Floods - NOT amateur radio

Last month was the wettest on record in this part of the UK. I have never seen the ground so wet. 

This photo is of a local road.

UK floods - NOT amateur radio

For about 50 years I have lived in East Anglia. For most of that time, it was the driest part of the UK. For several years now it has been much wetter and milder:  now snow and frosts are quite rare.

Whatever the reason, the climate is changing. My personal view is that this is to a great deal due to our influence. There is a certain wise (?) American who thinks that climate change is all a Chinese hoax.  Only today my brother sent me a video of the floods at his home in Devon.

Floods - NOT amateur radio

Yesterday we went from Cambridge to St Ives (Cambridgeshire) on the guided bus. Many of the fields were flooded and the river was far higher than normal. One car-park (see photo) was totally under water. I was not expecting this at all.

Storm Desmond - NOT amateur radio

As I write this, storm Desmond is dropping record quantities of rain over northern England and Scotland.  I can imagine little worse than having your home or business flooded out, especially at this time of the year.  My heart bleeds for those affected, who may be without homes for months and, even when they get back, there is the ongoing threat of it all happening again.  There is also the worry over insurance. No,  flooding is going to become a major issue in the years ahead.

See http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-35019021 .