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July 14th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda
By
Claire Ellicott
17:33 EST, 13 July 2012
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07:47 EST, 14 July 2012
Large swathes of Britain remain on flood alert today with more heavy and persistent downfalls forecast to further dampen the summer season.
Storms that brought flash flooding to parts of Wales and Shropshire yesterday showed little sign of relenting overnight and are expected to extend into the South East today.
Up to 10mm of rain an hour fell in parts of Wales, the Midlands and East Anglia – prompting the Environment Agency (EA) to issue a number of fresh flood alerts.
Marooned: The driver of this Vauxhall Zafira got stuck in 4ft-deep floodwater in Cambridgeshire as the Environment Agency issued a number of fresh amber warnings
Three feet under: Storms that brought flash flooding some areas yesterday are expected are extending into the South East today
The EA has issued 12 flood warnings –
six in the South West, four in the Midlands and two in the Anglian area
with 55 flood alerts across England and Wales.
Seventeen of the alerts were issued across the Midlands last night as storms moved in.
The A49 in Shropshire was closed
yesterday following intense rainfall, while flash floods hit parts of
north Powys in Wales after torrential rain.
An EA spokesman said: ‘The
Environment Agency is urging people across central and eastern England
to remain vigilant as heavy thunderstorms are forecast to affect large
swathes of the country.
Storms moving in: Kite surfers compete to perform the highest jumps in an inaugural event being held in Worthing, West Sussex as dark clouds loom overhead
‘Locally intense showers falling on
already saturated ground could lead to surface water flooding and
possible river flooding from fast responding rivers, particularly across
parts of the Midlands and East Anglia.
‘The Met Office warns that many areas
are expected to see between 20 and 30 mm of rain, but some parts could
see up to 60mm – almost a month’s worth of rain – in just a few hours.’
The agency said there was also a
continued risk of flooding from rising groundwater across parts of
Dorset as local drainage systems struggle to cope with the rainfall.
John Curtin, Head of Incident
Management at the EA, said: ‘We have experienced some severe weather in
recent weeks and the risk of flooding remains high across England, but
particularly across the Midlands and the East of the country.
‘The combination of saturated ground, high river levels and further
forecasts of torrential rain mean people must remain vigilant.’
Braving the rain: Fans at the Hard Rock Calling music festival in Hyde Park, London get soaked yesterday
Grim: Festival goers squat under an umbrella at Hard Rock Calling in Hyde Park, London
The EA said teams had been mobilised
across the country to check on flood defences, clear any river blockages
and closely monitor river levels over the coming days.
The Met Office has issued a yellow
warning of heavy rain for parts of the Midlands, southern and eastern
England and Wales, but later increased this to amber across parts of the
South East, Midlands and East Anglia.
Forecaster George Goodfellow said:
‘Overnight we have had an overhang of yesterday’s band of persistent,
heavy showers in the Midlands and North Wales which have drifted further
south into South East England.
‘There have been some really heavy showers with places getting 5-10mm of rain in an hour.’
He added: ‘Normally rainfall rates like that are a bit of a concern but
because everything is so wet, you don’t need that much to cause flooding
problems.’
Fit to burst: The River Dove spilling over the stepping stones is due to the wettest last three months on record
Lost summer: Almost daily torrential rain has made driving conditions a misery for many – such as here on the A34 in Oxfordshire
Mr Goodfellow said the band of heavy
and locally thundery rain will move slowly southwards across central and
south-eastern parts of England during of today. Showers are also
predicted in the South West.
People are being urged not to drive or walk through flood waters which can be dirty, dangerous and full of hidden debris.
The wettest April to June on record,
followed by more heavy rain so far this month, has caused widespread –
and in some cases, repeated – flooding.
The latest casualty of the washout
summer was the Country, Land and Business Association’s (CLA) Game Fair
at Belvoir Castle, Leicestershire, due to take place from July 20 to 22,
which has been cancelled.
Healthy: After weeks of heavy rain, Bewl Reservoir is full…
…but back in March, the reservoir was running low
The latest floods come amid claims
that nearly 300 flood defence schemes across England have been left
unbuilt following government budget cuts.
According to the Guardian, which
analysed EA documents, 294 projects that had indicative funding in 2010
to begin work in the following two years have not received any money.
Charles Tucker of the National Flood
Forum told the newspaper: ‘The fact is that spending has decreased while
flooding has increased. Spending on flooding is clearly not enough.’
The EA said 364 new flood risk management schemes had been completed in the last three years.
‘There will always be more schemes
proposed than funds available and no one can prevent flooding entirely,’
said the agency’s chief executive Paul Leinster.
Meanwhile, two pictures have emerged that sum up Britani’s disappointing – and very soggy – summer.
Just four months after running almost
dry and prompting a hosepipe ban, this reservoir, Bewl Water in Kent
and Sussex, is full to bursting after weeks of continuous rain.
Spirits dampened: A lone spectator watches the finish of the 3rd race at Newbury yesterday amid rain
But, if Old English folklore is right, it could soon be time to put away that much-used umbrella.
Forecasters say it will be mainly dry
and sunny tomorrow on St Swithin’s Day – the date which, legend has it,
sets the weather for the next 40 days and 40 nights.
