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Slade Trillgon
Brutor Force Federated
#21 - 2014-02-11 13:03:40 UTC
Bad weather abound all around. Life as usual. So, per usual, good luck to all. Chin up and face forward.
Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
#22 - 2014-02-11 13:59:27 UTC
Karen Avioras wrote:
I'm a bit surprised that the servers are the only thing you care about.



Seriously. When this happened in Houston TX, it was the computers and such in hospital basements et al that was the issue.

A serious issue.

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Jonah Gravenstein
Machiavellian Space Bastards
#23 - 2014-02-11 14:08:11 UTC
Now that the London commuter belt is suffering we might actually see the UK government start to do something about the flooding, like investing in flood defences and curtailing development on floodplains or making sure that developments on floodplains are actually suitable for that environment. Meanwhile large tracts of the South West have been under water or cut off for the best part of a month, and for most of that time all the politicians have done about it is pass the buck.

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baltec1
Bat Country
Pandemic Horde
#24 - 2014-02-11 14:18:45 UTC
Jonah Gravenstein wrote:
Now that the London commuter belt is suffering we might actually see the UK government start to do something about the flooding, like investing in flood defences and curtailing development on floodplains or making sure that developments on floodplains are actually suitable for that environment. Meanwhile large tracts of the South West have been under water or cut off for the best part of a month, and for most of that time all the politicians have done about it is pass the buck.


They will protect London a bit better and that's about it.

We are still waiting in the north east for them to do something about the east coast line which is in danger of dropping into the sea...
Jonah Gravenstein
Machiavellian Space Bastards
#25 - 2014-02-11 14:23:47 UTC  |  Edited by: Jonah Gravenstein
baltec1 wrote:
They will protect London a bit better and that's about it.
And fail at doing so.

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We are still waiting in the north east for them to do something about the east coast line which is in danger of dropping into the sea...
Fat chance of that, as far as Westminster and their cronies are concerned the budget for things like that stops 20 miles outside the M25, unless of course they can farm it out to their mates for a cut of the profits.

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Caldari State
#26 - 2014-02-11 14:47:37 UTC
Treborr MintingtonJr wrote:
Mate screw the servers, make the trains run better, getting to and from work is a pain in my arse.

You know what's funny? Big smile

People in germany always complain about the trains, then one day I heard someone who just came back from her vacation in London saying "I'll never complain about the trains in germany ever again, at least here the train always arrives!". Big smile

Stupidity should be a bannable offense.

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Khergit Deserters
Crom's Angels
#27 - 2014-02-11 16:02:17 UTC  |  Edited by: Khergit Deserters
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Dersen Lowery
The Scope
#28 - 2014-02-11 17:04:30 UTC  |  Edited by: Dersen Lowery
There was an article in the New York Times about this that was supremely irritating. It played the whole thing as "oh, those British people! Tally ho! Stiff upper lip!" Hey, Timesmen? Floods aren't jokes, OK? You weren't cracking wise about stoic Lutherans when the Midwestern US flooded, were you?

There are still empty husks of houses and buildings left over from the devastating millenial flood of 2008 here. There are still water stains above the height of my head on the buildings at the bottom of the hill that I live on. My thoughts and prayers are with anyone dealing with flooding, especially prolonged flooding. Good luck, and I really hope your government either gets it together or asks for international help. If the water lingers, will take years to recover, and years more to get all the mold out.

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baltec1
Bat Country
Pandemic Horde
#29 - 2014-02-12 18:59:22 UTC
Woohoo yet more hurricane force wind!
Little Dragon Khamez
Guardians of the Underworld
#30 - 2014-02-13 01:20:26 UTC
Karen Avioras wrote:
I'm a bit surprised that the servers are the only thing you care about.


The man's priorities are in the right place.

