Whaley Bridge - pallets on street?

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Reply to
Jim K..
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Just curious...

Anyone know what all those pallets containing bags of some sort, at the side of the shopping street, are all about? I spotted them when they were interviewing someone in the street, then again this morning in an overhead shot. About a dozen fully stocked pallets on the road, adjacent to the pavement.

Reply to
Harry Bloomfield, Esq.

Empty sand bags?

Tim

Reply to
Tim+

One assumes sandbags ready to stop any flood water getting into the shops? Brian

Reply to
Brian Gaff

They are just bags. No sand in sight.

Reply to
GB

Would sandbags help, if that dam had burst?

The pallets contents looked like full bags, I thought maybe cement or similar, but the colours on the pallets varied.

Reply to
Harry Bloomfield, Esq.

They can help some people at the margins - eg where they stop water overtopping a front doorstep or flowing through airbricks to create stagnant ponds under suspended floors. And I assume they weren't placed early on in places where resistance was futile.

And probably good VFM for councils as they are cheap but show they care, and give people something to do.

Reply to
Robin

I imagine it?s normal to distribute bags empty and fill them on site.

Tim

Reply to
Tim+

+1
Reply to
Robin

I was just being pedantic. Is it still a sandbag if you fill it with something else? :)

Reply to
GB

Yep, it can do with some houses to sandbag doors etc.

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jleikppkywk

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