writes
On 9 Jan, 23:25, Sacha wrote:
High winds again tonight for the third night in a row.

Our local paper is full of pictures of "flooding" - streams spreading
across fields and the river across water meadows at Stamford, for
example.
http://www.stamfordmercury.co.uk/new...ued-from-stran
ded.3686664.jp

This is no more than we are used to. I can recall it happening every
winter between 1965 and 1985 to personal memory. The sight of the
severn breaking its banks in Gloucstershire was a regular winter sight
as far back as I can recall. Whittlesea Wash south of Peterborough
would be under a foot of water for months on end.

Yes, the stour south of Derby is out of it's banks - but no different
from any other year. I recall in 1974 being towed through it on a
large-wheeled trailer by the AA, who were only ferrying their own
members.

The papers do like making a fuss, don't they?

The vicar of Tewkesbury was making a plea on the radio the other day, to
the effect that all the press coverage was making people think that
Tewkesbury was flooded out, but that in fact, the flood plains were
doing what they were supposed to, ie flood, that all the shops were open
for business, and Tewkesbury needed people to come as usual.



--
Kay