The road outside is impersonating a river again today, and
the news is carrying more stories of yet more flooding problems around the
country. This, it seems, is causing a sense of confusion in Britain.
Back in the early spring there were already hosepipe bans in
place to avert potential drought caused by a succession of dry winters. As a
result, there’s still a body opinion which says that we can’t afford another
dry winter.
On the other hand, however, the year from April onwards has
been one of the wettest on record with an unusually high amount of damage and
destruction caused by flooding. We’re being told that the aquifers are now full
to bursting point, so we desperately need a dry winter to make some space for
further rain to run into.
Sometimes you just have to switch the news off and paint a
wall or something, don’t you? And that’s just what I’m about to do.
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