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Flood situation worsens in southern Poland


Wroclaw 44 | 5,379
20 May 2010 #61
Of course not,

sorry for the doubt on my side.

I noticed a few folks taking pictures from one of the bridges this afternoon. it's something i expect to see more of. i'll do the same and post a couple in a day or two.
SeanBM 35 | 5,806
20 May 2010 #62
They have blocked roads around here because so many people have come out to take pictures :).
I had to sneak around them to take my film:
...

And no problem with doubt, I doubt many things all the time and I am not ve..ry good at communicating in this medium, I am more of a talker, a story teller :)

I hope that is the worst of the flooding, it has been a catastrophe, I read a very rough estimate of 2 Billion Zloty (half a billion Euros) damage so far.

Pcim, up the road from here, is completely destroyed, Tusk flew over in a helicopter today.

John Cleese's Aunt is from Pcim:)

youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=HVLC5E-h2nU
pgtx 29 | 3,146
20 May 2010 #63
Taken today from the Wawel Hill....


  • From Wawel

  • From Wawel
Wroclaw 44 | 5,379
20 May 2010 #64
I've not long been to the bouncing bridge, near the Park Plaza Hotel.

Those who know Wroclaw will know that Wyspa Slodowa is at most two metres above normal water level. It is nowhere near being flooded.
The river is very turbulent only because of a weir near the bridge.
However, the river is higher than usual, but there is no reason to leave town

I'd say this flood is a non-event.
pgtx 29 | 3,146
21 May 2010 #65
Kraków


  • Zakole Wisly

  • Zakole Wisly
dtaylor5632 18 | 2,004
21 May 2010 #66
Someone needs to put a few pipes under there.... Maybe a Pipe big enough to fit my wad in there ;)
frd 7 | 1,399
21 May 2010 #67
Zakole Wisly

It'd be nice if they were in a bit bigger resolution ; o
pgtx 29 | 3,146
21 May 2010 #68
don't be high maintenance... :)
richasis 1 | 418
21 May 2010 #69
Those are some awesome pics, pgtx - as close to front-row as I'd care to be :)
SeanBM 35 | 5,806
21 May 2010 #70
So it looks like the rivers are down and no longer a threat, south of Krakow.
And the weather has been on and off but not raining.
So that looks like it, for now.

An estimated 10 Billion Zloty damage will be the bill at the end.
Wroclaw 44 | 5,379
21 May 2010 #71
the river here is up a metre or so. i noticed that some people have moved their caravans, cars to higher ground.
the river behind the olympic stadium is now spreading across the flood plain or whatever that area is called between the dykes.
it still has to rise another 5 or 6 metres before it breaches them.
it's noticeable that the river walls are at different heights, depending where you are.
the time to panic is in the next couple of hours.
as it is i think people caught a wild fever yesterday. the shops made a killing though.
convex 20 | 3,930
21 May 2010 #72
I was thinking about driving to Legnica and buying a couple of crates of water and doing some good old fashioned panic profiteering.
rychlik 41 | 372
21 May 2010 #73
Thread attached on merging:
RIVER FLOODS

What country in Europe is able to handle flooding in the best way possible? I mean are there technologies besides dykes that have been implemented in other European cities that Poland could use? How often does Poland get flooded in comparison to its neighbours?
SeanBM 35 | 5,806
21 May 2010 #74
This should interest you: Flood situation worsens in southern Poland

What country in Europe is able to handle flooding in the best way possible?

The Netherlands are the world's leader, I think.

I mean are there technologies besides dykes that have been implemented in other European cities that Poland could use?

yes, ask the Dutch.

How often does Poland get flooded in comparison to its neighbours?

Their neighbours are also flooded, Czech, Slovakia, Hungary and BB was talking about Germany but I believe that is to a lesser extent.
SzwedwPolsce 11 | 1,594
21 May 2010 #75
They showed pictures from some villages on the TV-news, it looked really bad.
Wroclaw 44 | 5,379
22 May 2010 #76
In the area of Park Plaza Hotel, central Wroclaw:

I've just checked the river here. It's higher than yesterday evening, but not a threat.

I did notice a small stretch of riverbank erosion on one of the islands in the river.

It's actually difficult to find anything exciting to report.
SeanBM 35 | 5,806
22 May 2010 #77
They showed pictures from some villages on the TV-news, it looked really bad.

