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DESIGNER SANDBAGS
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DESIGNER SANDBAGS  In flooded England, the demand for sandbags is far outpacing the supply of sandbags, despite the Environment Agency’s advice that “sandbags are ineffective for groundwater flooding”. Local authorities are rationing sandbags, many local authorities are charging for sandbags, and some local authorities have run out of supplies of sandbags. Supplies of sandbags are also dwindling in the yards of many builders’ merchants, but the cost of sandbags have skyrocketed since the floods hit many parts of England – one elderly woman paid £80 for one sandbag. As well as breaking into vacated properties, thieves are stealing sandbags. The residents of Datchet have even established a vigilante group to guard the sought-after sandbags that the Royal Navy put up to protect their village in Berkshire – see the photograph above. A more ominous development, which is under-reported in newspapers and on television, is that many people affected by floods in well-heeled areas are complaining about the look of sandbags in well-heeled areas. They are moaning that the sandbags provided by local authorities and the military are spoiling the look of their towns and villages, and many are demanding that, in the words of one angry stockbroker, “the authorities provide more visually-appealing sandbags”. Several designer companies, including Gucci, Dolce & Gabbana and Louis Vuitton, are quickly bringing designer sandbags to market in the hope of making large profits from rich flood victims - designer sandbags are likely to sell from £350 upwards (more if coloured or glittered sand is prefered). Below is a photograph of prototypes of Gucci-designed sandbags. The Prime Minister has promised financial support to people buying government-approved designer sandbags. As a politician, he is highly sensitive to people’s anger at the rise of ‘grief capitalism’. How much would you pay for a sandbag? And how much would you pay for a designer sandbag? Do you think companies should profit from a crisis?  [NB. This post was inspired by the front cover of the satirical magazine, Private Eye!] |
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LOL of course the flood waters are also spoiling the look of the neighborhoods... I would not pay for sand bags. I live on tidewaters a few miles inland of the Atlantic ocean. Flooding could be an issue if the right storm pushed it's way up the coast. I just made sure my house is on higher ground.
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I would not pay for a sand bag. If it is true that they are complaining, I hope they have to pay a premium for the designer bags.
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I live on pretty high ground...no need for sandbags thank God. People will always try to make a profit in any sort of crisis.  ~~Anais Nin~~
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No one should profit from a crisis! I have cement chimney blocks (60#'s each) I put in the wife's truck in the winter time, for weight! I put 6 in the box! No, I wouldn't pay for sand bags! 
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I wouldn't pay for a sand bag. No one should profit from a crisis. hugs V Become a blog watcher sweet_vm
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1. It might be less expensive to move house? 2. You're 'avin' a laff, init? Struggling to find sympathy with this sentiment, especially when the nett result is that you and I will end up paying for the toffs designer sandbags and their designer defences! 3. Absolutely not, I'm not against profit, I am against profiting from peoples' misery!
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LOL of course the flood waters are also spoiling the look of the neighborhoods... I would not pay for sand bags. I live on tidewaters a few miles inland of the Atlantic ocean. Flooding could be an issue if the right storm pushed it's way up the coast. I just made sure my house is on higher ground. 
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I would not pay for a sand bag. If it is true that they are complaining, I hope they have to pay a premium for the designer bags.
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I live on pretty high ground...no need for sandbags thank God. People will always try to make a profit in any sort of crisis.
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If it was necessary to pay for a sandbag or many the amount I'd be willing to pay would depend upon their efficiency at keeping the water out... I live in a third floor government housing unit, so it's unlikely that I'd ever have to pay and the unit block is at least 120ft above sea level and on a steep block where the water would never become a river around us. The only way sandbags will ever become highly efficient is if they are encased in latex rubber that won't degrade from lengthy periods of submersion... If they are an elegant black colour, I can't imagine the toffs finding them too unsightly... They could fantasize that the sandbags are very obliging dolphins, laying in formation to keep the water out. Anyone who profits from a crisis should be fucked and burned, or just burned because they're already fucked. The designer sandbag story was a figment of my imagination, sorry but my imagination got carried away! 
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No one should profit from a crisis! I have cement chimney blocks (60#'s each) I put in the wife's truck in the winter time, for weight! I put 6 in the box! No, I wouldn't pay for sand bags!
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I wouldn't pay for a sand bag. No one should profit from a crisis. hugs V
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...I agree..no-one should profit from a crisis.....but many still do... Blue...
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Not the emergency services in Britain!
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1. It might be less expensive to move house? 2. You're 'avin' a laff, init? Struggling to find sympathy with this sentiment, especially when the nett result is that you and I will end up paying for the toffs designer sandbags and their designer defences! 3. Absolutely not, I'm not against profit, I am against profiting from peoples' misery!
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Coloured, glittery sand is essential. There's no Gucci emblem because it's a prototype (or perhaps designer sandbags were a figmment of my imagination, but I think they would sell!).
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