The Kintyre Forum

Scottish Water is only half the problem.

During the 2004 major refurbishment of the Corner House Coffee Bar in Bolgam Street, the interior floor was concreted and raised by 12 inches as a precaution and until Scottish Water sort themselves out.

Even with today's appalling flooding, the interior of the Coffee Bar was OK.

Unfortunately some dozy old ex-councillor who really should know better then caused a mini tsunami by driving at excessive speed through a foot of flood water outside. Thank goodness for the sandbags, but the door next to the Valuation Office caught some material damage.

The dozy old ex-councillor is VERY LUCKY he is not subject to a police complaint.

PLEASE, PLEASE anyone with a car. Drive VERY VERY SLOWLY through flood water. This includes Scottish Water vehicles.

Better still, have some common decency and STOP driving in Longrow and Bolgam Street when there is surface flood water about.

Several local businesses have raised their internal floors and are actually coping with the floods. Scottish Water to their credit are picking up the pieces and in the circumstances are doing a reasonable job at sorting out earlier damage.

It is the tsunami-causing inconsiderate car drivers that are causing 50% of the flooding in this town.

Rant over.

Feel better now for that.

Regards,

Scoop.

Sounds tae me Scoop that you should be helpin tae lower that ther water level,but ah suppose its hard tae remember that ye went tae drain the swamp when yer up tae yer arse in alligators!!

Scoop-- on the other FLOODING forum --- re the pictures taken outside D M S graphics -- is that yersel liftin the water awa wi a wheely bin?-- noo thats dam good thinkin! Ye should ask wullie mc millan tae gie a haun an yeel git the level doon a sicht quicker . ( In times of adversity a little humour can go a long way) Are ye aall sure that thon Scottish Watter's pumps are no in reverse an ther fullin the toon frae the loch? Ah never remember aw this floodin afore they "improved" the drainage!!

LOL Bitter End.

Thanks for that. Humour is the best medicine. Especially when you are up to your boots in alligators and jobbies.

The shops we have in Longrow had their main floors raised a couple of years ago, and this helps. In fairness to the current Scottish Water guys, they have stepped up to the plate and met their criticism head on. Scottish Water have also helped a lot of us building owners with defences and modifications.

What a lot of folk don't realise is that Argyll & Bute Council are jointly responsible with Scottish Water for this mess. Yet the council officials hide from site, both from public meetings and when each flood occurs. Worse still, the head of the council Roads Dept should be thrown into a big pool of this sh*t in Longrow. I don't know what mess his own house is in, but when the waters receeded on Tuesday the stench coming off the pavements was bad. Today on Wednesday it was a lot worse.

If this guy doesn't get these streets disinfected, then he will be up on a criminal charge of malfeasance by public official. If the foul stench doesn't get the over paid eejits attention, then maybe it will have to be the boys in blue.

It won't be good enough for him to wring his hands when some wee kid gets cholera or some similar nasty disease and for him to say we have learnt a lesson and won't let it happen again.

How about a novel idea, and have the streets disinfected BEFORE some kid comes down with a sewer born disease FROM THE STENCH AND SH*T RIDDEN PAVEMENTS THAT HAVE LAIN UNCLEANED FOR DAYS AFTER THIS FLOOD.

Ahoy the Scoop. ah've bin wanderin aboot the Long Row fur ower 50 year an ah meant ah DINNA remember a this keech cummin up afore the buchars sterted tae collect a the waatter fae the whole area and drap intae the sewers. Whit kinna edjit wid pit a the wee burns intae the drains? If ye canna hae thim as burns then gie thim ther ain pipes!