Marooned on flood island: Couple build 110m wall to protect house 

Brits are literally pulling their own teeth. This government are robbers. They take from the people and then stick up two fingers up instead of work for the people.

uk gov spend like 1400000£ everyday on illegal immigrants. imagine spending it on river defences. The problem could be solved on the entire island for that kind of money.

You got money?

That's partly what caused the problem.

That's partly what caused the problem. And is the EA, not local councils.

Probably not as much as all the damages from constant floods.

that is what a pump is for...

@@julesgosnell9791 Yeah, but what size pump. Who determines how much water will need to be pumped if the water pressure equalises?

@@dgbucko Nature determines the amount of water - you would be able to estimate it by looking at the geography, stratigraphy, past events and future predictions. Then you go and buy a pump of capable of moving water more quickly from the inside to the outside than is leaking in / equalising in the other direction....

@@julesgosnell9791 Yeah, but the walls have created an impermeable barrier. The success of the project though is the permeability of the ground. It looks as though they house is on clay and it does look as though the project has been successful as a result, and if clay, yes, it could be controlled by a pump. If however the ground was more permeable, there would be no resistance to water and the water levels internally would very quickly be the same as external and no pump would be successful due to the volume of water passing up through the ground. Think of it like a boat, with the walls being the side of the hull and the ground being the base of the hull. If the ground is clay, the boat has a bottom and will not leak too much. If the base of the hull is permeable to water, the boat sinks. Same principle here. But, as I have said above, the project seems to be successful, which points to the area being clay. Good job all round.

@@dgbucko If the ground was very permeable then you would not have gone with this solution in the first place....

"Area known to flood" doesn't sound as good as the one used. It's for the clicks. Surely you are that oblivious

@Bootrosgali I walk past regularly, thankfully it isnt high enough to block the view

@richardh8082 oh wow hi, wasn't expecting a first-hand observation. I actually was going to go back and count the blocks. So it's 5ft or something?

​@@Bootrosgalishoulder height.