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Flooded farms in England refused compensation as ‘too far’ from river (www.theguardian.com)

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[–] zaphod@sopuli.xyz 45 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Shouldn't it be the inverse? If you build too close to a river and your land floods that's on you.

[–] Madison420@lemmy.world 13 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

No, too far from a river and its an act of God which at least in the us is in addition to standard homeowners insurance.

Ed: too close to the river and most insurance companies require a level of flood protection. Most will in fact have maps off coverage areas that require it.

[–] iamjackflack@lemm.ee 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

For insurance purposes probably but it’s not that right? Government fund? Still crappy for them.

[–] sirico@feddit.uk 22 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

I mean... "What are the farmers protesting about? The main trigger for the protests are proposals in the Welsh government’s sustainable farming scheme (SFS) – its post-Brexit plan for funding the industry from 2025. One of the ideas is that farmers should commit to ensuring 10% of their land is under tree cover. Farmers argue this would be costly, unpractical and leave them overwhelmed with paperwork"

[–] CheeseNoodle@lemmy.world 12 points 10 months ago

Shame, trees are great at preventing/reducing flooding and holding the soil together so it doesn't get washed away.

[–] magnetosphere@fedia.io 19 points 10 months ago

Ah… bureaucracy in all its splendor

[–] GreatAlbatross@feddit.uk 17 points 10 months ago

"See that water flowing through my barn? I think that counts as a river now"

[+] xor@infosec.pub 16 points 10 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

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[–] cron@feddit.de 13 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Nope, that's a lake. Totally different.

[–] ColdSilenceAtrophies@programming.dev 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The second image in the article (Short Ferry) is, as you might guess from the name, pretty close to a river.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/iAWJmgKkApxCY7Q36

The river close to it (Barlings Eau) isn't a "main" river. The larger one to the south west (Witham) is. The green island area between the two (to the south) is intentionally flooded when water levels get high. The whole area is pretty prone to flooding, so the fact they're saying the scheme only pays out if you're close to a main river is odd.

Central government (Environment Agency) looks after the main rivers, most of the others in low lying areas are maintained by local authorities (Internal Drainage Boards), who don't get a huge amount of funding (and often have to deal with issues caused by the Environment Agency)

[–] WraithGear@lemmy.world 0 points 10 months ago

I smell something amiss. Are we sure that this photo is representative of the actual issue? I think this picture may be rage baiting for a cause.