Risk of disease.

[Workingman]

Experts are the last thing we need..... look what they have done for us so far!

[Diflower]

Nooo, I meant us armchair experts WM

I just read that for the town, one of the things they're doing is that the 'gates will be shut at the toll bridge' to hold the water - first either of us knew there was a toll bridge, but now we've looked up the road it's on, we do know where it is and have seen the gates
It's right by the level crossing so I guess the trains will be out again

[Kaz]

I asked my armchair expert! Apparently they did open the sluices at Maidenhead - it saved Maidenhead but that has meant Chertsey and Staines paying the price!

Ria, Mick reckons the reason they don't do what you suggest is because of the tiny chance it might flood the capital.....something nobody would risk.....

[cromwell]

I would! Do it as the tide turns and it should all be taken out to sea?

[Workingman]

I would! Do it as the tide turns and it should all be taken out to sea?

What, London, Westminster??

Every cloud.... and all that.

[cromwell]

If that happens a sincere "Ooops!" should cover it.

[meriad]

Ria, Mick reckons the reason they don't do what you suggest is because of the tiny chance it might flood the capital.....something nobody would risk.....

I also suspect that is the reason why

but surely there must be a way to do a controlled and slow release of the water upstream, esp when the tidal Thames is ebbing, London wouldn't flood then.

But Cromwell and Frank.

[Kaz]

There should be Ria but that would require both brains and leadership!!

Frank, Cromwell - watching the HoP floating out to sea eh???? That would pull in an audience

[Aggers]

Don't despair.

As politicians say, "There are lessons to be learned".

[KateLMead]

What worries me are the risks of gastroenteritis, typhoid and other communicable diseases that can be caused through sewage and indeed floods. We have been warned of the danger to our dogs, ensuring they do not enter water and saturated fields. All our dogs have been very sick and have had costly injections and treatment from the vets, we took them to the woods or a local field every day for exercise.