09-11-2019, 19:04
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Re: Election 2019, Week 1
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I'm not even certain Boris considers the event that serious. A bit of rain outside the M25.
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That new runway just outside the M25, that he was going to lie down in front of the bulldozers of, might cause him more problems with his constituents
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09-11-2019, 19:28
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Re: Election 2019, Week 1
So are there any other examples of where a national emergency has been declared in this sort of situation?
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The UK is affected by natural hazards, such as flooding, heatwaves and wildfires, which can cause significant human, economic, environmental
and infrastructure damage. Emergency planning for natural hazards is
legislated for under the Civil Contingencies Act (2004), which puts the
onus on local emergency responders to plan for civil emergencies.
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09-11-2019, 19:29
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Re: Election 2019, Week 1
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Originally Posted by Sephiroth
"Regional civil emergency" would be the correct term.
By jumping it up to "National Emergency" and then deriding the PM for this distinction you become less credible. I am disappointed.
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Looks fairly "National" to me.. (from the Government website).
btw, it was the PM who said it wasn’t a national emergency...
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"But in the end," he added, "you've got to face the reality that places like this are vulnerable to flooding - we're going to see more of it."
The situation "is not looking like something we need to escalate to the level of a national emergency", the PM said.
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09-11-2019, 19:32
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Re: Election 2019, Week 1
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Originally Posted by Hugh
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So definitely not a National Emergency.
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09-11-2019, 19:34
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Re: Election 2019, Week 1
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So definitely not a National Emergency.
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Because BJ said it wasn’t?
He’s not exactly renowned for his veracity, is he?
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09-11-2019, 19:40
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Re: Election 2019, Week 1
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Just to prove how much the Conservatives hate the poor, first we have Jacob "Too Clever to Die in a Fire" Rees-Mogg now the flooding in Yorkshire "isn't a national emergency" according to the Prime Minister.
Charming really.
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Well they’re right on both counts.
JRB was speaking from a personal perspective, and I agree with him.
The flooding up here isn’t a National emergency, we all know that flooding is only a major issue in the south.
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09-11-2019, 19:42
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Re: Election 2019, Week 1
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Because BJ said it wasn’t?
He’s not exactly renowned for his veracity, is he?
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Because the map is red in a region and only amber elsewhere.
Did you not see that?
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09-11-2019, 19:43
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Re: Election 2019, Week 1
Has Corbyn or that Lib Dem woman (can't remember her name, swinton or something) mentioned it at all?
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09-11-2019, 19:52
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Re: Election 2019, Week 1
Yeah - Corbyn's there doing the rounds.
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09-11-2019, 20:08
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Re: Election 2019, Week 1
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Yeah - Corbyn's there doing the rounds.
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Photo shoot in waders and oilskin?
Wouldn't surprise me if he now pledges to dredge the Bristol channel and create 700 million sand bags in order to be ready for the next one
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09-11-2019, 20:25
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Re: Election 2019, Week 1
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Just to prove how much the Conservatives hate the poor, first we have Jacob "Too Clever to Die in a Fire" Rees-Mogg now the flooding in Yorkshire "isn't a national emergency" according to the Prime Minister.
Charming really.
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It's not an emergency for me i live in Lincolnshire.
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09-11-2019, 20:41
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Re: Election 2019, Week 1
If you stick large red blobs on a map it will obviously look worse than it is.
It is still mostly a risk of flooding, or actual flooding in a series of local areas. Not much to be done on a wider scale. If any area needs help, I'm sure it will be supplied, but it's not a countrywide emergency.
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09-11-2019, 20:44
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Re: Election 2019, Week 1
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If you stick large red blobs on a map it will obviously look worse than it is.
It is still mostly a risk of flooding, or actual flooding in a series of local areas. Not much to be done on a wider scale. If any area needs help, I'm sure it will be supplied, but it's not a countrywide emergency.
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It would be if it was in Northampton no doubt...
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It's not an emergency for me i live in Lincolnshire.
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Are you sure Smurf? Several flood warnings close to Cleethorpes. Get the boat ready !
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09-11-2019, 20:46
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Re: Election 2019, Week 1
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It's not an emergency for me i live in Lincolnshire.
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Well, I live in the Thames Valley and it rained today. We even have puddles but it's not made the news yet.
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09-11-2019, 21:05
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Re: Election 2019, Week 1
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It would be if it was in Northampton no doubt...
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Are you sure Smurf? Several flood warnings close to Cleethorpes. Get the boat ready !
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We routinely get flooding in the south of Northampton. We have the river Nene, and the Grand Union canal passing through. There are even flood alert sirens on 5 sites. It is still essentially a local matter.
As of 2017.
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The Environment Agency has 29 siren sites located in England.
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So 5 of those 29 in Northampton.
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