Cllr Roy Gerstner – Community Activist

Flooding is expected – immediate action required

Heavy rain fell over the River Nene catchment last week and the Whittlesey Wash flood storage reservoir is being operated to protect nearby communities from flooding. The rising levels in the Wash has resulted in flooding of the B1040 road. Whilst the Flood Warning is in force, the Local Authority may close the B1040 for safety reasons. Diversionary routes will be put in place and further updates will be available through local media. This Flood Warning is expected to stay in force throughout this week until water levels recede. Please follow diversionary routes until the local authority re-open the road. We will be closely monitoring the situation, and this message will be updated by tomorrow,
Tuesday 19th January, or as the situation changes.

It has been around for some time Nitrous Oxide (laughing gas) – Hundreds and hundreds of discarded canisters blight the landscape.
I have not witnessed anyone using the stuff – but then again I am not out and about very much at present.

In the UK, N₂O is the second most popular recreational drug after cannabis. In most countries, nitrous oxide is a legal drug that is widely available and cheap. Last month prevalence of use among clubbers and ravers ranges between 40 and almost 80 percent. Following one inhalation, mostly from a balloon, a euphoric, pleasant, joyful, empathogenic and sometimes hallucinogenic effect is rapidly induced (within 10 s) and disappears within some minutes. Recreational N₂O use is generally moderate with most users taking less than 10 balloons of N₂O per episode and about 80% of the users having less than 10 episodes per year. Side effects of N₂O include transient dizziness, dissociation.

If these people are getting a kick out of N₂O fine – but take your rubbish home with you….
The Neighbourhood Police Team are aware.

Photo’s – EA
          

“On hearing ill rumour that Londoners may soon be urged into their lodgings by His Majesty’s men, I looked upon the street to see a gaggle of striplings making fair merry, and no doubt spreading the Plague fair about.
Not a care had those rogues for the health of their elders”

Samuel Pepys Diaries London 1664

Samuel Pepys FRS was an administrator of the navy of England and Member of Parliament who is most famous for the diary he kept for a decade while still a relatively young man. 

Wikipedia

Samuel Pepys is famous for writing a diary. He started to write his diary in 1660 and continued writing it until 1669. His diaries tell us much about what life 350 years ago.  

Samuel wrote about events in 17th century England – such as the plague of 1665, the Great Fire of London and Charles II’s coronation. He also wrote about some of the key figures of the era, including Sir Christopher Wren and Sir Isaac Newton.  

http://projectbritain.com/calendar/February/pepys.html

Thanks to ‘A’ for the above…