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    Complete joke, although it's certainly not funny! And meanwhile the decrepit chinless wonders in the House of Lords, on huge salaries for doing hee-haw, along with Boris Karloff, are sipping vintage port with their stilton...

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    Really weird. Do you think the government are siting on an endless supply of money and the only reason they won't pay up is because they are nasty people?

    Those who have been flooded can claim on their insurance so why should taxpayers have to fork out?

    Why do people forget where the government get all their money from?
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    When I returned to the UK and needed to buy a house, I took the issue of flooding seriously. I had previously lived in Dhaka in Bangladesh where floods were frequent and devastating. So much of the UK's property is built on land prone to historical flooding, and in the future, with climate change, much more is vulnerable. Although I am not far from the River Meden, my house is on land that is elevated from the river level. Even then, with heavy rains, the poor maintenance of drains by the local council means that the road outside my house often turns into a fast flowing stream as water cannot escape down the drain holes due to a build up of grass and weeds. Flood risks are largely predictable and can be exacerbated by poor management on the part of local and central government.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Marco View Post
    Complete joke, although it's certainly not funny! And meanwhile the decrepit chinless wonders in the House of Lords, on huge salaries for doing hee-haw, along with Boris Karloff, are sipping vintage port with their stilton...

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    They are not on 'huge salaries': indeed few are on any salary:

    https://www.parliament.uk/about/mps-...ds-allowances/

    'Most members of the Lords do not receive a salary for their parliamentary duties but are eligible to receive allowances and, within certain limits, the travel expenses they incur in fulfilling their parliamentary duties.

    Members of the Lords who are not paid a salary may claim a flat rate attendance allowance of £153 or £305 (new rate from the 1st April 2018), or £150 or £300 (old rate up to 31st March 2018), or may choose to make no claim for each sitting day they attend the House.

    Some members of the Lords receive a salary because of the offices they hold.

    The Lord Speaker, the Chairman of Committees, and the Principal Deputy Chairman - paid from the House of Lords budget.
    Government ministers - paid by the relevant government departments.'

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    Quote Originally Posted by mikmas View Post
    You are seriously joking !!

    In a flood insurance claim that sort of stuff is absolute peanuts ... drying out costs ... complete kitchen refurb ... new flooring (carpets and sometimes boards) ... replastering of ground floor ... hotel costs ... and much, much more.
    Peanuts?

    TV, dvd player, vacuum cleaner, and a set of dining chairs (examples of easily movable items) conservative estimate of £2000, let's say 1000 houses are flooded, £2 million isn't peanuts.

    I am only referring to able bodied people who had advanced warning of flooding
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    Quote Originally Posted by Gaz View Post
    Peanuts?

    TV, dvd player, vacuum cleaner, and a set of dining chairs (examples of easily movable items) conservative estimate of £2000, let's say 1000 houses are flooded, £2 million isn't peanuts.

    I am only referring to able bodied people who had advanced warning of flooding
    Many in this case had no warning.

    In any case... I'd want to get my affairs in order firstly and foremost before I would even think about rescuing a dvd player.

    Not because I'd be lazy but even if you had warning you would want to know what to do and you would be worried sick, especially if you have kids or know of someone elderly or disabled.



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    Quote Originally Posted by walpurgis View Post
    It says "could be eligible". They'll probably make it difficult to get even that measly amount.
    To be fair if they gave it to anyone who claimed to be affected then there'd be an absolute uproar about throwing money away, look at Grenfell for example to see how low some people will go. So there have to be eligibility checks.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Marco View Post
    +1. We've mostly always lived at the top of a hill, including now, but my heart goes out to anyone who's been a victim of severe flooding, and worse, if they've lost their homes because of it, which is just unthinkable. Rain water damage is a horrible thing, as once it gets in, it just wrecks everything, and the place is never the same.

    The closest we've experienced to that, but which really isn't the same, were burst pipes up in Scotland during one of the coldest winters ever of 1995-6, where the temperature dropped to -20C. We were actually down in Wrexham visiting Del's mum at the time, and our neighbour, who was looking after our house, called us and said you'd better get back home quick!

    The damage was horrendous, with ceilings caved in (as the boiler had burst), and everything was soaked, but at least it was clean, not rain water... Still we were out of our house for months, and put up in a hotel, with all meals paid, etc, while the house was fixed inside and dried out. The insurance company were very good a

    I've always said though, that if we were ever properly flooded out, such as you see now with these poor people on TV, it would happen ONCE, and be fixed, after which we'll sell up and move (even if we had to take a huge loss on the sale of the property), as I'd never want to go through the experience again, and dread every weather forecast for heavy rain, and just be almost completely helpless!!

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    Both have happened to us, 40 years ago, our first house in Cardiff, the Taff broke its banks and we had five foot of water. Did repairs and sold it, vowed to never live where that could happen again.

    Then 12 years ago living a couple of hundred foot above sea level, whilst we were in Florida for Christmas and New year, pipes burst in loft and pretty much totalled everything (bizarrely except my records and my wife's handbags, the only things we were bothered about). The worst thing was it destroyed our youngest daughter's bedroom. We didn't move back in until Easter!

    So now we live where unlikely to get flooded and with no pipes in roof space.
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    Ive been lucky to have always lived up a hill. I dont now, but the ground elevation is still fairly high above sea level and no rivers around me.
    Once had a washingmachine leak a lot of water in kitchen as it blocked. managed to keep it to kitchen tho and the wooden floor dried out fairly well as i got it up quite quick.
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    Where my parents lived was actually below sea level, on reclaimed land. We were never actually flooded, but the house was very damp. Since moving out, I've always lived on a hill, though more by accident than design.

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