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Little Dragon Khamez
Guardians of the Underworld
#31 - 2014-02-13 01:26:26 UTC
baltec1 wrote:
Jonah Gravenstein wrote:
Now that the London commuter belt is suffering we might actually see the UK government start to do something about the flooding, like investing in flood defences and curtailing development on floodplains or making sure that developments on floodplains are actually suitable for that environment. Meanwhile large tracts of the South West have been under water or cut off for the best part of a month, and for most of that time all the politicians have done about it is pass the buck.


They will protect London a bit better and that's about it.

We are still waiting in the north east for them to do something about the east coast line which is in danger of dropping into the sea...


I did notice that once the rich folk of the Thames Valley were in danger of being flooded suddenly money was no object according to the prime minister. Makes me sad for the people in other parts of the country who until now have been told that there's no budget to help them with their floods.

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baltec1
Bat Country
Pandemic Horde
#32 - 2014-02-13 01:34:21 UTC
So tonight the local airfield picked up a 94mph gust before it broke which would explain why part of the turnstile housing ended up impailed on a fence next to me...
Pix Severus
Empty You
#33 - 2014-02-13 04:47:57 UTC
Enjoying the strong winds here, I dismantled my gate because it wouldn't shut up.

Anyway, I'm sure the soft southern ***** will recover just fine, they've faced worse than this.

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Gallente Federation
#34 - 2014-02-13 08:24:23 UTC
Im hoping the servers are in the canary warf data centre which is massive and has floors upon floors of servers.

As for London floods itself my heart goes out to the rich buggers on the thames with there 5 million pound pads that have just been given another 5k to build a wall in there back garden.

I feel sorry for the Somerset people that have had nearly 2 months of a 60 square mile lake in there back garden. They have also had bugger all help from the goverment except 8 pumps which came to late, yet when its london "oh noes my swimming pool is going to get flooded by dirty water" get the army in 20 seconds flat.



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Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
#35 - 2014-02-13 17:01:47 UTC
Ineptitude in these situations is always disturbing.

When New Orleans drowned, it was 2 full days before anyone in Washington even knew the extent of what went down, and that there were tens of thousands of people starving in the Superdome.

It just exposes the true fallacies of our governments that fund department after department to "aid the people in emergencies", and when it goes down everyone is asleep at the wheel.

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Graygor
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#36 - 2014-02-13 17:22:15 UTC
Its times like this im glad i emigrated.

South west keeps on being battered, flood walls from where i hail from have been breached 4 times since the new year and the council have given up repairing them according to my folks when i spoke to them last.

Stay safe chaps and who knows, maybe london will flood and Lib/Lab/Con will learn the value of infrastructure....

Yeah i didnt think so either...

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Bagrat Skalski
Koinuun Kotei
#37 - 2014-02-13 17:23:57 UTC  |  Edited by: Bagrat Skalski
If you sink money in infrastructure, it will be flooded, so what is the point? We have to put money where they will be safe, like boats and rafts. Whole communities sailing away from disasters.

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Graygor
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#38 - 2014-02-13 17:31:59 UTC  |  Edited by: Graygor
Well Japan takes plenty of typhoons on the nose and has first rate infrastructure to handle it. Under Tokyo and Osaka and other major metropolitan areas are giant concrete cylinders that can hold an ungodly amount of flood water. In addition to spillways designed to handle run off and channel it to the sea in the easiest way possible. Given this was built in a geologically unstable area at insane expensive, geologically boring Britain shouldnt have an issue.

Mind you building all those houses on flood plains with planning permission given by short sighted councils was a really good idea. Roll

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Udonor
Doomheim
#39 - 2014-02-19 12:06:49 UTC
Sarah Nalelmir wrote:
Billy McCandless wrote:
aye donet think this is teh playce to sugesst how peepel in other parts of the YooKay mite think about wots happenin two the peepel in the south of Engerlawn

butt its not all sympthey


Don't get me wrong Billy, Ive seen your posts on the forums, whilst for the most part they are dry humoured and funny, and maybe I misread this post im quoting, but im sorry in this case this is poor taste and not a matter to be made fun of.

