To Whom It May Concern re; Weather.

[curiouswombat]

To Whom It May Concern re; Weather.

Severe Storm Force 11 once every 2 or 3 years can be quite exciting. But for the 3rd...4th...5th time in one winter? It is getting boring now.



Yes - we have force 11 again, gusts of 80mph+, things blowing around in the garden, in the street, and so on. Boat and flights cancelled, trees down, roads flooded...

Hard to remember that beautiful day on Monday, now.

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[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

Ours just seem to be almost non-stop. At least, though, we haven't had much snow. At least not yet.

Fortunately our island copes fairly well with rain - but we have had damage to the sea walls in four or five places. We don't rely on the British government, we'll just have to hope the repairs get done with money from our own government reserves.

But Cameron is so two faced. As someone pointed out, he only said 'Money is no object' when the flooding reached the home counties. And also, despite that statement, he is not willing to give any more to the environment agency to pay for flood defences or even for more equipment - and he is not going to change the plans for cutting their budget this year and so requiring them to cut the workforce.

So presumably all this money he is talking about will go to private firms, probably run by his old school chums...

[azalaisdep.livejournal.com]

when the flooding reached the home counties

As I heard it brilliantly put yesterday, "now that the effluent has reached the affluent".

[ETA: I've just realised that I'd already made that comment upthread - d'oh! I knew I'd quoted the phrase in question in two different comments this morning, because I thought it was so funny, but I did think it was on two different people's LJs! There are so many OMG-This-Weather threads going on at the moment that I can't keep them straight, clearly.]

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

It is a good quote worthy of making more than once.. :)