Preparedness for when

mardatha

Just copied this from FB - no offence to anybody at all in any area of the UK, but just to show you what i meant earlier ok
"In Ballater there were 7 whole streets in a row where water went half way up the second floor of homes, Aboyne has flooded, water receded, and flooded again. Folks are out volunteering up to their waists in filthy, fast moving, freezing water. A whole housing scheme in Ballater was forgotten about until yesterday and volunteers sent out to the area came across old folks and others sitting in their cold wet homes with no electric and no idea there is hot food and comfort available to them. Why are the press not telling everyone how bad things are across the whole of the North East!!??!!"

VJsmum

nuatha wrote: »

And I thought I'd had some peculiar jobs.



If you needed a sign that you're getting out at the right time ...
Are you counting the days yet?

Mayyyybe

3 weeks 3 days......

Tho I have shedloads to do before then

ivyleaf

Thank you for posting that, Mar. I don't know what to say really - "How awful!" is totally inadequate

thriftwizard

mardatha wrote: »

Just copied this from FB - no offence to anybody at all in any area of the UK, but just to show you what i meant earlier ok
"In Ballater there were 7 whole streets in a row where water went half way up the second floor of homes, Aboyne has flooded, water receded, and flooded again. Folks are out volunteering up to their waists in filthy, fast moving, freezing water. A whole housing scheme in Ballater was forgotten about until yesterday and volunteers sent out to the area came across old folks and others sitting in their cold wet homes with no electric and no idea there is hot food and comfort available to them. Why are the press not telling everyone how bad things are across the whole of the North East!!??!!"

Oh my goodness! Poor souls! That's appalling. Surely it's someone's responsibility to know where vulnerable people are & prioritise their rescue? Even if the council offices are 6' underwater... who runs the scheme itself? Were they all off for a nice long cosy Christmas break, perhaps?

daz278

my first day off since new year , the light in my windowless bathroom broke , fairplay council were there today to fix it ..... could not find some of my led lights found 2 and my sunnan lamp , however the led torch bought from wilkinsons was broke so need to replace , good to find out from a small emergency than a big one.......... my big sister who lives in LA promised a few months ago to send me a ticket to see her ...as i am 50 in march.....sent her a message on Fbook that im off first 2weeks in April...... not got back to me yet.....oh well might be blackpool instead then... no hard feelings if doesnt happen as quite an expensive present.......you all take care

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calicocat wrote: »

Let's face it, none of us are scientists on here .

sweeping and incorrect statement calicocat, there are qualified scientists on here

There is evidence based fact and there is theory plus vested interests and that is all I am going to say

Busy here trying to much reduce my shtf stores and all the storage containers. Its going to take another few months, giving stuff away here and there

VJsmum, I hate palm oil, another destructive money grabbing at any cost industry with the aim of lining pockets. I also hate all the burning that goes on when clearing rain forest etc. All that pollution in the atmosphere and beyond, circulating around and around and getting everywhere, all over the world. Things are absolutely not as simple as they seem and as the media would have the masses believe. Then there is the sun, that huge ball in the sky that keeps the earth functioning, without which there would be no life at all. Could it be that the sun is changing? It isn`t just a homogeneous globe but a complex mix, ever evolving and dying

pineapple

thriftwizard wrote: »

Oh my goodness! Poor souls! That's appalling. Surely it's someone's responsibility to know where vulnerable people are & prioritise their rescue? Even if the council offices are 6' underwater... who runs the scheme itself? Were they all off for a nice long cosy Christmas break, perhaps?

I wasn't clear from M's post whether this was specifically a sheltered housing scheme, 'social housing' or what. If it is sheltered housing I would have thought that at least some of the tenants would have a daily warden call plus pendants/pull cords. You don't necessarily lose your facilties when you are older. Many of my former tenants would have been right on it and contacting all and sundry. (for a lot less).
And if it is just say a general housing association scheme, there should still be an emergency helpline. Whatever - I haven't seen any of this on the news which is incredible. It's also very worrying generally and I might have to dig out my tin foil apparel. Can you get ark building kits off Amazon?
Not alltogether sure I'm joking....:(

cbrown372

It's certainly not what I am reading on my FB regarding Ballatar, Banchory and surrounding district. In fact a neighbour who just returned from there posted a link for funding as although they are inundated with offers of food, clothing and furniture a lot of food is going to waste as there is too much and what they are collecting for is people without insurance when the time comes.

Yes for a spell they were without telephone access but BBC Scotland have been reporting from there every day in the Scottish news and telephone access was set up for the emergency services and the doctors. It is dire, yes and in particular the loss of main access roads but everyone is pulling together and help coming in from across Scotland.

fuddle

This reinforces my point from yesterday though doesn't it? We can't rely in social media for correct and unbiased information and had the rest of the UK been made aware via generic media then all this wondering would not be taking place.

greenbee

First thing I heard on the news when I turned the radio on was about the flooding in Scotland. May have been the luck of the draw of course, as I don't spend all day listening to the radio. Doesn't really mix well with my work...