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On 21 Jul, 19:09, Andy Hall wrote:
On 2007-07-21 18:58:59 +0100, Frank Erskine
said:

On Sat, 21 Jul 2007 10:43:02 -0700, Weatherlawyer
wrote:

Looking at the news where some had been hit by 3 times the normal
monthly rainfall falling in one day, I heard one victim complaining
that the local council were not helping him.

Surely it ought to be his insurance company that should be helping
him...
(Not necessarily only financially).

Precisely.

Why people have the mentaility that some public sector organisation
should be obliged to help them rather than their taking responsibility
for themselves, never ceases to amaze me.

What took the biscuit was the tv picture of some daft bitch begging
for aid as she wasn't insured while throwing a childs bicycle into a
skip because it had been in floodwater. Don't these morons know that
things can be washed?


Interesting article they did with Trevor Baylis the other evening who
has various little flood defences at his home (and some very badly
painted walls)

When asked if he's ever been flooded, he replied in the affirmative, and
went on to say that the carpets were caked in mud, so he took them
outside and hosed them down

You do have to wonder exactly how much stuff is really BER and how much
(washing machines, fridges, for example) just need a bit of a clean




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geoff