Devastated, your home, all your stuff gone.

It's actually difficult to find anything exciting to report.

In this situation, no news is great news.

Warsaw is reportedly having it's highest water level now and it seems to be manageable.
convex 20 | 3,930
22 May 2010 #78
I think half of southern Poland has floated through Wroclaw though. I did some investigation yesterday at Tawerna...might do some more inspecting this afternoon...
Wroclaw 44 | 5,379
22 May 2010 #79
Folks are now getting their feet wet in Psie Pola, where the Widawa has broken it's banks.

And also in Kozanow, which got the worst of the flood in 97.
SeanBM 35 | 5,806
22 May 2010 #80
I think half of southern Poland has floated through Wroclaw though.

Does it become western Poland or does it remain southern and change the cardinal points?

Folks are now getting their feet wet

I see that on the news.
The video looks bad enough on Gazeta
wroclaw.gazeta.pl/wroclaw/1,35751,7920657,Powodz_we_Wroclawiu___relacja_na_zywo__WIDEO_.html

I think we should sue God for the flood, or at least the Roman catholic Church, as they represent God.
If God made this flood, surely he should be accountable for it? roughly 23,000 people had to be evacuated from their homes and a rough estimate of 10 billion Zloty worth of damage, all caused by God.

Luckily his church is supper rich and has plenty of empty buildings all over the country to house these people.
I am told that God loves us, so I am sure he will help all those people who he has caused great damage to, other wise we will have to add In absentia, for gross neglect.
g60edition 6 | 175
24 May 2010 #81
sue God

Billy Connolly,The Man Who Sued God
Dougpol2 1 | 76
24 May 2010 #82
I am told that God loves us, so I am sure he will help all those people who he has caused great damage to, other wise we will have to add In absentia, for gross neglect.

LOl - TVN 24 had an image of a woman supplicating herself on her knees on a village road.
It's simple really = don't build illegal housing, stamp out unregulated building - bulldoze buildings that are the result of corruption.

As before - zero sympathy from me, only smirks, for the new villa people who have ruined the Polish countryside with their tasteless and bribed creations.
delphiandomine 88 | 18,163
24 May 2010 #83
I must admit, I don't particularly feel any sympathy for them either - if they were daft enough to build on floodplains (no doubt because many of those people are very greedy and saw the chance to save some cash!) - then they have to take the consequences.

The amount of seemingly unregulated development in Poland is staggering - and the country is going to regret it in years to come.
Wroclaw 44 | 5,379
24 May 2010 #84
I know people who are trying to bring reason to all this inappropriate building. They are fighting an uphill battle.

True story:
Due to the flood of 1997 some folks in Kozanow, Wroclaw had to be rehoused. A new building was erected in a nearby area and the unwilling folks moved in. They were told not to worry.

And to paraphrase: 'a disaster like this only happens every one or two-thousand years'
Guess what happened to these folks thirteen years later.
red 9 - | 1
24 May 2010 #85
HI, Im from England, we have just found my wifes uncle, he lives in Wroclaw in Bajana. We are worried because we have not heard from him, I have been following the flood reports on youtube, I am so sorry for you people out there. We are coming to meet wifes uncle for the first time in September, I wish we could come out now and help in someway. God bless you all.
Wroclaw 44 | 5,379
24 May 2010 #86
I have been following the flood reports on youtube

Wroclaw was actually shown on the BBC News the other day.

Things in Wroclaw are not too bad compared to other parts of the country.

How firkin stupid can some people be.

Beavers make dams... dams cause floods... so let's line the riverbank and shoot all the beaver.
SeanBM 35 | 5,806
26 May 2010 #87
How are things in Wroclaw, Wroclaw?

You may give the American readers something to misinterpret :)
Perhaps you could tell us what you're talking about?
Wroclaw 44 | 5,379
26 May 2010 #88
How are things in Wroclaw, Wroclaw?

The river level seems to have gone down. At a guess by more than a metre.

There was something on TVN News about folks shooting beaver. I was listening to music and watching the telly so missed where it was. Daughter number 3 explained what was going on.

I'll check the facts later.
SeanBM 35 | 5,806
26 May 2010 #89
There was something on TVN News about folks shooting beaver.

Ah, I really thought you were using a metaphor.

Glad to hear it's going down.
warsawmole 6 | 42
26 May 2010 #90
Moley says, "Beavers are not for shooting!"


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