Flooding. The following video on flooding is perhaps the most informative take on what happens during a flood in the towns that occupy the Calder Valley. Mytholmroyd and Hebden Bridge. It is over an hour long but worth the watch if you live in the valley.
I know this year we have had a drought but that doesn't mean heavy rainfalls due to Climate change won't happen over the winter. What I have taken from it is the fact that local understanding of the place they live in is far more important than the approach of government with their large scale schemes. And as for computer modelling, less said the better.
I don't expect people to watch it though it is interesting. Artic Fox if you are reading this, the great banks of Himalayan Balsam thrives on the mounds of silt that is thrown up by the rivers when in flood.
The government wants to throw money at big schemes, so the wolves descend fighting for contracts, when it seems that proper housekeeping of the rivers and upland drains is the key for the water to run freely within the path of the river.
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