http://www.telegraph.co.uk/topics/weather/10627883/Flooding-crisis-weather-live.html
Well Frankly, & not to put to fine a point on it Mr Clegg, as whoppers go that's certainly got to be in your top ten.
Additionally, I ask myself if you are aware of the inconsistencies of your little speech, because in the space of 2 minutes 32 seconds, you describe the flooding as;
" something we have never encountered before , this kind of deluge is such a sustained way over such a prolonged time... every one is having to deal with something that hasn't happened before..."
Mr Clegg goes on to say he doesn't think that this is the time to point the finger of blame regarding the failure of those responsible in the environment agency who ignored the calls of local people to dredge the rivers over the last few years.
Since that epic tale of Noah long ago alleged "unprecedented" weather conditions like flooding have been common , particularly in the UK indeed in the northern hemisphere, might I suggest that harsh weather conditions in winter like prolonged rain & snow, which then melts & leads to flooding, is the most natural of environmental conditions one should expect, so to describe it as;
"something we have never encountered before..." well is not just inaccurate its a whopping big blaitant lie shame on you.
Only last winter 2012 the BBC reported More than 800 homes were flooded after storms hit parts of England and Wales, as recorded by the Environment Agency.
816 houses had been affected after a band of heavy rain and strong winds swept across the country.
Devon and Cornwall were badly hit, along with Malmesbury in Wiltshire and Kempsey in Worcestershire.
Two people died in the storm - a woman killed by a falling tree in Exeter and a man whose car crashed into a swollen river in Cambridgeshire.
David Cameron talked of "shocking scenes of flooding".
The prime minister's Twitter message also said the government "will help ensure everything is being done to help".
There are about 260 flood warnings in place across England, which means people should take action because flooding is expected.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20488645
And yet as we see the environment agency failed to take appropriate action and thus this year yet again the country has been devastated by harsh natural weather conditions.
As if that's not bad enough it is reported that Residents of Kempsey, Worcestershire, criticise the village's new £1.5m flood defences which they say has made the flooding worse than in 2007
NOTE 2007 , SOME 5 YEARS EARLIER.
SO CLEARLY , THESE UNNATURAL WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IN FACT REOCCURRING NATURAL WEATHER CONDITIONS OF THIS PART OF THE WORLD LIKE I SAID, strange that people working in government with expensive university educations would be unaware of these facts , let alone the historical geographical environmental facts related to these points.
In 2007 the cost of flooding in England was a staggering 3,2billion pounds.
Thirteen people died and hundreds had to be rescued after parts of South and East Yorks and Gloucestershire flooded.
Around 48,000 homes were affected, each costing between £20,000 and £30,000 to repair, the agency added.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8464717.stm
In 2005 over 1,800 Carlisle properties were flooded, a 63-year-old man was crushed after a barn collapsed on his caravan in Cumbria, and two elderly women died in flooded properties in Carlisle.
Flood levels in Carlisle, were the worst-hit area in the UK,All of Carlisle's 65 buses were damaged by water, and the police and fire stations were both flooded.
The then Environment Minister Elliot Morley visited the city, where the cost of the flood damage ran into tens of millions of pounds.
He said plans for a £20m flood scheme for the city had been drawn up before the severe weather conditions started and were in the process of being finalized.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4158641.stm
forcing many residents to leave their homes and spend the night in the town hall.
The downpour over the North York Moors cut off a number of villages, with Thirsk, Carlton and Sutton-under-Whitestonecliffe among those affected.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/north_yorkshire/4109692.stm
These flood were, I suggest more uncommon occurrence for that time of year in this hemisphere, however it clearly represents the unpredictability of British weather and the consequences of that unpredictability and yet time & time again we find local & government is unprepared for weather associated crisis.
Evidence that adverse weather in the UK is undeniably normal & predicable and easy to find.
Floods of 2000 http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/york/hi/people_and_places/newsid_9153000/9153477.stm
Floods in 1995 Flooding on the River Severn 1995
Floods 1990 http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/northwestwales/hi/people_and_places/history/newsid_8516000/8516287.stm
The problem, dare I say, therefore firmly lies with Government , the environment agency & local councils who despite the predictability of the naturally occurring weather conditions that we know to be normal in the UK during the autum & winter months ,have failed to maintain the infrastructure, drainage & take the other relevant environmental precautions as well as implementing the correct strategic measures through investment & development in environmental projects to insure that the devastating issues & crisis created through natural reoccurring environmental conditions does not have the devastating impact on private citizens & business that we see repeated year after year as a result of poor social, & environmental policy & bad nae negligent communities management from government to local councils in the UK.
As for the rhetoric coming from David Cameron, Nick Clegg , Lord Smith, Eric Pickles , and all the rest of the responsible noble bullshitters defending the failures of agencies & individuals responsible I have only this to say.
STOP LYING YOU INSINCERE NEGLIGENT INCOMPETENT CORRUPT ARSEHOLES THE PUBLIC AIN'T STUPID & THE EVIDENCE AGAINST YOU IS ENORMOUS.
Stop spending public money on wars the people don't want to be a part of & start using the money to inprove conditions in the UK, that is your duty, that is your responsibility that is what we pay you for, you work for us.
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