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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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Why oh why, in these days of working from home and video conferencing are our capital cities still perched on the banks of troublesome rivers? Isn't it about time they moved? Couldn't the capital just be moved to Milton Keynes? Wimbledon FC did it after all. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Hmmmm.....I don't think you can blame the rivers. You could blame global warming or building on upriver flood plains. Or blame me. I spat in a river once thus raising its level. "
I'm just saying that they don't need to be anywhere near a river anymore. Move them. Imagine how much money you'd save by just letting London flood! By the time sea levels have risen 2 meters it'll be billions! |
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By (user no longer on site)
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I read a really good book about humans and risk assessment. It was written by an economist, but it still had sound reasoning, not to worry! 
Anyway, there were a few chapters on natural disasters, insurance, and risk assessment. The chapters of flooding were particularly interesting. Apparently we are shit at assessing the risk of natural disasters and as our flood defenses get better, our judgement gets even worse.
If I can remember the title I'll post it, it was rather interesting. Our flood defenses get better, so our assessment gets worse, then more people end up living in what were once flood zones based on a false security, then a disaster strikes with the same frequency as before but with harsher results because more people are living there (mostly wealthier people, too, as they tend to like waterfront property). It's a self-feeding spiral. |
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"I read a really good book about humans and risk assessment. It was written by an economist, but it still had sound reasoning, not to worry!
Anyway, there were a few chapters on natural disasters, insurance, and risk assessment. The chapters of flooding were particularly interesting. Apparently we are shit at assessing the risk of natural disasters and as our flood defenses get better, our judgement gets even worse.
If I can remember the title I'll post it, it was rather interesting. Our flood defenses get better, so our assessment gets worse, then more people end up living in what were once flood zones based on a false security, then a disaster strikes with the same frequency as before but with harsher results because more people are living there (mostly wealthier people, too, as they tend to like waterfront property). It's a self-feeding spiral."
So are you for or against the move to Milton Keynes...? |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I read a really good book about humans and risk assessment. It was written by an economist, but it still had sound reasoning, not to worry!
Anyway, there were a few chapters on natural disasters, insurance, and risk assessment. The chapters of flooding were particularly interesting. Apparently we are shit at assessing the risk of natural disasters and as our flood defenses get better, our judgement gets even worse.
If I can remember the title I'll post it, it was rather interesting. Our flood defenses get better, so our assessment gets worse, then more people end up living in what were once flood zones based on a false security, then a disaster strikes with the same frequency as before but with harsher results because more people are living there (mostly wealthier people, too, as they tend to like waterfront property). It's a self-feeding spiral.
So are you for or against the move to Milton Keynes...?"
I've never been there so I'll reserve judgement. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I read a really good book about humans and risk assessment. It was written by an economist, but it still had sound reasoning, not to worry!
Anyway, there were a few chapters on natural disasters, insurance, and risk assessment. The chapters of flooding were particularly interesting. Apparently we are shit at assessing the risk of natural disasters and as our flood defenses get better, our judgement gets even worse.
If I can remember the title I'll post it, it was rather interesting. Our flood defenses get better, so our assessment gets worse, then more people end up living in what were once flood zones based on a false security, then a disaster strikes with the same frequency as before but with harsher results because more people are living there (mostly wealthier people, too, as they tend to like waterfront property). It's a self-feeding spiral.
So are you for or against the move to Milton Keynes...?"
I wouldn't wish Milton Keynes on anyone....not even Londoners! |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"I read a really good book about humans and risk assessment. It was written by an economist, but it still had sound reasoning, not to worry!
Anyway, there were a few chapters on natural disasters, insurance, and risk assessment. The chapters of flooding were particularly interesting. Apparently we are shit at assessing the risk of natural disasters and as our flood defenses get better, our judgement gets even worse.
If I can remember the title I'll post it, it was rather interesting. Our flood defenses get better, so our assessment gets worse, then more people end up living in what were once flood zones based on a false security, then a disaster strikes with the same frequency as before but with harsher results because more people are living there (mostly wealthier people, too, as they tend to like waterfront property). It's a self-feeding spiral.
So are you for or against the move to Milton Keynes...?
I wouldn't wish Milton Keynes on anyone....not even Londoners!"
Imagine..Londoners actually being able to afford to buy a house! |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"You can blame the medieval forebears realy. They like to land at a river and build a settlement that grows and . . . well you know the rest . . . "
Oh i know. So all you need now is a telephone exchange.  |
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