......... due to flooding caused by global warming. Doncaster is very flat and at high risk of flooding so they are thinking about moving it to Barnsley.
They've also said that in Barnsley we'll not be able to wear our usual caps, on account of them being very flat and at high risk of flooding.
It’s absolutely ridiculous what the Environment Agency have said about this. How the hell can towns be moved !?!?!
Remember the last flood in 2007. Parts of a village in the Town that Nudger mentions in his posting, became submerged in flood water and it caused the local residents abject misery for weeks. The school closed and residents were moved to temporary accommodation, whilst the drying out process was undertaken. A teacher from the local School used to phone in to speak with a colleague of mine, who ordered Coal or Gas Oil and who was able to also free up some " Flood packs" that we stocked specifically to supply to the City of York, when parts of its area became flooded. She told my colleague that the decision had been made, that in order to protect valuable real estate in the central area of the Town, the flood barriers were "adjusted " with the result that the water unfortunately ended up in the nearby villages. It seemed rather " far fetched ", because some locals in the area might well recall that they actually live on the flood plain and in the past, residents had encountered disruption from floodwater in previous years. Since 2007, it appears that millions have now been spent on new defences, so hopefully, the unfortunate events of twelve year ago might be prevented.
If they can demolish an housing estate for a train line (HS2) they can demolish houses and rebuild them elsewhere for flooding. Its either that or have people living with the risk of severe flooding and potential death every time we have heavy rain. The other option is like they do in parts of Holland and build the houses on stilts or floating so they will stay above the water level.
Bentley, toll bar, Arksey, Thorpe marsh, always used to flood at the 1st sign of rain in the 60's its just low laying land