To the Good People of Southern England, QUESTIONS?

Maybe we could design floating houses. Instead of building them in the ground build them in a floating base. Amenities could be supplied via a long umbilical cord. They would need to be moored so they didn't float away or bump into each other.

Part of the problem is the inadequate sewer and drainage, it is old and insufficient to cope with all of the new properties that are built. If all of the underground pipes were replaced with modern and adequate systems then the flooding would be less of a problem.

We will probably find that people will not be allowed to do the simple sensible thing of floodproofing their homes.
Why?
Because a lot of people who live in the risk zones also live in properties that are listed, they cannot change the appearance of things like their windows or doors or the materials they are made from.
Floodproofing , you must be joking.

There is too much building on natural flood planes. The government knows this and they turn a blind eye. It's all to do with making a quick buck.

It is time that the water companies, who continually hike up prices, start spending their massive profits on sorting out the delapidated sewage system and leaking pipes. This work is becoming ever more essential and it is time that the shareholders accept that all investments involve loss as well as profit. It is high time that the public (who pay for all this) now get a return for their money.

We also need to bring in Dutch experts to advise on how and where to build levees and other fllood prevention measures. This is particularly necessary as the Government intends to build ever more homes on flood plains.

Of course it will cost a great deal of money but at least it would be more worthwhile than the billions that are currently being thrown at the Olympic Games disaster.

Sadly, the combination of greedy Water Companies and Government incompetence make this solution highly unlikely. in the last 10 years the Government has never acted until disaster has struck. They are, however, very good at turning a drama into a crisis.

It is time that the public got a return from high prices and extortionate taxation.

If they didn't keep building homes on natural flood plains they wouldn't have so many families lives in ruins now.Developers make a vast amount of money without any consideration for the home dweller.

you bet ye, lots of questions.