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| Princes William, Harry sandbag against U.K. floods |
| 2014-02-15 |
| [USATODAY] Prince William and Prince Harry helped flood-hit British villagers protect their homes Friday, unloading sandbags alongside soldiers in a River Thames village. The princes, who have both served in the armed forces, joined a work crew In Datchet, west of London, from about 6 a.m. on what aides said was a private visit. The princes were not the only royals helping out. Their grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II, has sent feed and bedding from the royal farms at Windsor to farmers whose land has been inundated. England, which has been lashed by wind and rain since December, had its wettest January since records began in 1766, and the rain has continued this month. Storms this week have brought wind gusts of more than 100 mph (160 kph). |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #7 Although their father is a prime example of a snotty little upper-class twit, both William and Harry seem like fairly decent young men. |
| Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2014-02-15 16:37 |
| #6 I have no job... it's underwater :( |
| Posted by: Devilstoenail 2014-02-15 15:50 |
| #5 England, which has been lashed by wind and rain since December, had its wettest January since records began Let me guess: the Met, thanks to their new supercomputer, was predicting prolonged drought. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2014-02-15 10:32 |
| #4 Flooding: a synergy between "green" ideologues and Brussels See EUReferendum for all the details. Excerpt: But all this got markedly worse after 2002 when the Baroness Young of Old Scone, a Labour peeress, became the agency's new chief executive. Dredging virtually ceased altogether. Although not immediately apparent, the rivers began dangerously to silt up. The Baroness, who had previously run the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds and Natural England, and was still a vice-president of the RSPB (a conflict of interest is ever there was one), talked obsessively about the need to promote the interests of wildlife. She was famously heard to say that she wanted to see "a limpet mine put on every pumping station". |
| Posted by: AlanC 2014-02-15 08:23 |
| #3 >had its wettest January since records began in 1766 Not True. 1929/30 was wetter |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2014-02-15 07:34 |
| #2 Windsor and Eton-Datchet are next door. Windsor is where the Queen lives. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2014-02-15 07:32 |
| #1 The princes, who have both served in the armed forces, joined a work crew In Datchet, west of London, from about 6 a.m. on what aides said was a private visit. Tasks seldom undertaken among American politicians and nobility. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2014-02-15 07:19 |