Britain Under Water
If you don't live in England you may not know this, but large swathes of the country are under water right now. It's been the wettest summer in living memory, and over the last month or so it seems to have rained almost every day.
The worst affected areas right now are in the South Midlands - Worcestershire, Gloucestershire and Warwickshire. That's about sixty miles south of where I live (Staffordshire), though we've certainly had our fair share of rain as well.
Here's a report from an ITV early morning news programme yesterday which shows graphically how people in the affected areas are suffering. If you are receiving this post by email, you may need to visit my blog to watch this...
The damage and inconvenience caused directly by the water are only part of the story. Much of Gloucestershire is without tap water after a water treatment plant there was flooded. And many of the people affected are also without electricity, with no immediate prospect (for safety reasons) of it being restored.
Touch wood, Jayne and I haven't suffered anything worse than a waterlogged garden from the rains, but I'd like to express my sympathy to any readers of this blog who have suffered (and continue to suffer) from the floods. At least today across most of Britain the sun is shining, and though more rain is forecast for later this week, hopefully the very worst has now passed.
The worst affected areas right now are in the South Midlands - Worcestershire, Gloucestershire and Warwickshire. That's about sixty miles south of where I live (Staffordshire), though we've certainly had our fair share of rain as well.
Here's a report from an ITV early morning news programme yesterday which shows graphically how people in the affected areas are suffering. If you are receiving this post by email, you may need to visit my blog to watch this...
The damage and inconvenience caused directly by the water are only part of the story. Much of Gloucestershire is without tap water after a water treatment plant there was flooded. And many of the people affected are also without electricity, with no immediate prospect (for safety reasons) of it being restored.
Touch wood, Jayne and I haven't suffered anything worse than a waterlogged garden from the rains, but I'd like to express my sympathy to any readers of this blog who have suffered (and continue to suffer) from the floods. At least today across most of Britain the sun is shining, and though more rain is forecast for later this week, hopefully the very worst has now passed.
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Nick at 12:51 AM 
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I live in Northern France and the weather here has been atrocious, but luckily all we have had is a mysterious dripping in the roof and the loss of our tomato and potato crops in our potager!
I've had a review of Writers FM published, in which you are mentioned of course. It's a bit out of date as I wrote it in January, but I hope it brings you a bit of sunshine! It's at:
http://www.lazette/Vision/Vision40/Website.htm.
Ann Isik
Thanks, Ann. Yes, I gather Northern France has been as damp as Britain, while across the rest of Europe they've been having heatwaves!
I'd love to read your review of WritersFM, but I don't think your URL is correct. Could you check this and re-post? Many thanks!
http://www.lazette.net/Vision/Vision40/Website.htm
Oops! Sorry Nick. The above should prove to be the correct URL!
Yes Northern France has been deluged while a colleague of my husband has just returned from Provence and 45 degrees. We are glad we went in May when it was only 25.
Wow! Great article, Ann. I'm so glad I got to see it, and it's fascinating to get your take on many of the WritersFM interviews. I'll give the article a plug on my blog soon.
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