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mark occomore · Joined: 07 Dec 2006 Posts: 9955 Location: UK

I really feel sorry for them. I guess the military will be bought in to help build temporary bridges?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8373937.stm

R2Icon · Joined: 10 Sep 2009 Posts: 1444

Why are we not seeing convoys of Army Trucks and Royal Engineers with mobile bridges heading for Cumbria to sort the mess out and get everything moving again? I don't understand. They don't need to see Gordon Brown on a photo opportunity- he can't help, they need real help, they need people with wellies and gloves and shovels and brushes and heaters and dry stuff!!

John W · Joined: 07 Dec 2006 Posts: 3367 Location: Warwickshire, UK

I think there are units of soldiers stationed in Cumbria so they are already there, but I expect they must wait till the water levels have fallen to 'normal' before putting up Bailey bridges ??
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iwarburton · Joined: 08 Dec 2006 Posts: 2133 Location: Northumberland

Apparently the A686 Hexham to Penrith road has had a temporary bridge at Langwathby for 41 years!

Re the floods in general, a friend who lives in Cockermouth emails me and says that the main street hardly has a shop, pub or restaurant that's been left unaffected.

I hope a national appeal for aid will be launched without delay.

Ian.

RockitRon · Joined: 07 Dec 2006 Posts: 7646

I hope that Jennings Brewery is still intact Razz

On a more serious note, I have a nasty feeling that resources are stretched further than they should be

Twenty-five soldiers, from 39 Regiment the Royal Artillery, have been sent to flood-hit areas to assist the emergency services.

Well, they can't be in two places at once, and we have much more important things to worry about than collapsed roads and bridges, flooded shops (and breweries), communities cut off and short of food and medical supplies in our own country Rolling Eyes

(Even if we have those temporary pontoon bridges the Royal Engineers were famous for, do we have the manpower to put them up?)
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John W · Joined: 07 Dec 2006 Posts: 3367 Location: Warwickshire, UK

There's a disused railway bridge still intact at Workington, might be quickly converted to a road bridge if it's safe.
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SantaFefan · Posted: Mon Nov 23, 2009 6:42 pm Post subject:

I agree with Rach.. in my imaginary, perfect world, the Army should have been on site and at least one temporary bridge erected in hours by the army.
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John W · Joined: 07 Dec 2006 Posts: 3367 Location: Warwickshire, UK

There IS a temporary bridge

Langwathby Bridge built in 1968 after the last big flood, and still there!

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R2Icon · Joined: 10 Sep 2009 Posts: 1444

At last!!! The Army have got themselves into gear, they're going to build a footbridge.

It's good to know I still have influence Smile

John W · Joined: 07 Dec 2006 Posts: 3367 Location: Warwickshire, UK

SantaFefan · Posted: Thu Nov 26, 2009 7:13 pm Post subject:

This wouldn't have happened if Brigadier Lethbridge Stewart had been on the case Laughing

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RockitRon · Joined: 07 Dec 2006 Posts: 7646

They're apparently to start work on it at midday. They've managed to find 200 soldiers to help out.

Meanwhile, some people have been playing the Cumbrian version of Russian Roulette
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cumbria/8381395.stm
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mark occomore · Joined: 07 Dec 2006 Posts: 9955 Location: UK

Apparently a temporary railway station has also been built.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8378702.stm

RockitRon · Joined: 07 Dec 2006 Posts: 7646

The unfortunate residents on the north side of Workington, cut off from the town by the flooding, can breathe a big sigh of relief.

Not only do they have a temporary footbridge, and a temporary railway station, but they now have a temporary Tesco's.

Off-site specialist and Portakabin subsidiary, Yorkon delivered and installed the 13,300sq ft purpose-built interim supermarket on a brownfield site in an "unprecedented" 18 hours ready for shop fitting to begin.

The shop is now open and trading just 13 days after work started on site.
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SantaFefan · Posted: Mon Dec 14, 2009 6:38 pm Post subject:

I'm not surprised at this news after watching a new McDonalds near us whipped up practically overnight!
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Briant · Posted: Mon Dec 14, 2009 7:46 pm Post subject:

I don't shop at Tesco's, or eat in a McDonalds, buy The Sun or The Daily Mail or watch the X Factor. Am I unusual or just choosy! Laughing

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Briant · Posted: Sat Dec 19, 2009 5:12 pm Post subject:

I've never owned a car, (though I was a bus driver once), never been to Europe (though I've been coast to coast over America), never used a hole in the wall cashpoint, never been arrested (though I've been on lots of protest marches), and I still love my wife! I am definitely unusual! Laughing