There are many floods on my Island home of Britain in places where I thought there would be, hilly valleys in the center of the island, the hills get in the way of the storms so the clouds get bunched together then dump their loads and the rivers at the bottom the valley focus the water and overflow. So places like Gloucestershire where Wales meets England in the central land mass of the island were hit very badly.
I wasn't surprised by the winter floods, this is the most damp winter I have seen in my working memory. I watched the rain falling relentlessly throughout December and January and now mid February rivers have finally overflowed. I always remember the water coming slowly in February as ice and snow. Now it is ready thawed and plentiful. I sense that things will never be the same again on this Island. The whole planet is slowly changing into something I don't recognize.
We must also change.
