More gales and rain

[NorthernRaider]

I noted a couple of interesting observations about the flooding in the south west hich makes me think we need to look deeper into the risk of flooding in the future.

First was a Land lady on the news, she said her pub had been flooded twice this year and looked like it was going to get hit again tonight, her main point was that the pub was 150 years old and had only ever been flooded once before.

Next was on a railway forum twitter thingy , the sender commented that there was a siding in the west country that was normally used to store permenant way equippment used to repair damaged trackbeds, for the first time in its 180 year history this part of the trach had itself been partially flooded, not enough to damage it but enough to cover the top of the tracks.

Another snippet was the road surface was being lifted by water in many areas and it was going to cost an absolute fortune the authorities did not have to do the repairs with.

If we do see warmer seas cos of climate change, those warmer seas are going to begat even more heavy rain storms, then more flooding so I think those of us who can or perhaps see a risk to themselves ought to be considering adding more water proof large containers to their preps to keep vital property protected should they get unlucky.