Comments on: Flooding and it is only going to get worse http://www.chrisg.org/2007/06/28/flooding-and-it-is-only-going-to-get-worse/ ... Because I Can Mon, 06 Oct 2008 17:01:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Chris Garrett http://www.chrisg.org/2007/06/28/flooding-and-it-is-only-going-to-get-worse/#comment-20824 Chris Garrett Mon, 02 Jul 2007 12:11:06 +0000 http://www.chrisg.org/2007/06/28/flooding-and-it-is-only-going-to-get-worse/#comment-20824 Not really, every couple of years River Ouse bursts its banks, the center has been flooded on numerous occasions, I was there a couple of years ago and we couldn't get near the center because all the roads were blocked or flooded Not really, every couple of years River Ouse bursts its banks, the center has been flooded on numerous occasions, I was there a couple of years ago and we couldn’t get near the center because all the roads were blocked or flooded

]]> By: anon http://www.chrisg.org/2007/06/28/flooding-and-it-is-only-going-to-get-worse/#comment-20823 anon Mon, 02 Jul 2007 12:06:00 +0000 http://www.chrisg.org/2007/06/28/flooding-and-it-is-only-going-to-get-worse/#comment-20823 not really a problem in york tbh. most of town built a 15ft above the level shown in photo. york was selecte by romans to build on cos of transport links by river AND the fact that it was well above the surrounding flood plains. its just the 'wharfside' areas that flood all the time... not really a problem in york tbh. most of town built a 15ft above the level shown in photo. york was selecte by romans to build on cos of transport links by river AND the fact that it was well above the surrounding flood plains.

its just the ‘wharfside’ areas that flood all the time…

]]> By: Alan Flynn http://www.chrisg.org/2007/06/28/flooding-and-it-is-only-going-to-get-worse/#comment-20818 Alan Flynn Fri, 29 Jun 2007 12:00:16 +0000 http://www.chrisg.org/2007/06/28/flooding-and-it-is-only-going-to-get-worse/#comment-20818 Thanks for posting the picture Chris. Only hope that it heightens peoples' awareness to York's annual problems. Thanks for posting the picture Chris. Only hope that it heightens peoples’ awareness to York’s annual problems.

]]> By: Chris Garrett http://www.chrisg.org/2007/06/28/flooding-and-it-is-only-going-to-get-worse/#comment-20817 Chris Garrett Thu, 28 Jun 2007 19:37:01 +0000 http://www.chrisg.org/2007/06/28/flooding-and-it-is-only-going-to-get-worse/#comment-20817 A sane stampede just wouldn't be right - Yahoo! ;) A sane stampede just wouldn’t be right - Yahoo! ;)

]]> By: D'Arcy Norman http://www.chrisg.org/2007/06/28/flooding-and-it-is-only-going-to-get-worse/#comment-20816 D'Arcy Norman Thu, 28 Jun 2007 19:35:49 +0000 http://www.chrisg.org/2007/06/28/flooding-and-it-is-only-going-to-get-worse/#comment-20816 yeah. sorry about that. we can take some of the wet back for awhile to let you folks dry out a bit. it might help keep Stampede Week a bit saner if it pours like mad here for 2 weeks or so... yeah. sorry about that. we can take some of the wet back for awhile to let you folks dry out a bit. it might help keep Stampede Week a bit saner if it pours like mad here for 2 weeks or so…

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