As I said to the other poster, I wouldn't wish flooding on anyone, ive been through it myself and ive seen the affects of it on peoples lives and their familys.

Will people recover ? yes, will they suffer hardship, disruption to their lives, take a long time to get back on their feet ? a big YES.

I don't know you Billy, im sure in life your a decent person, but now really isn't the time to be an asshat on an internet forum making fun of peoples suffering.

How can you not understand people are suffering having their lives turned upside down ? displaced from their homes.

This world is a pretty ****** up awful world we live in, and each and every one of us leaves our front door every morning to make the most of the world what we can, and at the end of the day you should be able to take comfort of feeling safe and secure in your own home. But now people don't even have that.

You end your post saying its not all sympathy ? then what is it Billy ? because if other people take joy in people suffering then that's pretty ****** up.

The flooding right now is on the doorstep. Just because it might not be on your doorstep, you might want to think about how this will push up insurance premiums, how this will affect the cost of food, how this will have an affect on the economy this year on what are tough times already.

For once think outside the game.




But he is right. While the situation is bad - its sort of stupid to assume people elsewhere all rally to this particular disaster without reservation. Other places have their issues too.

Being at the front of the social "conscious" herd vocalizing support does not accomplish much except blowing your own whistle. Let the folks who can actually do something to physically alleviate the problem do their jobs.

The "good" thing about London and the UK is that they have sufficient solid local support for recovery efforts. No need for throwing a big party elsewhere and donating profits to victims...something that has always struck me as somewhat two-faced support though it does work.
45thtiger 0109
Pan-Intergalatic Business Community
#40 - 2014-02-19 22:39:53 UTC
Udonor wrote:
Sarah Nalelmir wrote:
Billy McCandless wrote:
aye donet think this is teh playce to sugesst how peepel in other parts of the YooKay mite think about wots happenin two the peepel in the south of Engerlawn

butt its not all sympthey


Don't get me wrong Billy, Ive seen your posts on the forums, whilst for the most part they are dry humoured and funny, and maybe I misread this post im quoting, but im sorry in this case this is poor taste and not a matter to be made fun of.

As I said to the other poster, I wouldn't wish flooding on anyone, ive been through it myself and ive seen the affects of it on peoples lives and their familys.

Will people recover ? yes, will they suffer hardship, disruption to their lives, take a long time to get back on their feet ? a big YES.

I don't know you Billy, im sure in life your a decent person, but now really isn't the time to be an asshat on an internet forum making fun of peoples suffering.

How can you not understand people are suffering having their lives turned upside down ? displaced from their homes.

This world is a pretty ****** up awful world we live in, and each and every one of us leaves our front door every morning to make the most of the world what we can, and at the end of the day you should be able to take comfort of feeling safe and secure in your own home. But now people don't even have that.

You end your post saying its not all sympathy ? then what is it Billy ? because if other people take joy in people suffering then that's pretty ****** up.

The flooding right now is on the doorstep. Just because it might not be on your doorstep, you might want to think about how this will push up insurance premiums, how this will affect the cost of food, how this will have an affect on the economy this year on what are tough times already.

For once think outside the game.




But he is right. While the situation is bad - its sort of stupid to assume people elsewhere all rally to this particular disaster without reservation. Other places have their issues too.

Being at the front of the social "conscious" herd vocalizing support does not accomplish much except blowing your own whistle. Let the folks who can actually do something to physically alleviate the problem do their jobs.

The "good" thing about London and the UK is that they have sufficient solid local support for recovery efforts. No need for throwing a big party elsewhere and donating profits to victims...something that has always struck me as somewhat two-faced support though it does work.



Here in Australia when there is a Natural Disaster like bush fires, floods, ect people do donate and help people in need.

I have done my part and have donated money when this sort of thing happens.

CCP had helped to donate money to the Philippines and allot of EvE donated isk for that cause.

And I do still think that CCP should do the same for people in the UK to help them out as well.

Come on CCP Explorer I know you can start something to help your country men & Woman.

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