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Yes john
The police actually have come out at last and said they will not sound the sirens
The local NNDC council have also said that all flood wardens should be registered to them which means that they have been instructed that this would mean
They are not allowed to go into flood water
They must have permission to even go out of their doors, acting as flood wardens
They cannot use the boat we all have contributed towards
They have to undergo training from the council
Their only alternative was to resign if they did not agree
As the flood wardens received accolades for their bravery during the sea surge and the council and police received scathing criticisms from their own colleagues in Norfolk County Council for their many failings, you could see how it sticks in the craw to have to do what these inept people instruct.
They were also told that if they resigned, they could not act as flood wardens and could not request emergency help or evacuation centres to be opened as the council would refuse, even if it meant the polulation would suffer.
Therefore an emergency meeting was called last Friday for the village of Walcott and the flood wardens had 100% backing to go independant and their association WEVA Walcott Emergency Volunteer Association has taken over our own emergency cover. I will not say what measures were agreed but it seems they have nearly every angle already covered and we feel far safer in their hands than in the inept and lacking organisation of the council, Environment Agency and Police.
We also have arranged our own emergency centre and can quite easily do without their interference. As villagers, we can call the emergency services ourselves who must respond and having a laugh said if the wardens leave their homes, we will call the police, who will comeout to arrest them and we will have far more police in that scenario than when we were flooded last year.
The council have acted with astonishment over this development and have said they will speak to the wardens as their instuctions were in the light of insurance committments but in all honesty they have known of this for many months that it was on the cards and I know from my own experiences that they are very economical with the truth as sadly are the police as well.
I have put my home up for sale, it is a shame but inevitable.
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