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Old 01-08-2019, 03:09 PM #1
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Default UK Derbyshire Dam Emergencey Whaley Bridge
Its breaking up

The town below has left


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Its actually scary - they've been covering it on the Manchester Evening News website - if it goes that's an awful lot of water that's going to be dumped on the village
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Yes they need to Fly a Blockage in
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They've had it really bad up there
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Why do idiots think its ok to stand at the side of something like this ? If they fell in they would expect someone to risk their lives to save them !!
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Why do idiots think its ok to stand at the side of something like this ? If they fell in they would expect someone to risk their lives to save them !!

They can not resist getting close.


Over 6,000 folks moved out of the way.
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They can not resist getting close.


Over 6,000 folks moved out of the way.
Disgusting !! All stood with their phones out
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Not here for Derbyshire trying to steal Yorkshires thunder on Yorkshire day.
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Engineers Are Working to Fix It.


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Engineers Are Working to Fix It.
Be a bonus in their pay packet this month.
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Around 10 families have stayed
refusing to leave.
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There's always those aren't they?... stubborn gits I hope everything is OK for their sakes :/
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That's reminiscent of when Mount St. Helens erupted and some people didn't leave the area as advised, and lost their lives.
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[PM arrives at damaged Derbyshire dam as risk to life remains 'high'
Residents will be allowed to go back to their homes in Whaley Bridge but it will be at "their own risk", police say. ]

https://news.sky.com/story/risk-to-l...lised-11775935
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I hate those dam emergencies
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Did you hear callendar news tonight ' it remains to be seen if we can save this dam wall'
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Some Good News
all residents can return home
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