Will they never learn? Year after year the river floods and displaces people who already face one of life’s harshest burdens. Yet they return to face the risk again and again.
No, no not the impoverished folk who live along the Zambezi, the people struggling with their mortgages in Tewksbury.
The latest round of heavy rain was predicted after the summer floods. Apparently because of cheap foreigne holidays and 4x4s the whole of Britain is to become a seasonal water park.
Which of course is not true. A few points here; for whatever reason there appears to be an unacceptable flood risk in certain corners of Albion. I would argue that this has always been so, which is why the top Goddist had his Tewksbury Abbey built on the big hill. That was about all you could do in 1102. And since then despite all the warnings that’s about all that has been done.
Anyway, it looks like some extremes are here to stay and as drivers we need to adapt our style to remain safe in the face of tidal waves on A roads and displaced polar bears.
Ensure, for instance, that all your car’s life jackets are serviced once a year. Check outboard propellers for damage and on older sailing cars tiller steering needs its ropes waxing.
Don’t leave it until the worst of the weather to check your lights, paying special attention to the red port and green starboard lights. Oh, and remember, sat nav is no substitute for a proper set of Admiralty charts and a knowlege of dead reckoning.
And if you think we can’t cope with a bit of weather have a look at these Americans.
Of course the great news is that planes and cars are not the main carbon creaters at the moment. Shipping is. So next time your town floods insist on a electric rescue boat. Oh, and have a word with those Rainbow Warrior nutters chasing whaling fleets all over the southern oceans.
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