On 01/02/2021 11:31, alan_m wrote:
On 01/02/2021 11:18, Jethro_uk wrote:
On Mon, 01 Feb 2021 01:52:25 -0800, fred wrote:

Article in Guardian moots lower insurance premiums for those installing
flood defences. Question is what type of flood defences would be most
effective. Blocking widows air vents and doors, yes, but how would one
deal with a rise in the water table?

Surely it's better for the environment to have one scheme protecting
1,000 houses than 1,000 schemes protecting 1,000 houses ?



Or save money on flood defences by not building in inappropriate places!

Or accept that a flood plain will in fact flood once every 30 years and
build the houses higher out of the ground - say on piles - and let cars
get parked underneath...

Thus saving all that on road parking

can build elevated roadways to service them out of soil dug out to make
a communal lake for soakaway purposes.









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