Sheep Survey the Floods by kaward
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This is a spot where a large gentle "S" in the River Trent can usually be seen. The submerged trees follow the usual line of the river. The rest of the water is a strange area we call flood land. This is a term almost forgotten in the UK. It seems some builders call it prime building land. The council agree it seems, as they grant the building rights. That's why we have thousands of poor people in submerged houses. They will not be able to get household insurance when the floods recede either. Some will have made a lot of money from there misery!
Sorry for the political rant. I hope you like the photo anyway.
Comments (10)
durleybeachbum
Hear, hear! You can rant away, I SO agree with you, Kevin. What is so difficult to understand about the term 'flood plain'? This is a spectacular and very beautiful photo, composed, as always, absolutely perfectly. PS I got the seeds today, thankyou so much!
MrsRatbag
"I don't remember there being a river there, do you?" I agree with your rant, someone should be held accountable for granting building rights in floodlands! Still, this is a beautiful shot.
alanwilliams
aside from all the damage and distress floods cause, there is a certain beauty
photosynthesis
Sad situation, but a beautifully composed photo. I think there's some amount of mutual responsibility in these types of situations. I often wonder why people here in the U.S. continue to build houses in places that are repeatedly ravaged by floods, hurricanes & other severe types of natural phenomena. They build, disaster hits, insurance pays out, they rebuild in the same place & on & on...
jayfar
I do like the photo and every thing you said is correct.
kgb224
Superb capture my friend. God bless.
whaleman
I agree too! And the buyers are also at fault, as if they don't realize their is a risk of flooding on the cheaper land. Here, they continue to build on river flats that flood all the time and the owners line up at the trough for replacement fridges and deep freezers and such every four or five years. I am really tired of the nonsense!
Adobe_One_Kenobi
I was only talking about this to honey last night about this propensity to ignore mother nature and build on flood plains, we are equally guilty of it London. I live in an area known as the Thames basin, yet a whole city has been built there, and what do they do? Build a barrier to protect us? This morose attitude never ceases to amaze me, it's born out of greed as you so rightly point out mate. I second Andrea's hear hear. Lovely executed scape any way Kev.
billcody
I think we all have to learn about situations like this. We in Germany have great problems with the Elbe river - in 2003 and 2013. At first they called it a "centuries flood" and suggested, that we could go on for a hundred years. In 2013 they had another "century flood", how could that be? For centuries it was flood plain territory, only used by cows and sheeps. Now it must be used for expensive flats with "river panorama", for restaurants, hotels and "wellness oasis" and other crap. When nature takes it place back they cry about the billions of Euro for repair - and do the same mistake again! Is this evolution or devolution? I think we have to think twice - wereever we live. Thanks for sharing and good luck!
dochtersions
It's a sad story for people who are victims of the flood, but a masterly good picture. I rarely saw an overview of an area, such as grand like this one. It's a real first class work.