Top of the morning to you! may the beauty of this world sustain you through this year. And perhaps reflect on this.......
Yes the flood warning went off in the middle of the night, so on the whole fireworks and WW11 sirens kept the night lively. But we are into the New Year, Flood Wardens have stood down, and on the Tod forum, people have renewed their moaning about that large hole in the main road. Cursing the workmen of course, though several people came to their defense and made them hot drinks and snacks.
People make me wonder where their sensibilities have gone. Things take time to repair, to settle, to resolve as a problem, but moaning is a great pastime.
Problems interfere with the placid affairs of our lives, some would argue that it makes life more interesting. Flooding is commonplace in this valley, the meetings of water cause chaos on the road at Callis Bridge but it is a natural phenomena and perhaps those first pioneers who settled at the bottom of a deep narrow valley will be giggling up there somewhere in the clouds.
So I will leave you with the thrill of what a old siren sounds like and try to remember that it is not to do with today but a long time ago war when people fled to the underground when its sound was heard on the air. And down in the corner of this large screen, I can see the fateful words 'heavy rain'.
Gosh, that's a sound from my childhood. Ours was on the old Community Centre, and would be rested regularly (it might have been needed for the 4 minute warning back in my day). How ghastly it must have been to hear it in WWII. Bad enough for you up in Tod and the flood warning half the night. Glad you survived.
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Deletei remember the 4 minute warning Jennie, it came through on the phone supposedly. Luckily we were never tested on it. I think visitors to the town must have worried but the towns people are used to it. Come tomorrow when everyone goes back to work their will be problems with the bus and trains.
We need to stop covering surfaces with paving and let water soak through. This can be done on small levels as well as large.
ReplyDeleteI am privileged in that I've never heard emergency sirens, and I don't want to. The sound gives me the terrors.
It is a terrible sound Andrew but I suppose has the right note when emergencies arise. The problem is that we settle in flood plains, build houses there and then are surprised when nature's forces have their say.
ReplyDeletePeople can be so crabby when really most workers are trying to do their best. Patience is needed by many these days! Happy New Year, Thelma!
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year to you and your family Ellen. I woke quite happy this morning to a new year, thinking it had so many possibilities!
DeleteThose sirens are what we hear to warn us of tornados. Last summer, it was eerie to be working on the house and hearing the faraway sirens echoing across the mountain tops in all directions. It was hard to know what to do. In the end, we just kept on working and paid close attention to the radio which was tracking the tornado. When we actually did have a tornado, the sirens were silent.
ReplyDeleteI think that I'd be more afraid of flooding, myself. Tornados are horribly damaging, but very random. Water is not random. It goes everywhere and it takes out everything in its path.
They are weirdly scary the sirens but I suppose they are there to put the fear of god into you Debby. Flooding here only gets into a few houses but it is very horrible. Sensible people do not have carpet but cement their floors and give it a good cleaning surface.
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