But anyone keen for the summer to
begin look away now. Nearly a month’s worth of rain – up to 60mm – is
predicted to fall this morning in some areas.
Before
the heavy rain began in March, Bewl reservoir, the largest body of
inland water in the South-East, was roughly 60 per cent full. However,
the recent deluge – which has seen more rain fall than at any time
since 1910, when records began – means it is now fit to bursting.
The reservoir was completed in 1975 to increase water supplies in the area and contains more than 31,300million litres.
Southern Water introduced a hosepipe ban in April and lifted it last week.
Rain stops play: Wet weather calls yet another end to the cricket during a LV County Championship match between Worcestershire and Durham in Worcester, yesterday
Last night, the Met Office issued a severe weather warning and flood alerts for the South-West.
Parts of central and southern
England, along with north Wales, will be dogged by persistent rain,
while heavy downpours and thunderstorms will affect the rest of the
country.
The Environment Agency has also
warned that parts of the Midlands, East Anglia and Dorset should remain
on high alert for further heavy flooding.
Since
the beginning of May, more than 3,000 properties have been flooded
across England and Wales. Last month was also one of the dullest Junes
on record, with just 119.2 hours of sunshine.
Yesterday,
there were also warnings the cost of chips could rise after farmers
reported they had lost 40 per cent of their potato crops because of
water-logged fields. Although July is traditionally peak season for
potatoes, crops have been left rotting in fields because it is too wet
to harvest them.
As a result, farmers have had to raise prices by roughly £50 a ton to cover their costs. This year’s lavender harvest will also be much smaller because the flowers have been hugely affected by the torrential rain.
At the same time, walkers in the Peak District have been warned not to cross a set of stepping stones over the River Dove at Dovedale near Ashbourne, Derbyshire, after they were submerged under water.
A sign was posted saying: ‘Stepping stone closed (due to flooding).’ Claire Austin, forecaster for the MeteoGroup, said: ‘There will be a band of showery rain through central and south England in the morning but it will start to clear by the end of the day.
‘On Sunday, it will be mostly dry with a small chance of showers and cloud.
‘On Monday, rain will come in from the west. It will be cloudy with bits of drizzle and quite breezy and will bring in warmer air.’
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What a lovely picture of the reservoir, it looks so green and lush.
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– Nik, Bristol, 14/7/2012 9:51 I think your response to another poster was a bit harsh! I didn’t see anywhere that they said we should get free water, just that the water companies shouldn’t be privately owned. And I agree. Re-nationalise them, together with the other utilities so we get the interests of the consumers put first. Invest OUR money in infrastructure maintenance and improvements, not advertising, shareholders’ payouts and fatcat salaries!
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Already in 2002 when we built our house here in Belgium we were by law forced to have a water tank installed of minimum 5000 litres in our front garden. 10000 is better.
This water we use for garden, flushing toilets etc.
It saves a lot of water and the initial investment is not so expensive.
Why not make a similar law in the UK . It can’t be difficult for the government to organize this in a few months so at least all new properties will be equipped with their own water reservoir before the next drought.
All paved over front gardens should be forced to put a tank in as well as they are the worst environmental offenders.
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I love the rain-sorry flood victims!
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The best form of investment anyone can make is in the New ‘Gold’ . . YES I mean Water.
Over the coming ten year we will find that the most valuable staple of life may well become that very thing that everyone takes for granted . . . Fresh WATER.
As the populations of countries increase exponentially the available stocks of water will not increase.
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The legend is that if it rains on St Swithen’s day it will rain for forty days after. There is nothing in the legend about if it is sunny on St Swithen’s day it will be sunny for forty days after. It is not an indicator of the weather per se.
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I bet the water companys are going to give the bosses huge bonuses because they have filled the reservoirs.
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The water companies a making preparations for another exceptionally dry winter. How exactly, by building more reservoirs, building water channels from the north to the south or maybe even turning sea water into fresh. NO, their planning is to restrict usage and raise prices. Water is a basic human need and should NEVER be owned by private firms. ******** Well, it needs to be paid for somehow you wally. What do you expect? Free water? In that case our taxes will have to be raised. You do know that water needs to be processed before it’s put into our pipes, don’t you? And dirty waste water can’t be put straight into canels, rivers and the sea, can it? Otherwise you’d complain about that too. C’mon, reality check please – be sensible! Water firms are pretty much the most regulated private firms out there (I know, my wife works for one) and they can only raise prices if there is justifiable cause.
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Tug, Chesterfield, 14/7/2012 6:01 is quite right. Water management including sewerage treatment is an essential service in a developed country and should be paid out of general taxation. It is essential to life including local food production and should be nothing to do with private profit. As a matter of national security, we should be building a water transport network to allow water to be moved around the country as and when needed so we can keep existing reservoirs topped up. With the way the climate is going, it’s as plain as plain could be that this is vital and, if done right, will be an investment lasting hundreds of years into the future. It is simply too important not to do it and with plenty of available labour, would create lots of worthwhile employment.
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Well, all this rain will no doubt give the top men a huge bonus, since they have managed to fill all the rivers and reservoirs.
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