Flooding: Storm Dennis is 'a taste of things to come' for Wales

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-51631480

On BBC Wales tonight.

Any on here badly affected recently, so much to think about with floods, landslips etc and it seems it could become the norm ?

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-51631480

On BBC Wales tonight.

Any on here badly affected recently, so much to think about with floods, landslips etc and it seems it could become the norm ?

It must be terrible for them poor sods , so stressful

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It must be terrible for them poor sods , so stressful

I just hope the relevant agencies really do have all the sites of old tips recorded and managed correctly, because chopping down trees and causing flooding did actually make things worse.

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I just hope the relevant agencies really do have all the sites of old tips recorded and managed correctly, because chopping down trees and causing flooding did actually make things worse.

The way we are living today is unsustainable

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-51631480

On BBC Wales tonight.

Any on here badly affected recently, so much to think about with floods, landslips etc and it seems it could become the norm ?

I always thought that films such as Blade Runner that showed the future as constantly raining were OTT, but maybe they were right?

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The way we are living today is unsustainable

We have not forgotten ................ NEVER AGAIN .....

https://martinjohnes.com/2016/10/20/aberfan/

A terrifying tale of bungling ineptitude

In the days after the disaster, Lord Robens, chairman of the National Coal Board (NCB), attributed the tragedy to ‘natural unknown springs’ beneath the tip. This was known by all the local people to be incorrect. The NCB had been tipping on top of springs that are shown on maps of the neighbourhood and in which village schoolboys had played. The government immediately appointed a Tribunal of Inquiry. Its report was unsparing:

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We have not forgotten ................ NEVER AGAIN .....

https://martinjohnes.com/2016/10/20/aberfan/

A terrifying tale of bungling ineptitude

In the days after the disaster, Lord Robens, chairman of the National Coal Board (NCB), attributed the tragedy to ‘natural unknown springs’ beneath the tip. This was known by all the local people to be incorrect. The NCB had been tipping on top of springs that are shown on maps of the neighbourhood and in which village schoolboys had played. The government immediately appointed a Tribunal of Inquiry. Its report was unsparing:

Ain't that the truth

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We have not forgotten ................ NEVER AGAIN .....

https://martinjohnes.com/2016/10/20/aberfan/

A terrifying tale of bungling ineptitude

In the days after the disaster, Lord Robens, chairman of the National Coal Board (NCB), attributed the tragedy to ‘natural unknown springs’ beneath the tip. This was known by all the local people to be incorrect. The NCB had been tipping on top of springs that are shown on maps of the neighbourhood and in which village schoolboys had played. The government immediately appointed a Tribunal of Inquiry. Its report was unsparing:

One of the people mentioned in that article had some very dark secrets that made him easily controllable.