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FAO: All those playing in flood water

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madmatt:
I'd agree with the top post, but I'd go a step further and say stay away from the floods full stop! I work for an organisation heavily involved in the flooding we are responding 24/7 to emergencies and are being hindered by people just out for a look or a play. Its no fun being stood at a road side carrying out your work when an idiot in a 4x4 comes driving past spraying water all over you! I saw an AA man soaked from head to tow yesterday.   water is starting to drop around here and the mess thats been made by 4x4's out playing is unbeliveable. All the verges are carved up and rutted. Flooded roads will also quite often carry a current, that is in some cases more than capable of washing a vehicle away.

Its probably because I'm involved in flood events and have seen just how it ruins a lot of peoples lives/homes/weekends etc but i really can't see the appeal of driving round in wheel deep water. It does your motors no good either. Its also an offence to drive past a road closed sign. If your not part of an organised rescue/recovery effort. Think about staying at home

andyhubbard:
Good point well made Ja1983-nobody wants to get Veil's decease as it's really nasty if you get a good dose of it  :evil:,I know i was that soldier.

muddyjames:
Know all about veils disease from restoring the canals in the england. It is something I have to preech to my volunteers when I leed them.

It is easily curable by antibiotics if caught early enough. If not it can leed to liver damage and then eventually death. So I would recomend anyone coming down with a flu like bug in the next few weeks who has been near floods to go to thier doctor and get a test done. Some doctors actually say what is that? I have had that before when I took a mate to A&E with suspected viels disease. Had to go back to the van and get the paper work out we get in there.

(Reason we went to A&E was she had been near stagnent water 3 weks before hand and she was very fluey and no energy and ill. turned out is was only a bug luckily.)

land-def-90:
it is wise to be careful in flood water, a mate of mine very nearly died after wading (on foot) into flood water to rescue items from his caravan ,some kind of  poisoning this were 7 years ago and he still aint 100% now

skip:
Thanks Ja1983. I work in land drainage and deal with this kind of water everyday, a reminder certainly don't go amiss.

I have to carry a card around advising about Bovine Lepto Spirosis.

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