will fall and there will be snow on high ground, and possibly moving onto lower ground.
This country will have to import far more cereals than normal to compensate for the destruction of grain growing fields.
It is such a pity that Cameron and his cronies didn't retain the 'aid funds' to overseas countries months ago and use it for dredging rivers, streams and building up flood banks. Maybe if he had done that we wouldn't be verging on a 'third world country' like we are doing now !
Charity begins at home Mr. Cameron !